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display not on
1. Verify the connection between the LMS harness
and the cabin harness
2. Verify the pipelayer battery, the fuse and the
accessory switch.
3. Carefully disconnect the yellow cable from the
display unit and reconnect it.
display in alarm
1. Identify the sensor in alarm. Place the sensor
in safe condition.
2. Verify that the limits, the parts of line and the
tare are correctly adjusted.
3. Verify all sensor batteries: see
Battery
Diagnostic
troubleshooting section.
4. Verify the red light on the sensor box flashes
(release the wire rope of an anti-two-block,
change the load on a load sensor, change the
angle of an angle sensor, change the boom
length of a length sensor).
5. Verify radio communication: see
Radio
communication
troubleshooting section.
6. If no load charts have been selected, access
the Pipelayer Rigging menu (menu #2) and
follow the steps to select a load chart. Make
sure the pipelayer sensor’s position represent
a valid configuration for the selected load chart.
Sensor Malfunction
1. Verify the sensor batteries: see
Battery
Diagnostic
troubleshooting section. Make sure
the light flashes while inserting the sensor
batteries.
2. Verify the red light on the sensor box flashes
(change the load on a load sensor, change the
angle of an angle sensor, change the boom
length of a length sensor).
3. Verify radio communication: see
Radio
communication
troubleshooting section.
Battery diagnostic
Go to menu
5a) S
ySteM
S
enSorS
D
iaGnoStic
. Select
a sensor and press
enter
to verify the sensor status.
• "
B
attery
: 50%
": 50% of battery life remains
(typically several months).
• "
u
naBle to reach reMote SenSor
": communi-
cation not yet established. Verify the radio ID
corresponds to the installed sensor. If the system
has not been used for some time, the battery may
need to be replaced.
• Battery status is usually known within 2
minutes. When 10% or less battery life remains,
for any sensor, a message will be generated
(the Info alert light will flash). Follow the
battery
diagnostic
procedure to identify the sensor.
Batteries do not need to be replaced before the
l
oW
B
attery
message is generated. Usually
several days, or weeks, of operation remain
from the moment the
l
oW
B
attery
message
comes. A new high quality alkaline or lithium ‘D’
cell battery may be used.
radio communication
1. Verify that the antennas have a direct clear line
of sight to each other.
2. Verify that the antennas do not point directly
towards, or directly away from, each other.
3. Verify that the antennas are not in contact with
metal other than the sensor itself.
4. Verify the antenna for damage.
5. Go to menu
5a) S
ySteM
S
enSorS
D
iaGnoStic
.
Select a sensor and press
enter
to verify the
sensor status.
• “
r
eceiVeD
rF
poWer
: 85%
” means radio
reception is at 85%.
6.
6.
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