EM7180SFP
4. Troubleshooting
This section provides guidance in troubleshooting SENtral, and is divided into hardware-related and software-related errors.
4.1. Hardware-Related Error Conditions
Possible indications of a hardware-related problem are given below in Table 13.
Register Name
Address
Error Indication
[0] 1 = CPUReset. Watchdog or Power on
Reset occurred and EEPROM upload
failed. See Section “Power-Up and
Configuration File Upload”.
EventStatus
0x35
[2] 1 = EEUploadError. Issue with
uploading from the dedicated EEPROM.
SentralStatus
0x37
[4] 1 = No EEPROM detected
See Section “Power-Up and Configuration
File Upload”.
MagRate
AccelRate
GyroRate
0x55
0x56
0x57
0x00 – Value lost
0x00 – Value lost
0x00 – Value lost
Table 13 Hardware-Related Error Indications
In the event of such errors, SENtral will enter Standby State, shut down the sensors, and generate an interrupt to the host.
Possible reasons for hardware-related errors include problems with an external EEPROM upload, power transients detected by
power management, and errors in software detected by Watchdog. Often the error can be cleared by sending the ResetReq
command and reloading the Configuration File.
4.2. Software-Related Error Conditions
Possible indications of software-related errors are given below in Table 14:
Register Name
Address
Error Indication
EventStatus
0x35
[1] 1 = Error.
Non-zero value indicates sensor-related error. Check
sensors by communicating in Pass-Through State.
See Table 15
SensorStatus
ErrorRegister
0x36
0x50
Non-zero value indicated an error. See Table 16.
Table 14 Software-Related Error Indications
If the SensorStatus register indicates a non-zero value, then the value provides additional information on the sensor that is
causing a problem, as given in Table 15.
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