Reading a Kinetix 5700 Fault at the Drive: the Display, the Fault Log and the Four Places to Look

The Kinetix 5700 home screen drawn as a field-and-value panel: the fault code FLT S45 and the text FDBK COMM FL on the first line, the drive IP address on the second, DC BUS voltage on the third, and the soft menu items Setup, A/B and Menu tied to the navigation buttons underneath

Reading a Kinetix 5700 Fault at the Drive: the Display, the Fault Log and the Four Places to Look The LCD on a 2198-D032-ERS3 reads FLT S45 – FDBK COMM FL, the MOD indicator above it is flashing red, and the line has been down for eleven minutes. Before anyone fetches a laptop, the drive … Read more

Removing an Axis From a Running Kinetix 5700 System Without Faulting the Rest

A Kinetix 5700 rail drawn twice: as commissioned with six modules from a 2198-P208 through to a capacitor module, and again with the 55 mm 2198-D032 pulled out leaving a dashed gap, annotated with the two ways out — shift every module right of the gap 55 mm left and re-drill, or leave the inverter bolted in place and inhibit it — and the warning that the rail cannot be opened until power is off and a meter says the bus is down

Removing an Axis From a Running Kinetix 5700 System Without Faulting the Rest A 2198-D032-ERS4 is two axes behind one Ethernet connection on one set of bus bars, and inhibiting either half takes the other half with it. Getting the module off the rail is a different order of problem: control power and mains off, … Read more

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