Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. I did the procedure for the size setting (5.5kg) and activating the controller.

Now the machine seems to function correctly when selecting wash settings but when I press start the cycle is not working properly now.

It seems to do everything in pulses. eg. when filling water it will fill for a second then stop and then fill again.. similar thing happens if I advance to wash, it will make the motor turning sound then stop, start, stop etc.

I advanced it to spin and tried to look under the lid and it doesn’t look like the bowl is actually starting to spin at all, although it makes the normal sounds, it just stays in one place.

I’m not sure how bad this problem is, but would someone be able to give me the diagnostics codes to enter so I can post them?

Thanks for your help,
Ben.

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

😀 Thanks for that.

Hold down “Temp Down”, then press “Power”. Machine should beep, twice.

I did that bit and it beeped twice as you said.

Press “Spin”, until both “Hold” and “Slow Spin” LEDs are lit. Read off from right to left the LEDs lit on the wash progress display.

But for this part should I be pressing “Spin Up” or “Spin Down”, tried both but the “Hold” and “Slow” LEDs didn’t light up.

Thanks again,
Ben.

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

ah I just needed to press it a couple more times.

This is the code I got (read from right to left) with slow+hold lit

00010001

I kept pressing up and wrote the codes for all the other options as well in case they are helpful, in brackets is what was lit.

00100000 (med)
11010001 (med+hold)
10010000 (med+slow)
11111110 (med+slow+hold)
01101000 (fast)
11010001 (fast+hold)
10010000 (fast+slow)
11111111 (fast+slow+hold)
01101000 (fast+med)
00010000 (fast+med+hold)
01100010 (fast+med+slow)
00101000 (all)

Cheers,
Ben.

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Hi, thanks for your help Silvercody.

I tried what you suggested but I am still getting the same problem. The water still surges (1 sec on 1 sec off etc) when filling when I try to start cycle and the bowl does the same when trying to wash/spin etc.

What I did notice by accident though is if I press;

‘temp down’ + ‘power’ which causes the low led to be lit and then hold ‘temp down’ it fills like normal without doing the surging (while I keep holding temp down button).

I will mention this whole problem started one day after a load had come unbalanced a few times and the machine was making a banging sound, then it stoped and started beeping. We adjusted the clothes and tried to resume the cycle and then it started doing what I described the problem as.

EDIT: I will also just add that I filled it about half full then advanced it to rinse and it drains with out any problem (no surging as with the fill), and while it’s draining I can hear the bowl trying to turn and a dull clicking or slipping type sound, seems it is trying to turn it but can’t.

Cheers,
Ben.

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Well I decided to have another go and I got some new parts.

I replaced the Rotor Position Sensor (420296P), which was very tight to get in place. And also replaced the OOB assembly (420313).

I tried to test the new OOB by pressing “tempdown + power” and then moving it and waiting for a light to show on advance, but nothing happens. I tried the wires around both ways as well.

These new parts have changed my problem from surging of water (2 secs on, then off, on etc) and surging when washing. Now it just pulses when filling and does that for a while then stops and beeps. Same with spin, it makes pulsing noises with nothing turning and then stops and beeps.

What would this indicate? maybe the position sensor is not installed correctly, or would it be because the OOB is not showing correctly when tested?

Thanks,
Ben.