Genie S and Z boom lifts: ‘source + error type’ codes (S-40, S-45, S-80, S-85, Z-60/34, Z-51/30J)
Genie error code 31-17 — Boom 2 Joystick (secondary boom up/down or primary boom extend/retract) — Not calibrated
Message on the display: Boom 2 Joystick (secondary boom up/down or primary boom extend/retract) — Not calibrated
Code 31-17 occurs in machines: Genie S-80, S-85, Z-60/34, S-40, S-45, Z-51/30J.
blocking fault
Joystick speed and direction frozen at zero and neutral.
Description from the Genie service manual, in the original wording.
Possible causes
The manual does not list the causes for this code: the service technician establishes them during diagnosis of the machine.
What you can do
Switch the machine off with the emergency stop and switch it on again. If the code comes back, do not use the machine and call service.
Solution from the manual
Calibrate joystick.
Source: Genie Service Manual S-80/S-85 (111165), S-40/S-45 (102521), Z-60/34 and Service and Repair Manual Z-51/30J (1268553GT), Control System Fault Codes tables.
The descriptions are quoted from the manufacturer's service documentation and are for guidance only. Clearing codes, calibrations and repairs are carried out by a qualified service technician according to the manual for the specific serial number. A machine with an active blocking code must not be used until the cause has been removed.
Does code 31-17 not go away?
RK Rental services Genie lifts at our workshop or on site at the customer's premises (construction site, factory, warehouse). We read the code, remove the cause and select the parts by serial number.
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Neighbouring Genie codes
- 31-12Boom 2 Joystick (secondary boom up/down or primary boom extend/retract) — Value too high
- 31-15Boom 2 Joystick (secondary boom up/down or primary boom extend/retract) — Value too low
- 31-16Boom 2 Joystick (secondary boom up/down or primary boom extend/retract) — Value at 0V
- 31-18Boom 2 Joystick (secondary boom up/down or primary boom extend/retract) — Just calibrated
- 32-21Boom 2 directional valves — Fault
- 33-12Boom 2 flow control valve — Value too high