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Troubleshooting

Error Problem Possible cause Possible remedy
MCN L1-RUN/STOP IoT2040 USER LED ORANGE - MindConnect Element cannot onboard to Insights Hub
- No Internet connection
Network connection problem:
- Either IP address is not valid or configured IP address already exists in the network of MindConnect Nano
- Either disabled or invalid configured Proxy
- Proxy is offline
- Interrupted connection
- IP address is configured via DHCP, but there is no internet connection.
- Firewall blocks MindConnect Elements
- Your company’s router is damaged
- Check your configuration connection: If configured IP and Proxy are valid
- Check physical connection: your company’s router, Ethernet cables etc.
MCN L2 - ERROR LED IoT2040 USER LED ORANGE - Although an asset uploaded to Insights Hub Monitor.
- MindConnect Nano/IoT2040 cannot onboard to Insights Hub
- No connection to data source
- The address of the data point configuration can be incorrect
- Incorrect asset configuration
- Not accomplished asset configuration (Network Connection)
Invalid ID of MindConnect Nano
Check the connection between MindConnect Nano and data sources (Plant Network ports and cables- S7/OPC UA Server)
- Check the connection between MindConnect Nano and data sources (Plant Network ports and cables- S7/OPC UA server)
- Check data sources configuration.
- Check configuration of each data point.
- Check configuration of your asset
- (Network Configuration).
- Check if MindConnect Nano ID is correct.
MCN L2- ERROR LED blinking RED IoT2040 USER LED blinking RED Data loss MindConnect Nano/IoT2040 was too long offline, so it could not send data to Insights Hub and the storage is full. - Check outbound connection
- Check Ethernet cables
- Check Proxy (IP address, User Authentication can be required)
MCN L2- ERROR LED RED IoT2040 USER LED Firmware update error - Technical problems with a new version of firmware
- Incorrect firmware type
- Certificate problems, Authentication problems etc.
- Make sure that you are using the correct firmware type (MindConnect Nano/IoT2040).
- MindConnect Nano/IoT2040 will automatically restart and then firmware update will be carried out after a while.
- If MindConnect Nano/IoT2040 does not restart automatically, then restart it manually: by switching on and off the “power button” on MindConnect Nano and by switching off/on the power supply for MindConnect IoT2040.
MCN L3- MAINT LED ORANGE IoT2040 USER LED blinking Onboarding failed - Configuration file on the USB stick is invalid
- Internal error
- Make sure that the data on the USB stick still is valid. (The data, which you exported to the USB stick, is still valid only for 7 days.). If it is expired, use the asset configuration to export a new valid configuration to your USB stick.
- Check asset configuration and reconfigure, if it is required and export a new configuration to USB stick.
MCN L3-MAINT LED blinking RED IoT2040 USER LED blinking - Problems with USB stick
- Although no LED lights are shown (except PC ON/WD with constant GREEN) and internet connection is OK, MindConnect Nano still cannot be onboarded to Insights Hub
- System Error
- Incorrect formatting of USB stick (no FAT or FAT32)
- USB stick is damaged
- Write error, USB stick is write-protected or its memory is full.
- Configuration file is invalid (damaged, illegible)
- See also below
Problems with USB stick:
- Configuration file in USB stick cannot be read or accepted by MindConnect Nano:
- Problems with configuration file
- Configuration file is located in an incorrect directory.
- Expired configuration file on the USB stick
- The configuration file is invalid or not copied to the USB stick
Unknown
Check format and partition of the USB stick. It must be FAT or FAT32 formatted and may only contain a single partition.
- Try a new USB stick
- Remove and plug an USB stick into MindConnect Nano
- Check the diagnosis file on the USB stick.
- Check the name of the configuration file. It must have MindConnect Nano ID. Do not change the name of the downloaded file.
- Check whether the directory is valid. (Configuration file must be in the root directory of the USB stick.)
- Make sure that the data on the USB stick is still valid. (The data, which you exported to the USB stick, is still valid only for 7 days.) If it is expired, use the asset configuration to export a new valid configuration to your USB stick.
- Switch MindConnect Nano off and on again.
- If the problem persists, contact your Siemens Support/„Expert Center“.

Log files

Overview

Log files are generated continuously and automatically uploaded when the "Auto Log Upload" is enabled in the following scenarios:

  • Log files are uploaded every time the device is started.
  • All the log files are uploaded after midnight.
  • Once a log file reaches its maximum file size, it is uploaded as zip file.
  • Using "Upload Logs Now" option to upload log files manually.

Log files are uploaded in tar.gz format with a maximum file size limit of 10MB with following MindConnect Firmware version.

  • MindConnect Software Agent for Hyper-V V03.06.00.17 b003
  • MindConnect Software Agent for Docker V03.06.02.04 b002

Concatenating log file archive parts

Linux

On Linux, the downloaded log file archive parts is concatenated as follows:

cat fileArchiv.tar.gz.parta* > fileArchiv.tar.gz

Windows

On Windows, the downloaded log file archive parts is concatenated as follows:

type fileArchiv.tar.gz.parta* > fileArchiv.tar.gz


Last update: July 4, 2024