Taylor Crowell Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 Hi all, This is my first post and I'm in need of some help. I have an electric kiln run on an AutoFire 2000 Kiln Controller by Orton. This was my first bisque fire. I'd done one test fire previously with no issue. Today, I set my bisque for cone 04, 2 hr preheat, slow (as I have some thicker pieces). It was nearing 11pm and had reached 1600-something degrees, so I set my alarm for 1am to check on the kiln. I found my controller flashing "PLOG 134". My manual says PLOG is a diagnostic error that can usually be corrected with the enter key. I pressed enter and the kiln resumed firing, although upon reviewing the program, it was not set to today's schedule. I aborted the firing and reset to my schedule of cone 4. I have no idea what happened or what this error means. Any ideas why my kiln had a diagnostic error? THANK YOU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 49 minutes ago, Taylor Crowell said: I found my controller flashing "PLOG 134". My manual says PLOG is a diagnostic error that can usually be corrected with the enter key. Looking at the manual on Orton site (via https://www.ortonceramic.com/autofire-controllers-resources) I don't see a PLOG 0134 message mentioned, if you can't find one either it might be worth contacting Orton to find out what it means. However, with the exception of PLOG 0011, they all seem to imply a pretty significant problem has occurred. Hopefully simply as a consequence of a transient such as a power glitch. PS Pedantically the manual says that the error can be cleared. As you seem to have confirmed this doesn't mean that you can [always] just continue with the firing [well spotted]. Hulk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) Hi Taylor, An older manual* indicates "Special Error codes, consult Orton" for 0128 through 0225 0128 through 0255 corresponds to set bits 1000 0000 through 1111 1111 ...which doesn't appear to help, at all, except, perhaps, that there are (or were) more than eighteen error conditions defined... *Orton-Autofire-Manual.pdf (nidec-shimpo.com) Edited October 17, 2022 by Hulk bit check, check PeterH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 It looks like the PLOG errors are all circuit board/software issues, not anything that is a problem with the actual kiln system. Call Orton. PeterH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Crowell Posted October 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 Hi everyone, thank you for your feedback! I contacted orton and they sent me this response. So it sounds like I'll just need to wait and see what happens in future firings to see what's going on. Thanks for your input! PeterH and Hulk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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