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  1. Electrical Resources

LED Color Codes

The following table describes the LED status indicator patterns and their meanings:

Color
Pattern
Frequency
Meaning

Red

Alternating sides

500ms

Fatal fault

Blue

Synchronous flashing

100ms

Encoder not connected or invalid

Yellow

Alternating

500ms

Enabled but output power is 0%

Yellow

Synchronous flashing

500ms

No CAN data detected

Yellow

Solid

N/A

CAN detected but no control frames

Green

Flashing

Variable

Forward motion (flash rate = speed)

Red

Flashing

Variable

Reverse motion (flash rate = speed)

Orange

Synchronous flashing

500ms

Motor halted - high temperature (>90°C)

Orange

Synchronous flashing

50ms

Warning - approaching thermal limit (>75°C)

Note: For direction indicators (Green/Red), a solid light indicates maximum speed in the respective direction (forward for green, reverse for red).

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