Faults – MoTeC ADR User Manual

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ADR Functionality User Manual

Faults

Faults

Various fault conditions are monitored by the ADR. The presence of a fault is indicated by the Status LED, and the fault
information is transmitted in the CAN status messages.

The following checks are performed.

Fault check

Description

External LED open
circuit fault

The external LED open circuit test is performed only during the power ON lamp test (on
application of power to an unpowered ADR).
See the

LEDs

section on page

12

for more detail on the lamp test.

If an external LED is not used with the ADR then the external LED output should be disabled
in the configuration; see the

LEDs Tab

section on page

9

.

Calibration and

configuration faults

Whenever the ADR is restarted, the integrity of the stored calibration and configuration are

checked.

Internal faults

Whenever the ADR is restarted, the internal accelerometer, flash memory and oscillator
tests are performed.

Internal voltage rail
faults

The internal voltage rails are constantly monitored for correct voltage.

MoTeC — Published: 11 February 2014

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