Monitoring safety status, Controller faults, Monitoring safety status controller faults – Rockwell Automation 1756-L7x GuardLogix 5570 Controllers User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 1756-UM022A-EN-P - November 2012

Chapter 9

Monitor Status and Handle Faults

Monitoring Safety Status

View controller safety status information on the safety status button on the
online bar and on the Safety tab of the Controller Properties dialog box.

Figure 32 - Safety Task Status

These are the possible values for safety status:

Safety partner is missing or unavailable.
Safety partner hardware is incompatible with primary controller.
Safety partner firmware is incompatible with the primary controller.
Safety task inoperable.
Safety task OK.

With the exception of safety task OK, the descriptions indicate that
nonrecoverable safety faults exist.

See

Major Safety Faults (Type 14) on page 120

for fault codes and corrective

actions.

The status of the safety partner can be viewed on the Connections tab of its
Module Properties dialog box.

Figure 33 - Safety Partner Status

Controller Faults

Faults in the GuardLogix system can be nonrecoverable controller faults,
nonrecoverable safety faults in the safety application, or recoverable safety faults
in the safety application.

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