Documentation HG G-73650ZD | English, Revision 05 | Date: 09.03.2017 | www.goetting-agv.com
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Chapter 9: Trouble Shooting
9
Trouble Shooting
Following you will find a tabular listing of any possible malfunctions. This troubleshooting
chart lists occurring symptoms and the malfunctions that may be causing the symptoms.
In the third column you'll find instructions how to detect errors and how errors can ideally
be resolved. If it is not possible to resolve the error, before contacting us please isolate the
failures as precisely as possible using the table below (type of malfunction, time of occur-
rence etc.).
Error
Possible cause(s) of failure
Possible diagnosis / trouble shooting
Speed incorrectly dis-
played or set
1. Rotary encoder defective or
connected incorrectly.
2. Parameter "increments per
meter" or „wheel diameter“
are wrong
1. Check the rotary encoder via the Parame-
ter Test menu (section 4.10 on page 83
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2. Re-adjust odometry (see section 5.8.1 on
Automatic mode is not
accepted / is not exe-
cuted
1. Vehicle is not close to the
selected segment.
2. No start release for the
vehicle control unit (the
vehicle might be in test
mode, visible by the word
„Test“ shown in the 7 seg-
ment display on the device)
3. Errors "Request" or
"Vehicle" are displayed in
menu Status Error 4.2.5 on
page 55
1. Drive the vehicle to the segment start
then use the Seg. Table from the menu
Status Navigation 4.2.1 on page 45 at
Seg. Table to check whether the coordi-
nates of the segment are shown in the
column „Available“. If not, check whether
the parameters for Configuration
Accuracy are set too tight.
2. Use the Parameter Test menu (section
4.10 on page 83) to activate the clear-
ance by switching to the mode Idle
3. Check the indicated error message in
Vehicle does not steer
1. Steering angle not properly
parameterized
2. Steering angle not trans-
mitted
3. Steering clearance from
PLC not available
1. Check the following parameters. Make
sure, none of the parameters is 0!
– D: Steering Scaling
– Comp. Left 1
– Comp. Right 1
– E: Speed Comp. Fix
– Min/max steering angle of the correspon-
ding wheel. Possibly set to Fix Angle or
Deactivated instead of Var Angle
2. & 3. Use P CAN View or a Profinet tool to
check, whether the steering angle of the
wheel and the steering clearance are
transmitted at all.
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Trouble Shooting (part 1 of 2)