Troubleshooting an AS-Interface Network
What do you do when things go wrong? When you have problems with your AS-Interface installation, structured step-by-step troubleshooting is the best and fastest way to get your system back up and running.
If you are experiencing issues with your AS-Interface safety system, you came to the right place. Here you will find step-by-step information on how to replace failed safety devices (from any manufacturer) and how to quickly replace safety monitors and safety controllers. |
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How to Replace a Failed AS-Interface Safety at Work Module Replacing a failed safety module from any manufacturer is easy and does not require any additional tools. This video shows how it is done using three of the most popular safety monitors and safety controllers including the legacy safety monitor offered by all members of the AS-Interface safety consortium including Pepperl+Fuchs, Siemens, ifm efector, Leuze, Allen-Bradley Guardmaster, and many more. |
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How to Replace an AS-Interface Legacy Safety Monitor This video shows you how to replace the legacy safety monitor offered by Pepperl+Fuchs and all other members of the safety consortium. Use this video if your safety monitor was purchased from Pepperl+Fuchs, Siemens, ifm efector, Leuze, Allen-Bradley Guardmaster, and many more. When performing this operation, it is very important to use the custom transfer cable VAZ-SIMON-RJ45. |
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How to Replace an AS-Interface Safety Monitor with Gateway Replacing this powerful device is easy and fast due to the integrated memory card. No other tools or cables are necessary. |
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How to Replace an AS-Interface Safety Controller This video goes through the steps necessary to replace an AS-Interface safety controller. Due to the integrated memory card, this process is fast and does not require any additional tools or cables. |
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AS-Interface Power Calculator The AS-Interface Power Calculator is an overall network checking utility verifying that the total power supply current is not exceeded and the network layout is correct. The length of cable between nodes and the current consumption of each node is used to verify that the voltage drop is not too large. The program also checks for duplicate and improperly used addresses. |
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How to Use the AS-Interface Handheld Programmer Learn how to use the invaluable AS-Interface handheld addressing tool and the various cable accessories included in this kit. |
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How to Get Diagnostics from an AS-Interface Gateway via a PLC While most of this how-to video deals with diagnostics, it also covers using the mailbox to retrieve analog data that is not directly mapped into the I/O image. This RSLogix5000 example makes use of an add-on instruction that can be downloaded from the Pepperl+Fuchs web site. |
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The AS-Interface Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide Edition 3.0 This guide is a pocket-size booklet with maintenance information. You will appreciate the DO's and DON'Ts section. |