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Allegiant Light Bar
Federal Signal
www.fedsig.com
Maintaining and Servicing the Allegiant
Troubleshooting the Light Bar
This section provides troubleshooting assistance for common problems. If you have
any questions left unanswered, call the Federal Signal Service Department at
1-800-433-9132, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (CT).
Table 10 Troubleshooting tips
Problem
Corrective Action
The light bar
does not light
• Verify that the light bar’s Red power line (+BAT) and the Black ground-
power line (–GND) are properly connected to a good, fully charged
12-volt battery. Check the 40 A fuse.
• Ensure that the ground connection from the light bar controller to the
aluminum extrusion is good.
• Verify that the CAT5 cable is connected to the Serial Interface Module
(J1) and there are no damaged pins in the sockets.
• Try a new CAT5 cable.
• Check the connections on the Serial Interface Module:
• The Black wire and the Black/White wire are connected to ground
(–GND)
• The White wire is connected to 12 Vdc. Check the 1 A fuse.
• A MODE wire has 12 Vdc.
• Check the position of Switch 1 on SW-2 in the Serial Interface Module.
If Switch 1 is down (ON), ensure that the ENABLE control wires (Green/
White and Orange/Black) have 12 Vdc applied.
• Check the positions of the DIP switches in the Interface Module.
• Check the fuses on the mainbar controller.
• Reset the controller (page 31).
An LED
module does
not light
• Swap the LED board with good board to see if the board is bad.
• Check the connections of the cable that goes from the light bar controller
to the LED ROC board.
• If it is a rear module, check the SignalMaster connections.
• Reset the controller (page 31).
Half of an LED
module does
not light
• Replace the ROC board that the LED is on.
• Reset the controller (page 31).
The light bar
turns off when
the Flash
Takedown/
Alley lights
turn on
• Ensure that the vehicle battery is fully charged.
• Verify that the light bar’s Red power line (+BAT) and Black ground-power
line (–GND) are properly connected to a good, fully charged 12-volt
battery.
• Check the Red power line (+BAT) and the Black ground-power line
(–GND) connections in the light bar and vehicle.
• Reset the controller (page 31).