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Description Part no.(If required)
1 Screwdriver set Standard set
2 Allen key set Standard set
(metric)
3 security hex/torx bits Standard set
4 Crimp gun for Tyco crimps
connectors
5 Crimp gun for Grip on 912.07
ferrules
6 DVM Standard
7 Ferrell crimps
8

1.1. Tools required for Maintenance and Repair

10. Fault Diagnosis

Under normal operation conditions and with no vehicle present all the ‘Proceed LEDs should be
illuminated in the GEE cabinets. This is with the exception of some GEE boxes situated on the
roundabout were the yellow inhibit LED is on permanently on the in fills, merges and diverges.
The fault diagnoses should be carried out using the ATS trolley with the Redcliffe monitoring
system. The proceed signals may be lost momentarily as the receivers approach loop boundaries,
this is normal and should be expected. Only when the proceed /speed signals are lost for a
sustained section of the loop will indicate a problem.
The trolley should be pulled along the guideway and the six measurements visually monitored.
Checks should be made for loss of proceed signal strength (F1 & F2). The signal strength should
never fall below 1000 mV anywhere on the guideway The signal strength on the roundabout will be
lower than that of the straight sections due to the wider loop widths on the merges and diverges.
Measurements on the trolley differ to those of the vehicle, so these measurements are for
indicating faults, not for accurate readings.

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The vehicle box and monitoring system can be remove from the trolley and fitted to an ATS vehicle
in order to obtain more accurate measurements.
Note. This procedure should be carried out whenever a repair or calibration is completed

Monitor System Faults

The support required here is to process and relay on to Central Control the alarm messages
provided by the AVP. The messages can be processed to locate faulty loops by:
• Vehicle undetected - noting gaps in the ‘Loop Occupied’ sequence as the vehicle passes
and/or appearance of the ‘Detector Fail’ signal.
• Loops not transmitting – no ‘Proceed On’ signal from one or more loops when not inhibited,
and/or appearance of the ‘Proceed Signal/Inhibit Fail’ signal.
• Failure to inhibit loops correctly – no or spurious ‘Loop Inhibited’ signals when expected,
and/or appearance of the ‘Proceed Signal/Inhibit Fail’ signal.
Listed below are the faults that could be detected by the control room.

Loop Faults

Fault No. Description Flow diagram Reference.

1 Fails to detect Vehicle 17.7
2 False vehicle detection 17.6
3 Fails to Inhibit 17.7,17.12
4 False Inhibits 17.4
5 False Proceed signal (Same as 3) 17.7,17.12
6 No proceed signal 17.4,17.8,17.12
7 Monitoring signal fault with no fault in functionality 17.11
8 Speed limit incorrect 17.10
9 False Alarm.( Alarm activates with no real fault) 17.11

GEE faults

Fault Description Flow Diagram

No Reference
1 Fails to detect vehicle on one side 17.7
2 Fails to proceed on one side 17.9
3 Interface Failure(Any inter GEE inhibits, Power down inhibit or 17.8
sync failure
4 Master sync Failure 17.3,17.8

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Vehicle Faults

Fault No. Description Flow Diagram Reference

1 Fails to transmit presence signal( Vehicle undetected) 17.7
2 Faulty Speed signal provided 17.1
3 False proceed or speed signal 17.11
4 No proceed or speed signal 17.9,17.12
5 Incorrect speed signal 17.10

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17.2.Flow Diagram of Proceed Signal Inhibit Fault on one Loop control PCB

Proceed signal/ Inhibit fail LED 1

illuminated on one Loop control
PCB

Remove suspect Loop controller PCB using red eject

lever and replace with spare Loop control PCB

Yes Loop Control PCB faulty

Has fault gone?

No

From 17.6
Turn the rack 90º to gain access to backplane
17.2(a)
Ref 12.1.1

Unplug the preamp plug associated with the suspect

loop control PCB.
Unplug the next preamp plug along and swap the two
over

Has the fault moved from the No Connection problem between Loop control
original loop control PCB to the PCB and backplane
next one along?

