Messages - Faults And Alarms; General Information About Faults And Alarms - Siemens SINAMICS S120 Installation And Start-Up Manual

6.3 Messages – faults and alarms
6.3.1

General information about faults and alarms

Description
The errors and states detected by the individual components of the drive system
are indicated by messages.
The messages are categorized into faults and alarms.
Note
The individual faults and alarms are described in detail in:
References:
Properties of faults and alarms
S Faults
– Are identified by Fxxxx.
– Can lead to a fault reaction.
– Must be acknowledged once the cause has been remedied.
– Status via Control Unit and LED RDY.
– Status via PROFIBUS status signal STW1.3 (fault active).
– Entry in the fault buffer (see Subsection 6.3.2).
S Alarms (identification A4567)
– Are identified by Axxxx.
– Have no further effect on the drive.
– The alarms are automatically reset once the cause has been remedied. No
acknowledgement is required.
– Status via PROFIBUS status signal STW1.7 (warning active).
– Entry in the alarm buffer (see Subsection 6.3.2).
S General properties of faults and alarms
– Can be configured (e.g. change fault to alarm, fault reaction)
– Triggering on selected messages possible.
– Initiation of messages possible via an external signal.
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