Tait Orca Error Codes

Technical Note TN-1006

Date: 12 April 2005

Applicability: This technical note applies to all Tait Orca product.

1. Introduction

This document is designed to provide support for servicing and fault diagnosis of Tait Orca radio products. Tait radios feature an inbuilt software diagnostic tool that indicates error codes when a failure occurs in the software or hardware platforms. When a system error occurs, normal operation of the radio ceases, and the software enters an error mode to display the error number on the front panel. Error codes can also be viewed in Terminal application format via a serial interface. System errors are reported out of the serial port as 'Cnn' for software errors and 'Xnn' for hardware errors, where 'nn' is the error number. Refer to TN-1011 Terminal Application operation for more information. This document outlines code numbering and descriptions for system errors. It is important to note that error codes can occur for various reasons, and this document does not provide suggestions for specific causes.

2. Code Definitions

General Errors

Error Name	Error Number
HEAP_OVERLAP_ERROR	ERROR 1
HEAP_EXHAUSTED_ERROR	ERROR 2
INVALID_HEAP_ADDRESS_ERROR	ERROR 3
INVALID_TASK_NUMBER_ERROR	ERROR 4
INVALID_TIMER_NUMBER_ERROR	ERROR 5
INVALID_TIME_ERROR	ERROR 6
INVALID_MESSAGE_CATEGORY_ERROR	ERROR 7
INVALID_MESSAGE_PATH_ERROR	ERROR 7
INVALID_MESSAGE_CODE_ERROR	ERROR 8
INVALID_MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR	ERROR 8
SOFTWARE_INTERRUPT_ERROR	ERROR 9
INVALID_QUEUE_NUMBER_ERROR	ERROR 10
INVALID_USER_CHAR_ERROR	ERROR 11
INAPPROPRIATE_TASK_TYPE_ERROR	ERROR 12
ILLEGAL_OPCODE_ERROR	ERROR 13
XIRQ_INTERRUPT_ERROR	ERROR 14
CANT_CREATE_ANY_MORE_TIMERS_ERROR	ERROR 15
CANT_CREATE_ANY_TIMERS_ERROR	ERROR 16
TIMER_DOES_NOT_EXIST_ERROR	ERROR 17
TIMER_ALREADY_EXISTS_ERROR	ERROR 18
INVALID_TIMER_VECTOR_ERROR	ERROR 19
INVALID_DATA_ERROR	ERROR 20
STT_ERROR	ERROR 21
INVALID_CHANNEL_NUMBER_ERROR	ERROR 22
CHANNEL_BLOCK_CALCULATION_ERROR	ERROR 23

Serial Communications Module Errors

Error Name	Error Number
RX_OVERRUN_ERROR	ERROR 24

Tone Generator Module Errors

Error Name	Error Number
VALID_DTMF_TONE_NUMBER_ERROR	ERROR 25
INVALID_AUDIO_TONE_NUMBER_ERROR	ERROR 26

Additional Operating System Errors

The following error was added for state transition table:

Error Name	Error Number
TIMER_NOT_ACTIVE_ERROR	ERROR 27

The following error was added and the reserved numbers 28, 29 for additional operating system errors:

Error Name	Error Number
ILLEGAL_RESET_STATE_ERROR	ERROR 28
UNUSED_INTERRUPT_ERROR	ERROR 29

Error Definitions: (Conventional Radio)

Error codes range from 40-83.

Error Name	Error Number
INVALID_PARAMETER_ERROR	ERROR 40
INVALID_PROGRAMMING_ERROR	ERROR 41
TASK_QUEUE_ERROR	ERROR 42
RAM_EXCEEDED_ERROR	ERROR 43
TEST_MODE_RESET_VECTOR_INCORRECT	ERROR 44
TASK_SUSPENSION_CALL_ERROR	ERROR 45

Personality Module Errors (Conventional Radio)

Error codes range from 40-49.

Error Name	Error Number
STRING_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR	ERROR 50
TX_COMM_BUFFER_ERROR	ERROR 51
INVALID_DISPLAY_CHARACTER_ERROR	ERROR 52

Functionality Module Errors

Error codes range from 55-59.

Error Name	Error Number
FUNCTION_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR	ERROR 55

Interface System Errors

Error codes are in the ranges 60-79 and 80-89.

Error Name	Error Number
SYNTH_FREQ_NUM_TOO_BIG_ERROR (Used by ch. frequency)	ERROR 60
ILLEGAL_TRANSMITTER_POWER_LEVEL_ERROR (Used by port_fm2)	ERROR 61
AUDIO_TONE_FUNCTION_ERROR (Used by tonegen)	ERROR 70
CCI_RX_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR (Used by CCI)	ERROR 71
DSP_MESSAGE_POINTER_ERROR (Used by iodspcv)	ERROR 80
DSP_ERROR_RECEIVED_ERROR (Used by iodspcv)	ERROR 81

Error Definitions: (Trunked Radio)

Error codes range from 30-96.

