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Siemens G120C Error F01030: Sign-of-life failure for master control

Siemens G120C drive · taken from the manufacturer’s manual, pages cited

Error codeF01030

For active PC master control, no sign-of-life was received within monitoring time, causing a return to BICO interconnection on the Siemens G120C. The manual's first action is: “Set the monitoring time higher at the PC or, if required, completely disable the monitoring function. For the commissioning software, the monitoring time is set as follows: -> Commissioning -> Control panel -> Button "Fetch master control" -> A window is displayed to set the monitoring time in milliseconds. Notice: The monitoring time should be set as short as possible. A long monitoring time means a late response when the communication fails!”

Model
Siemens G120C
Display shows
Sign-of-life failure for master control (F01030)
Type
Error code
Source
Manual p. 663

What F01030 means

Sign-of-life failure for master control p. 663

Common causes

  • For active PC master control, no sign-of-life was received within the monitoring time. The master control was returned to the active BICO interconnection. p. 663

What to do

  1. Set the monitoring time higher at the PC or, if required, completely disable the monitoring function. For the commissioning software, the monitoring time is set as follows: -> Commissioning -> Control panel -> Button "Fetch master control" -> A window is displayed to set the monitoring time in milliseconds. Notice: The monitoring time should be set as short as possible. A long monitoring time means a late response when the communication fails! p. 663

Before you service the product, read the safety instructions in the manual p. 4.

If F01030 is still not resolved

  • contact service / dealer p. 4
    “Warning concept This Manual contains information which you must observe to ensure your own personal safety as well as to avoid material damage.”
  • contact service / dealer p. 12
    “WARNING Danger to life if the safety instructions and residual risks are not observed”
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