NCS Indicator Lights

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NCS Indicator Lights

Normal NCS LED States

Red LED - State

Flash period (ms) Flash Interval Status
4096 2 sec on - 2 sec off Application is running and is idle.
512 256ms on - 256ms off Application is running and is contacting the server for work order.
256 128ms on - 128ms off Application is NOT running - boot loader is running and is waiting for commands from configurator.
128 64ms on - 64ms off Application is running and is executing its work order.

Green LED - Link/Rx

Light Behavior Flash Interval
Generally On Ethernet Link Up
Off Ethernet Link no detected
Blinks with receive activity

Yellow LED - DHCP/Tx

Flash period (ms) Flash Interval Status
256 128ms on - 128ms off Attempting to acquire IP address by DHCP
Generally On n/a Using IP address acquired by DHCP
Generally Off n/a Using static IP address set in the unit configuration.
Blinks with transmit activity

Special LED Sequences

Automatic firmware update is in progress - Repeating 2048ms sequence is:

  • All off for 512ms
  • Red only on for 512ms
  • Green and Red on for 512ms
  • Yellow, Green and Red on for 512ms

Request to set factory default configuration has been acknowledged (Unit has been powered up normally, then reset button depressed for more than five seconds). Repeating 512ms sequence is:

  • All leds on for 64ms
  • All leds off for 448ms

Power On Self Test (POST) failure

  • All LEDs On, then...

Repeating sequence (Green and Yellow LEDs On), Red led flashes 'error code' times then Red LED off for half a second.

  • Error code 4 = Configuration memory bad
  • Error code 5 = Ram test failed