Lag or delay in changing prices on FL-3000, Bad driver

Potential Symptoms

  • Primary or Secondary driver price won't change until after decimal stops flashing.
  • Price may take up to a few minutes to change.
  • Have to estimate how far to change price.
  • Other drivers may or may not change prices.
  • Displays do go through boot up and no loops in system with line to line cables.
  • Bypassing first driver (i.e. hooking comm equipment up to next driver) resolves issue.

Environment

  • Product: FL-3000/4500 , DF-2300
  • Components: driver
  • Control System: FLR3-100 (may not be specific to flr3-100 comm)

Cause

  • Bad/faulty driver.

Resolution

  1. Replace driver.
  2. If using FLR3-100 communication, one will likely need to perform the following steps:
    1. How to sync the FLR3-100 to the FL-3000\4500 display?, DD2371987
    2. How to Address FL-3000/4500 Gas Price Displays with FLR3-100?, DD2374801

Work Around

  • In the meantime, bypass the primary driver or swap it with the last driver in the series.

KB ID: DD2687179


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