Operating status indicator (LEDs)

LEDs indicate the operational state of the card and fiber optic channels. When switching on, all LEDs light up briefly to prove their proper function.

LED

Status

Description

Green

off

card without power or defective

flashing

normal operation

Yellow

off

no connection, fiber optics not connected or PLUSCONTROL system switched off

flashing

connection to PLUSCONTROL system is OK, but system not ready

on

connection to PLUSCONTROL system is OK, system ready

White

off

no data transfer

on

data transfer in progress

Red

off

normal state, no error

flashing

running in FPGA factory rescue mode

on

hardware error (FPGA not configured)

7 segment display


The 7 segment display shows the following information:

  • Horizontal segment: After switching on, until the initialization by ibaPDA is finished

  • Numbers 0 to 3: Ident number, card is initialized

The decimal point shows how the card is configured:

  • Always lights up: configured as internal interrupt master

  • Off: configured as interrupt slave

  • Flashing: configured as external interrupt master