Re: Process controller error on an MSL

charlie thibault (cth@bruker.com)
Mon, 20 Mar 95 9:26:04 EST

According to J.W.Emsley:
>
> Dear Bruker Users,
> My MSL 200 console was installed in 1989, and we had a period when the
> system would crash on acquisition with the error message:
> Processor controller error
> IFCW = 10003004
> MASTER SSW = 30240260 ADDR = 00000054
> SLAVE SSW = 30277774 ADDR = 00007777
> SLAVE
>
> The message was always similar but not identical. Bruker never succeeded
> in curing this fault, and could not tell what the error meddage means!

The error means that the process controller encountered an error, most
likely a timing error although it could be a faulty component, at
address 54 (octal) of the master module. If you type:
RP <pulse program name> <return>
a file named <pulse program name>.ppgl will be generated. If you print
this out you can see what statement is at this address. If you need help
interpreting it, please e-mail or fax it to me and I can help.

> I eventually discovered that turning off everything would hold this fault
> at bay for a while. We then had a long period when the fault dissappeared.
> Now it has returned, and my old trick does not cure it.
> Anyone else had this fault? And, anyone found a permanent cure?

My guess is that you have a component on your process controller which
is marginal. After running for a while it begins to fail. Turning the
system off and back on may be enough to "reset" it so it will run for
a while. It sounds like it is failing completely now, which will make
it easier to trace the problem to a specific component.

Charlie

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