Technical support
A.2 Troubleshooting
SIMATIC Field PG M6
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Operating Instructions, 12/2018, A5E43198909-AA
A.2
Troubleshooting
A.2.1
General problems
This chapter provides you with tips on how to locate and troubleshoot common problems.
Problem
Possible cause
To correct or avoid error
The device is not opera-
tional.
There is no power supply to
the device.
Check the power supply, the power cord or the power plug.
PG is switched off
Press the power button
The battery is empty or not
installed
Charge or install battery.
You cannot move the
mouse pointer with the
clickpad under Windows
The clickpad is switched off Switch on the clickpad via the hotkeys Fn + F4
Wrong time and/or date on
the PG.
1.
Press <ESC> during the boot sequence to open
BIOS-Setup.
2.
Set the time and date in the setup menu.
Although the BIOS setting is
OK, the time and data are
still wrong.
The backup battery is dead. In this case, please contact your technical support team.
USB device not responding. The operating system does
not support the USB ports.
Enable USB Legacy Support for the mouse and keyboard.
For all other devices you will need USB drivers for the specific
operating system.
The following message
appears on the display: "No
boot device available"
NTLDR not found, check
the boot data storage medi-
um...
Wrong drive type entered in
SETUP
Use the "Autodetect Fixed Disk" function
The following message
appears on the display:
"Keyboard stuck key failure"
A key has been blocked
during system self-test of
the keyboard
Check the keyboard and, if necessary, restart the system
A beep sounds when a key
is pressed but no character
is displayed
Keyboard buffer is full
<CTRL> <PAUSE>
< \ > key not available
incorrect keyboard driver is
being used
with German keyboard driver: <ALTGr> < ß>
with international keyboard driver: < \>