VIM 2 card LEDs

The VIM 2 card has 6 LEDs. The LEDs can have 3 states: On, Off, or Blink (only used for the VIMNet network communications LED). From top to bottom the LEDs are:

Power: should always be On (green). If the power LED is off, provide power to the card.
Error: Whenever the Fault LED is on (red), the VIM 2 is in error; all other LED states are not significant.
Active: When lit (green) indicates that the card is commissioned and operating as the active card in a redundant pair.
Standby: When lit (green) indicates that the card is commissioned and operating as the standby card in a redundant pair. The Standby LED is always off in simplex mode.
Network: When lit (amber) indicates valid VIMNet network communications.
Ctlr Comm: When lit (amber) indicates valid LocalBus communications.

LED pattern when the VIM 2 is decommissioned

The following table shows the LED pattern when the VIM 2 is decommissioned.

LED	State	Corrective action
Active	Off	A decommissioned VIM 2 does not have an IP address. Use the VIMNet Explorer to configure a placeholder that contains the IP address for your network, then commission the VIM 2.
Standby	Off
Network	Blinking
Ctlr Comm	Off
Power	On

Example LED patterns when the VIM 2 is commissioned

The following table shows the LED pattern when the VIM 2 is commissioned and communicating with both the DeltaV controller and with external devices. Note that if the Active LED is on and the Standby LED is off, the redundancy role is Active. If the Active LED is off and the Standby LED is on the redundancy role is Standby.

Table: VIM 2 is commissioned and communicating on both networks
LED	State
Active	On
Standby	Off
Network	On
Ctlr Comm	On
Power	On

The following table shows the LED pattern when the VIM 2 is commissioned but not communicating on the LocalBus and there is a VIMNet network error. The redundancy role is Active. If the Standby LED is On and the Active is Off with all other LED states the same, the redundancy role is Standby.

Table: VIM 2 is commissioned but not communicating on the LocalBus; VIMNet network error
LED	State	Corrective action
Active	On	Verify that the DeltaV controller is downloaded. Also verify that the external device configuration has been uploaded to the VIM 2 from the VIMNet Explorer
Standby	Off
Network	Blink
Ctlr Comm	Off
Power	On

The following table shows the LED pattern when the VIM 2 is commissioned and communicating on the LocalBus but there are errors on the VIMNet network. The redundancy role is Active. If the Standby LED is On and the Active is Off with all other LED states the same, the redundancy role is Standby.

Table: VIM 2 is commissioned, communicating on the LocalBus, VIMNet network errors
LED	State
Active	On
Standby	Off
Network	Blink
Ctlr Comm	On
Power	On