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 TS-00407684

Question/Problem
 
VFD cannot start.

VFD FAULT --- Drive Not In Profibus Mode

Answer/Solution

i) Find the Network Schematics and Layout

ii) Locate the faulted VFD on any of those documents, search for Node number and VFD number

iii) Locate the network branch where your faulted VFD is

iv) Tell site to walk the conveyor lane where the branch with the faulted VFD is, searching for:

* Broken PROFIBUS wires,

* PROFIBUS connectors with termination switch in the ON position (All termination switches should be OFF except for the last node)

  * Loose PROFIBUS connections

PROFIBUS CONNECTOR

PROFIBUS CONNECTIONS