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3BA00205 • 2020-10-28 • Rev. 5
Ersa i-CON
VARIO 2
Error diagnosis and remedy
7.9
Error Messages
The i‑CON VARIO 2 carries out automatic error diagnostics. The result
of a diagnosis is displayed as an error code: The triangular pictogram
①
thereby appears in the display of the soldering station. The error
code
②
is displayed in form of a number. The bottom line shows an
additional help text
③
.
Example image
The position of the error message in the display shows the tool socket
side of the tool. In the example image = tool in the left tool socket.
The error codes can be taken from the following table. Error messages must be acknowledged through
the i‑OP. The connected soldering tool will only be heated again, after the fault has been rectified and
acknowledged.
Code Test in display
Cause
Remedy
1
[MICRO SD CARD]
microSD card error. MicroSD card con-
nector defective.
Remove and put in card again. Contact
area must be on the backside.
Format card using FAT32 and reload file.
Use different microSD card.
2
[CALIBRATION FAULTY]
Station no longer calibrated
Have calibrated in the factory
4
[RT‑COMPENSATION]
Measuring value of the KTY not OK
Have soldering tool and soldering station
inspected
6
[UNDEF. TOOL!]
The soldering station is unable to iden
-
tify the connected tool.
Undefined new tool.
Defective Tool.
Remove tool.
Update firmware.
Replace tool.
7*
[HE PLUGGED IN?
THERMOCOUPLE?]
Heating element not correctly installed /
Fault in temperature sensor
Install the heating element correctly,
have the soldering tool inspected
7*
[THERMOCOUPLE?]
Fault in thermocouple
Have soldering tool and station in
-
spected
8
[HEATING ELEMENT?!]
Heating element defective.
CHIP TOOL VARIO: HE PLUGGED IN?
Check the heating element / check the
station;
Install the heating element correctly,
have the soldering tool inspected
9
[LOSS OF DATA!]
Parameter/configuration data corrupted
Use configuration mode to reset the sol
-
dering station to factory settings
10
[iCON‑SYSTEM ERROR]
Hardware fault of the controller board
Have the controller board exchanged
51
[VAC LEAKAGE!]
VAC underpressure leakage.
VAC PEN: Tube bend.
Plug on the tube.
Avoid the tube being bend!
52
[NO AIR!]
Blow‑air pump defective.
i-TOOL AIR S air tube not plugged on or
bend.
Plug on the tube.
Avoid the tube being bend!
Switch soldering station off and on again.
Get soldering station checked.
62
[CALIBRATION FAULTY]
Station no longer calibrated
Have calibrated in the factory
71
[iTOOL UND HE DEFEC-
TIVE/REPLACE]
The electronics as well as the heating
element of the i‑TOOL are defective.
Replace the i-TOOL.
97
[DATA TRANSFER ERROR]
–
–
98
[MAINS FREQUENCY?]
Mains frequency outside the frequency
range (±10%)
–
99
[i-CON OVERLOAD PRO-
TECTION]
Soldering station overloaded
Allow the soldering station to cool down
* If error code 7 only occurs when i‑TOOL and CHIP TOOL VARIO are operated simultaneously, insert
only one tool alternately to eliminate the error. Always confirm error messages. If error code 7 occurs
again only with simultaneous operation, an error in the radiator of the i‑TOOL leads to an error mes
-
sage of the CHIP TOOL VARIO. See also chapter „6.8.1 Changing the i‑TOOL heating element“ auf Seite
If the soldering station is sent in for repair, all associated tools must also be sent in.
