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Answer ID
541501 PowerFlex 525: Fault F111 [Safety Hardware]
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What does an F111 [Safety Hardware] fault indicate on a 25B PowerFlex 525 AC drive
Assigned To and how can it be prevented?
Uwe Tober

Date Created Answer

04/17/2013 03:24 PM

Last Updated Cause

02/23/2018 07:07 AM

On a PowerFlex 525 drive an F111 [Safety Hardware] fault occurs when the two safety
Products channels are not opened at the same time. The maximum delay time is as follows:
Drives & Motors > Low
Voltage AC Drives > • The discrepancy time is one second for PowerFlex 525 FRN 5.xxx and later.
Compact-class AC drives • The discrepancy time is 10 milliseconds for PowerFlex 525 FRN 4.xxx and
> PowerFlex 525
earlier.

Answer

To prevent this fault from occurring, address the safety channels issue to eliminate
the cause and then cycle power to the drive in order to clear the fault. In firmware
versions 5.xxx or later, you can reset F111 using an clear fault command when
Parameter T106 [SafetyFltRstCfg] is set to a 1 [FltClr Reset].

• Confirm that both channels are triggered by the same safety relay. If using
an external 24VDC power supply the -DC of the power supply must be tied
back to terminal 4 on the drive.
• If needed use an oscilloscope to check for debounce of these channels.
• If the safety inputs are not being used then verify and tighten the
jumper between terminals S+, S1 and S2. If the jumper is in place and the
fault still occurs then replace the drive.

Note: Always verify that the safety and risk assessment allow changes to the safety
circuit.

For more information regarding this and other safety circuit faults refer to 550198 -
PowerFlex 525: Relationship Between Safety Inputs and Faults F059 or F111.

For further information please refer to PowerFlex 520-Series Adjustable Frequency

AC Drive Users Manual - Publication 520-UM001.

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02/23/2018 Maciej
**Review 23 February 2018 (Maciej Dzioba) ** Released
07:07 AM Dzioba
Changed information about discrepancy time to follow User
01/12/2018 Uwe
Manual (1000 ms or one second since FRN 5.001)
06:35 AM Tober
added Fault Code category
01/11/2018 no value TN Created: 17 APR 2013 - ADAM J SMITH
09:17 PM 15-MAY-2013 Simon Medina: reviewed KCS rules,
rearranged Summary, moved "F111" to Keywords, removed
colons from Q&A, changed Q&A to "Problem" and
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-added not about digital input reset
-added comment about the relays when they both close at
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-added reis assessment statement
**Review 10/December/2013 (Jose Garcia) **
***Updated 3March2015 By Kelvin Chaney***
***Added to make sure terminal 4 is tied to the -DC terminal
of the powersupply if external 24VDC is being used.***
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get a F059 [Safety Open] fault. should be opening
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**Review 4/May/2014 (Muzaffer Mohammed) **Reviewed
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***Technote Updated***
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Updated question to correct format
**09/Oct/2014 (Daniel Tay)** Updated format, refer to Ticket
# 4004283726 for details.
***Updated 03March2015 By Belvin Chaney***
*** added (If using an external 24VDC power supply the -DC
of the power supply must be tied back to terminal 4 on the
drive).
**Review 22/April/2015 (Muzaffer Mohammed)** Updated
Summary, added Environment and updated format.Further
information on Service ticket#4004717975.
***Updated 10/Sept/2015 by Amy Schepp***
Added if not using safety
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- removed content unrelated to Summary and Question
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- added reference to TN 550198

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2-April-2016 Steve Kikeli changed "If the safety ..." from H4

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***added that F111 can be rest via a clear fault
request/command in V5.XX or later when T106 = 1***

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