Yes

Preamp cable, preamp or loop

connection problem.
Remove the GRP lid to gain
access to the suspect Preamp box.

CONTINUED

Are connections on TB1 & No Secure connectors and Yes

J1 on preamp secured? check for fault condition
Has gone?

Yes Connection problem

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Preamp PCB fault Yes Open preamp box No

(Ref 13.1.5)
Replace preamp. Has fault
gone from loop control PCB?

No

Check continuity of preamp cable

and crimped connectors

17.3Flow Diagram of Proceed Signal Inhibit Fault on all Loop control PCB

PSIF: Proceed signal/Inhibit Fail

Proceed signal/ Inhibit fail LED (1)

illuminated on all Loop control PCBs in
GEE cabinet on side ’A’ or side ’B’ or
both

Check next GEE box

Yes Upstream.
Are PSIF LEDs illuminated on
sides A & B? Are all PSIF LED s
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No

Replace Slave Sync PCB.

Has fault gone?
Replace Master Sync PCB
Refer to FAT test

No Yes
Slave Sync PCB fault. .Refer
to FAT test

Replace Oscillator coder Yes Oscillator Coder PCB fault.

PCB. Refer to FAT test
Has fault gone?

17.4.Flow Diagram of False Inhibit Fault on Loop Control PCB

One inhibit LED

illuminated with no vehicle
in close proximity

Remove the next 2 Loop control

PCBs to the right of the inhibited
one

Is the Loop PCB still No Fault with one of the adjacent Loop
inhibited? control PCB. Refer to Loop Control
FAT test

Yes
Replace suspect Loop PCB
with spare

No
Is the Loop PCB Fault with Loop Control
still inhibited? PCB. Refer to FAT test

Yes
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Is suspect loop PCB Reset impact switch

Yes
associated with an impact
switch?

No
Note: If backplane is of the configurable type
check for broken connections on the back.
Ref 10703-LK- GEExxx
Possible Backplane connection
problem. Refer to 13.1.3 to replace
backplane.

17.5.Flow Diagram of Detector Fail LED fault on Loop Controller PCB

Is the Detector fail LED No Flashes on occasionally This may

permanently illuminated on not be a problem please refer to
the Loop control PCB?
Redcliffe

Is other side operation No Determine fault with

correctly? other side

Yes
Swap suspect Loop control PCB with Yes Is fault still present?
spare

Has Detector fail LED gone out? No Please refer to

Redcliffe

Yes

Loop control PCB

fault

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17.6.Flow diagram of False Occupied fault on Loop Control PCB.

Occupied LED (5) illuminated on loop

control PCB with no vehicle present

Replace suspect loop PCB with spare

Has fault gone?

Yes Fault with Loop control PCB
Please refer to Loop Control PCB
FAT test

No

Use Preamp test box to check

preamp wiring and preamp

Yes
Is preamp Please refer to Redcliffe
functioning
correctly?

No
Problem with
Preamp/wiring
Refer to flow diagram
17.2 (a)

17.7.Loop control PCB Fails to Detect Vehicle on one side

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Loop control PCB fails to detect vehicle entering loop (on one
side)

Proceed signal/ inhibit fail LED (!) illuminated see 15

No
With no vehicle present Detect Fail LED (2) Illuminated see 15.
Only Proceed LED (4)
should be illuminated Inhibit LED (3) Illuminated see 15.

Yes

Problem with Vehicle board. Please

Position ‘Test trolley’ (Ref 15.1) refer to Vehicle PCB FAT test
over suspect loop. Only the No
proceed LED (4) and the Occupied
LED (5) should be illuminated

Replace Loop
Faulty Loop controller PCB
Control PCB. Yes
Is test trolley detected?

