GE PACSystems RXi User Manual

Chapter 14. DiagnosticsGFK-2816F August 2015 265Viewing Controller Fault DetailsNote: The fault action displayed in the expanded fault details indicates the fault actionspecified by the fault that was logged, but not necessarily the executed fault action.To determine what action was executed for a particular fault in a configurable faultgroup, you must refer to the hardware configuration settings.To see controller fault details, click the fault entry. The detailed information box for the faultappears. (To close this box, click the fault.)The detailed information for controller faults includes the following:Error Code Further identifies the fault. Each fault group has its own set of error codes.Group Group is the highest classification of a fault and identifies the general categoryof the fault. The fault description text displayed by your programming softwareis based on the fault group and the error codes.Action Fatal, Diagnostic, or Informational. For definitions of these actions, refer topage 263.Task Number Not used for most faults. When used, provides additional information forTechnical Support representatives.Fault Extra Data Provides additional information for diagnostics by Technical Support engineers.Explanations of this information are provided in Section 14.4.2, Controller FaultDescriptions and Corrective Actions, as appropriate for specific faults.User Defined FaultsUser-defined faults can be logged in the controller fault table. When a user-defined faultoccurs, it is displayed in the appropriate fault table as Application Msg (error_code): and maybe followed by a descriptive message up to 24 characters in length. The user can define allcharacters in the descriptive message. Although the message must end with the nullcharacter, for example, zero (0), the null character does not count as one of the 24characters. If the message contains more than 24 characters, only the first 24 characters aredisplayed.Certain user-defined faults can be used to set a system status reference(%SA0081–%SA0112).User-defined faults are created using Service Request 21.Note: When a user-defined fault is displayed in the Controller Fault table, a value of -32768(8000 hex) is added to the error code. For example, the error code 5 will be displayedas -32763.