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EPOS4 EtherCAT Card Hardware Reference
Edition: December 2017
© 2017 maxon motor. Subject to change without prior notice.
4.2.3
EtherCAT Status LEDs
The «EPOS4 EtherCAT Card» provides two outputs to display the actual status and possible errors of
the EtherCAT network with LEDs (D2):
•
Green LED shows the RUN state
•
Red LED indicates errors
Table 4-7
EtherCAT status LEDs
The outputs are designed as open-collector circuit with internal series resistor of 150 Ohm. An external
LED can be mounted as long as the current is limited to less than 20 mA with an matching series resis-
tor (Rs).
Figure 4-8
EtherCAT status LED “sinks” (analogously valid for B11)
LED
Description
Green
Red
OFF
—
EPOS4 is in state INIT
Blink
—
EPOS4 is in state PRE-OPERATIONAL
Single flash
—
EPOS4 is in state SAFE-OPERATIONAL
ON
—
EPOS4 is in state OPERATIONAL
—
OFF
EPOS4 is in operating condition
—
Double flash
An application watchdog timeout has occurred
Example: Timeout of Sync Manager Watchdog
—
Single flash
EPOS4 has changed the COM state due to an internal error
Example: Change of state “Op” to “SafeOpError” due to Sync Error
—
Blink
General Configuration Error
Example: State change commanded by master is not possible due to
actual settings (register, object, hardware configuration)
Blink = continuous blinking (
≈
2.5 Hz) Flash = Flashing (
≈
0.2 s), followed by pause of 1 s
Red/green EtherCAT status LED “sinks”
Max. input voltage
+30 VDC
Max. load current
20 mA