User guide

TrueFeed manual
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7.12 Alarms
GENERAL
To reset an alarm or warning press the “Stop”
or “Menu” button.
When an error occurs using the TrueFeed, the control’s display will indicate an error code and description.
Along with the displayed error, an output contact will be switched.
The control itself will sound a beeping signal and the alarm LED will illuminate.
To distinguish between an alarm and warning:
Warning: Warning output is ON, but the feeder continues running
(24 VDC contact, pin 22-23 of the main board will be active,
for example to activate the strobe light.)
Alarm: Alarm output is ON and the feeder stops running
(Potential free contact, pin 26-27 of the main board will be active, for example to
stop the injection molding machine or extruder)
Free programmable errors can be configured to an Alarm or Warning.
To set the free programmable outputs to an alarm or warning, enter the ALARMS menu.
First the alarm history will be shown. The alarms and warnings will be stored here.
When you press the menu
button again you will enter the Alarm CONFIGURATIONS menu.
Here you can set the alarm or warning output with
and pressing “Enter”.
ALARM HISTORY
All alarms and warnings will be stored in the alarm history.
• Navigate to the ALARMS menu
• Press
to scroll to the stored alarms (maximum of 50).
The alarm history can be reset by the Supervisor in CONFIGURATIONS menu by
• Master reset: Alarm
The following errors may be displayed
:
Error
Code Warnings
00 Low hopper level Material is below the hopper empty weight
01 Maximum deviation exceeded The deviation of the material output is too high
02 Filling system unable to load material Fill system is not working correctly
03 Maximum RPM exceeded, change dosing
tool for higher capacity
Calculated motor speed is too high
05 Calibration, no weight change No weight change while calibrating
06 Hi-Hi level Hopper weight has reached the EX-HH level
07 Minimum motor speed < 0.1 RPM Calculated motor speed is too low
Alarms
08 Motor connection failure Motor not connected / Motor or connection damaged
09 Parameters damaged Check CONFIGURATIONS parameters
10 Parameters set to factory defaults Check all parameter settings
11 Load cell calibration set to factory defaults Recalibrate the load cell
12 JOB and curve database initialized JOBs and Materials are reset
13 Load cell connection failure Load cell connection is not correct