Error Name	Error Number
MSK_RX_CRC_NOT_READY_ERROR	ERROR 30
MSK_TX_TIMING_ERROR	ERROR 31
MSK_TX_INTERRUPT_ERROR	ERROR 32
MSK_TX_CRC_NOT_READY_ERROR	ERROR 33
MSK_TX_UNLOCKED_ERROR	ERROR 34
MSK_TX_NO_CODEWORD_ERROR	ERROR 35
MSK_TX_DSP_NOT_READY_ERROR	ERROR 36
INVALID_DSP_RESPONSE_ERROR	ERROR 37
FLASH_MEMORY_WRITING_ERROR	ERROR 38
DSP_TO_BUSY_ERROR	ERROR 39

Personality Module Errors (Trunked Radio)

Error Name	Error Number
INVALID_MESSAGE_ERROR	ERROR 40
INVALID_PERSONALITY_ERROR	ERROR 41
MENU_ERROR	ERROR 42
LOGON_CHAR_ERROR	ERROR 43
INVALID_LOGPERS_STATUS_ERROR	ERROR 44
INVALID_ANN_NUMBERING_MODEL_ERROR	ERROR 45
INVALID_LOGPERS_POWERUP_MESS_ERROR	ERROR 46
INVALID_LOGPERS_NEXT_STATE_ERROR	ERROR 47
INVALID_BAUD_RATE_ERROR	ERROR 48
INVALID_MUTE_STATE_MACHINE_ERROR	ERROR 49
INVALID_TIMER_ERROR	ERROR 50
MESSAGE_DATA_ERROR	ERROR 51
INVALID_MENU_ITEM	ERROR 52
INPUT_STRING_STORE_OVERFLOW_ERROR	ERROR 53

Core Processor Errors

Error Name	Error Number
INVALID_CODEWORD_RECEIVED_INDICATION_ERROR	ERROR 54
INDICATOR_BYTE_ERROR	ERROR 55
TRANSMISSION_TIMEOUT_ERROR	ERROR 56
CODEWORD_FIELD_PARAMETER_ERROR	ERROR 57
INVALID_CALL_REQUEST_ERROR	ERROR 58
INVALID_TRUNKPERS_MODE_ERROR	ERROR 60
SDM_QUEUE_FULL_ERROR	ERROR 61
SDM_RX_ERROR	ERROR 62
INVALID_CALL_TYPE_ERROR	ERROR 63

Input/Output Module Errors

Error Name	Error Number
DISPLAY_DRIVER_COMMAND_ERROR	ERROR 70
IN_OUT_DATA_ERROR	ERROR 71
KEYPAD_LOCK_STATE_ERROR	ERROR 72

Database Module Errors

Error Name	Error Number
UNPROGRAMMED_DYNAMIC_ITEM_ERROR	ERROR 73
INVALID_GROUP_ADDRESS_NUMBER	ERROR 74
INVALID_PRESET_CALL_STRING_ERROR	ERROR 75
INVALID_DIALLING_SCHEME_ERROR	ERROR 76
INVALID_PRESET_LABEL_ERROR	ERROR 77

General Category Errors

This section lists error numbers that do not belong in other sections or for which their true section is used up.

Error Name	Error Number
SYNTH_SWITCHING_TIMING_ERROR	ERROR 80
DISPLAY_DRIVER_FAILED_ERROR	ERROR 81
OWN_FLEET_PROGRAMMING_ERROR	ERROR 82
NON_VOLATILE_DATA_STORE_ERROR	ERROR 83

This error indicates that a database address was generated which does not correspond to a database memory type.

Error Name	Error Number
DATABASE_MEMORY_ERROR	ERROR 84

3. Hardware Errors

The following error number definitions are for hardware errors. They are passed to procedure system_error in system.asm. HARDWARE_ERRORS is an error number offset used to calculate the error number displayed and transmitted via the serial port. Ensure that when the offset is subtracted, the resulting hardware error number is in BCD format (contains 0 to 9 only).

Error Name	Error Number
EPROM_CHECKSUM_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 01
INTERNAL_RAM_TEST_FAILED	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 02
EXTERNAL_RAM_TEST_FAILED	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 03
DSP_NOT_RESPONDING_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 04
DSP_VERSION_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 05
MODE_ERRORS	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 06
PRORTOTYPE_TIMER_EXPIRED_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 09
UNKNOWN_DEVICE_TYPE_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 10

The following hardware errors are used for DSP error SCRF 6326:

Error Name	Error Number
DSP_NOT_RESPONDING_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 11
DSP_VERSION_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 12
DSP_BUFFER_FULL_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 13

4. Soft Errors

The following error number definitions are for "soft" errors, meaning errors that do not cause the system to shut down. They are passed to procedure soft_error in system.asm. SOFT_ERRORS is used for range checking and to adjust soft error numbers for use as offsets into tables.

Error Name	Error Number
CONFIGURATION_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 31
DATABASE_CHECKSUM_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 31
ESN_CHECKSUM_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 32
ESN_CHECKSUM_ERROR	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 33

The following error messages indicate various states of temperature and voltage in computer-controlled test mode:

Error Name	Error Number
OVER_TEMPERATURE_T1	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 35
OVER_TEMPERATURE_T2	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 36
UNDER_VOLTAGE_V1	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 37
UNDER_VOLTAGE_V2	HARDWARE_ERRORS + 38

5. CSO Instruction

"Commercial Information in Strictest confidence. Not for information of persons other than direct Employees of Tait Electronics"

6. Compliance Issues

None

7. Issuing Authority

Name and Position of Issuing Officer

Chris Thomson
Technical Support

Confidentiality

Confidential - This message or document contains proprietary information intended only for the person(s) or organisation(s) to whom it is addressed. All Recipients are legally obliged to not disclose Tait technological or business information to any persons or organisations without the written permission of Tait.

Distribution Level

Tait Only

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