Harry Alonso Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hi everyone: We have a 350-35-TRA22 with a EX-1 and a IO-ATC8. The problem start when the system was restarted after last year, the thermocouple card was reading unusual temperatures then after that is start reading 0 in all the chanels. I change the thermocouple card with any advance, change the ex-1 and the cable with the same result; I put one of the thermocoules on the OPLC an I get the expected temperature (room temp. at this time), put back the thermocouple at the card still get 0, (card is configured for thermocouples). Any help will be graetly apreciated I run out of ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Joe Tauser Posted December 4, 2012 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 I have had a problem like this with grounded thermocouples on a floating system. Yes, everything was supposed to be grounded together but a volt or two of ground imbalance will wreak havoc on the IO-ATC8. The IO-ATC8 card is not isolated, and noise from the system can cause very odd behavior. The first thing to do is disconnect all the thermocouples from the card and replace each one with a short jumper (I use a cut off paperclip) across the thermocouple terminals. You should read ambient temperature on every channel. If you don't, there is something wrong with the hardware or the configuration. If you do read ambient, re-connect the thermocouples one at a time until the problem shows itself. I had to replace all my thermocouples with ungrounded ones to solve the problem. Joe T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Alonso Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Hi Joe, thanks for your response; I try your sugestion but the card didn't respond, also build a simulator to can test temps completally isolated from the system and the card either way didn't respond. I gess I will need a new one, Thanks again for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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