FP-1600 Status LED blinks 17 times.

[Jake Stern]

My FieldPoint bank has 9 modules. I previously had a problem with the FP-TB-10 power and ready lights blinking, but that was because one of my dual-channel modules was not seated correctly. Now the status LED is blinking 17 times. The manual says to contact NI about this. The FieldPoint Explorer seems to find all of the modules correctly, though. Anyone know what's up?

[Aaron_G]

Jake,

17 Status flashes on the FP-1600 indicate a GPF type error. Knowing that you have a FP-TB-10, one reason this may be seen is that older firmwares of the FP-1600 may not be compatible with FP-TB-10's. At the minimum, I recommend using firmware revision 320 located at:
ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/fieldpoint/Update/FPEthernet0320.zip
Likewise you should be using FieldPoint Explorer 2.0.2 or later (current is 3.0). The current version is at:
ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/fieldpoint/Server/nifp30.exe

Regards,
Aaron

[Jake Stern]

Aaron,
I checked the firmware and the FieldPoint Explorer version, and I'm using 3.20 and 3.0, respectively. When I power cycle the FP-1600, the 17 blinks of the status LED go away. Communication works, and all of the devices are found. However, communication does drop out from time to time, and eventually the status LED begins blinking 17 times again.

A possibly related issue is that the FP-AI-V10 dual-channel module that I have plugged into slot 2 of the FP-TB-10 base causes the FP-TB-10 to flash its power and ready LEDs. Re-seating the FP-AI-V10 seems to fix this, although the module is definitely already clicked into place when I see this problem. Upon reseating (or just pressing on it without removing the module), the FieldPoint Explo
rer program finds this module.

I'm tempted to think that this issue with the FP-TB-10 and FP-AI-V10 are unrelated to the FP-1600's status LED blinking 17 times because even with the FP-TB-10 removed from the bank, I still get the flashing LED.

Any ideas? Also, what is a GPF type error?

Thanks,
Jake