Front panel LED indicators

There are several LEDs on the NION front panel that help indicate unit status.

Fault

RED

Audio not working.

OFF

Audio working.

The Fault LED tracks the state of the fault relay. (The fault relay signals appear on pins of the GPIO connector.)

Note: The RED state does not necessarily indicate a problem, but that audio is not actively being processed and passed. This state occurs normally when the unit is rebooting or has not yet been configured to run a Project. It also occurs when the unit has encountered a problem and can no longer process and pass audio.

X-DAB

GREEN

Primary and backup rings are operational.

YELLOW OR GREEN BLINKING

Running in backup with single cable missing - all audio present.

YELLOW/RED OR RED BLINKING

Running in backup mode with multiple cables/nodes missing - some audio gone.

RED

Failure - some or all audio gone. Not running in backup mode.

OFF

XDAB is not in use (in the current Project/Role for this NioNode).

Note: The XDAB LED is updated only when XDAB is used by the NioNode in the current Project and the NioNode is up and passing audio.

LAN

GREEN

Ethernet link.

OFF

No Ethernet Link.

CobraNET

GREEN

Ethernet link.

GREEN BLINKING

Ethernet link and NioNode is CobraNet Conductor.

RED

No link or CM-1 missing or malfunctioning, and NION is configured to use CM-1.

OFF

No link or CM-1 missing or malfunctioning, and NION is not configured to use CM-1.

Note: Even if the NION has not been configured to use its CM-1 (in the project design), link and Conductor status are still reported and the unit will be visible as a CobraNet node on the network it is attached to. You will only a red CobraNET LED if the NION has been configured to use its CM-1 and there is a problem with the link or the CM-1 module.

IDE

GREEN

Mass storage (CompactFlash) read or write activity.

OFF

No activity.

Tip: The IDE LED indicator is remarkably similar to the disk status LED you may have on the front of your PC or on the bezel of your laptop.

Attn

RED BLINKING

Indicates there is an error or warning condition of interest.

OFF

No status change of interest.

Tip: This indicator is paired with a button. When the LED blinks, the button can be pressed to cause the LCD to navigate to a page displaying the source of the condition.

Attn

OFF

Unit is off.

ORANGE

Unit is booting up or down.

GREEN

Unit has booted up.

See also

Cannot access NION using IP address or IP address is unknown

Including debug messages in the log

HF2 errors

Low voltage warning

NION locking up or rebooting spuriously