No

Problem with pre-amp or wiring. Please refer to

flow diagram
15.2 (a)

17.8.Pre-amp faults

Gain of Preamp too high

If the gain of the preamp has become too high it is possible for the preamp in that loop to detect a
vehicle too early and inhibit itself. This faults would cause a dropout of proceed signal on that side.
This fault could also affect loops in close proximity such as at merges and diverges.

Gain of Preamp too Low

The vehicle may lose the proceed signal in the loop controlled by the faulty preamp.

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Faults between GEE Cabinets

The system is design that if a fault should occur between cabinets the system would fail
safe and permanently inhibit the affected loops.

17.9.Flow diagram of loss of proceed signal on vehicle

Loss of Proceed signal to vehicle

Is there a vehicle Yes Provided the vehicle is within

minimum headway, the system is
A head inhibiting correctly

No
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Check the status of the loop control

PCB associated with the loop at
which proceed signal is lost

Yes Refer to flow diagram

Is occupied LED (5) 16.4
illuminated on associated
Loop PCB?

No

Is ‘lost transmitter alarm’

activated on vehicle PCB? (Ref.
Vehicle PCB FAT) test

No

Put ‘Txbox’ in loop (ref 15.4) Yes Fault with vehicle PCB or Vehicle
Is Occupied LED Transmitter.
ILLUMINATED?
Check calibration of 1 kHz on vehicle
PCB. Refer to Vehicle FAT test

The problem is with preamp or

associated wiring. No

Ref 17.6. No Replace loop control PCB with Yes

spare. Fault with loop control PCB.
If this fault has occurred on a
roundabout the problem could be Is occupied LED on? Refer to FAT test
connection problem on
configurable backplane

17.10.Flow diagram for loss of speed signal on vehicle

Speed jumpers on back Yes

plane incorrect. See 12.1.3 Is Speed signal stable but
(11.1.3) incorrect

No

Loss of speed or unstable

speed readings

No Yes
Are all or most of the Swap associated loop
loops in one GEE control PCB with spare. Has Fault with loop
cabinet affected? fault gone? control PCB.
Refer to FAT
test

No
Yes

Fault with Vehicle box or TX/RX Use ATS ‘test trolley’ to check Change preamp (ref 13.1.5 Preamp fault. Refer
units. Refer to FAT test speed readings. preamp removal) Has fault to FAT test
No gone?
Are faults still present?

Yes
No
Swap Oscillator PCB with
Spare. Refer to Redcliffe

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Speed signal ok? No

Yes

Suspect Oscillator PCB requires calibration. Refer to

FAT test

17.11.Monitoring signal fault with no fault in functionality

Monitoring system detects fault but system

functioning correctly. Alarm indicated in control
room.

Loop Control PCB

Replace the suspect loop
Yes
Fault. Refer to FAT test
Control PCB. Has
fault been removed?

No

Possible problem with ribbon cable connection

on rear of backplane to monitoring box (ref 6.2 Note. A damaged Opto-coupler on the output of
for backplane details). the loop control PCB may only show in the
control room and not on the PCB itself.
Check monitoring box

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17.12.Loss of proceed signal on one or both side

Loss of proceed signal one or both sides of

GEE

Are all LED Check power to GEE cabinet

indicators off in
GEE?
Yes

Is the Proceed fail/inhibit Yes

LED (1) illuminated on Check Master sync PCB.
both sides
Note. Sync LED will only be
illuminated if a fault is present. Refer to
Master Sync FAT test.

No

Is the Proceed
fail/inhibit LED (1)
illuminated on one
side

Yes

Replace the oscillator PCB, if this

doesn’t solve the problem replace the
slave sync PCB.

Vehicle
Possible connection fault between GEE cabinets. (Refer to
Fig 6 System Oscillator) .This shows the interconnections of No Yes Retest and repair faulty PCB
Diverging –
the ‘sync’ signal between GEEs. Has Fault been rectified?
Loops
Behind
Released

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