Rockwell Automation 2755 Enhanced Decoder Series B User Manual

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Maintenance and Troubleshooting

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Problem: Characters do not display or are difficult to read on
the LCD Display.

Cause: Inadequate contrast.

Solution: Improve readability of characters on LCD Display by
adjusting LCD Display potentiometer on main logic board. See
Chapter 9 for details.

Problem: AUX Terminal is set to manual data entry mode, and
terminal is displaying duplicate characters.

Cause: The terminal itself is set to echo data and the Echo to
Terminal
configuration parameter is also set to Yes.

Solution: Set the Echo to Terminal parameter to No.

Problem: AUX Terminal is set to manual data entry mode, and
terminal is not displaying any characters.

Cause: Neither the terminal nor the decoder configuration is set
to echo data.

Solution: Set the Echo to Terminal parameter to Yes.

Problem: No communication between decoder and AUX
terminal.

Cause: Incorrect terminal selected from Select CRT Type
screen.

Solution: Select the correct terminal type. See Chapter 5.

Cause: Improperly connected cable.

Solution: Check connections. See Appendix D.

Cause: Improperly fabricated cable.

Solution: Verify connections. See Appendix D.

Cause: Incorrect terminal setup.

Solution: Verify that your terminal is set for 9600 baud, no
parity, 1 stop bit. See Appendix D.

Problem: You cannot access the configuration screens on the
AUX terminal.

Cause: The AUX port is set to manual data entry mode, not
configuration mode.

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