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9 Diagnosis, asset management and service
VEGAPULS 65 • Foundation Fieldbus
36518-EN-140209
This status message is inactive by default. It can be activated by the
user via PACTware/DTM or EDD.
The following table shows the codes and text messages of the status
message "
Failure
" and provides information on causes as well as
corrective measures.
Code
Text mes-
sage
Cause
Rectification
PA DevS-
pec
Diagnosis
F013
no meas
-
ured value
available
–
Sensor does not
detect an echo during
operation
–
Antenna system con
-
taminated or defective
–
Check or correct
installation and/or
parameter adjustment
–
Clean or exchange
process component or
antenna
Bit 0
F017
Adjustment
span too
small
–
Adjustment not within
specification
–
Change adjustment
according to the limit
values (difference
between min. and
max. ≥ 10 mm)
Bit 1
F025
Error in the
lineariza
-
tion table
–
Index markers are not
continuously rising, for
example illogical value
pairs
–
Check linearization
table
–
Delete table/Create
new
Bit 2
F036
No op
-
erable
software
–
Failed or interrupted
software update
–
Repeat software
update
–
Check electronics
version
–
Exchanging the elec
-
tronics
–
Send instrument for
repair
Bit 3
F040
Error in the
electronics
–
Hardware defect
–
Exchanging the elec
-
tronics
–
Send instrument for
repair
Bit 4
F080
–
General software error
–
Disconnect operating
voltage briefly
Bit 5
F105
Determine
measured
value
–
The instrument is still
in the start phase, the
measured value could
not yet be determined
–
Wait for the end of the
switch-on phase
–
Duration depending
on the version and
parameter adjustment
up to approximately
3
min.
Bit 6
F113
Communi
-
cation error
–
Error in the internal
instrument communi
-
cation
–
Disconnect operating
voltage briefly
–
Send instrument for
repair
Bit 7
Failure (failure)