
Chapter
5
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
LED
Meaning
Power-up
Green
Flexi Soft system is in the Run state.
Green (1 Hz)
Flexi Soft system is in the Stop state.
Red (1 Hz)
Invalid configuration
Red (2 Hz)
Critical error on the gateway
Red
Critical fault on another module
MS
Red/green
Recoverable external error
No error
Red (2.5 Hz)
Invalid configuration
Red (single flash)
Pre-operational caused by system behaviour
(e.g. configuration in progress or required)
Red (double flash) Timeout (connection lost)
ERR
Red System
error
Init
Green (2.5 Hz)
Pre-operational
Green (single flash) Safe-operational
RUN
Green Operational
No EtherCAT connection
Green
EtherCAT connection active, no data transmission
Link/
Act
Green
EtherCAT connection active, data transmission
For error diagnostics and troubleshooting see section 5.5.10 “Diagnostics and
troubleshooting” on page 114.
Power-up sequence
On power-up, the following LED test sequence is performed:
All LEDs Off for 6 s
MS LED Red for 0.25 s
MS LED Green for 0.25 s
MS LED Off
ERR LED Red for 0.25 s
ERR LED Off
RUN LED Green for 0.25 s
RUN LED Off
Cabling requirements
EtherCAT is based on a Fast Ethernet cabling infrastructure that is characterized as
follows:
type 100 Base-TX
RJ-45 connectors
twisted pair Ethernet cable, max. length 100 m according to DIN EN 50 173
use of core pairs 1/2 and 3/6
screened cables are recommended
Tab. 73: Meaning of the
status LEDs of the FX0-GETC
Symbol description:
: LED is off
Green: LED lights up green
Red: LED flashes red
Note