Index: firmware/App/Services/FPGA.c
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diff -u -r056ecedb3542bab60491702e621e503948563a65 -r1f9bebfb549c5c9334f4d3f0dc2b4da3779d590c
--- firmware/App/Services/FPGA.c	(.../FPGA.c)	(revision 056ecedb3542bab60491702e621e503948563a65)
+++ firmware/App/Services/FPGA.c	(.../FPGA.c)	(revision 1f9bebfb549c5c9334f4d3f0dc2b4da3779d590c)
@@ -468,7 +468,12 @@
     }
 
     // if retries for commands exceeds limit or FPGA reports comm error, fault
-    if ( ( fpgaCommRetryCount > MAX_COMM_ERROR_RETRIES ) || ( fpgaSensorReadings.fpgaIOErrorCntProcessor > MAX_COMM_ERROR_RETRIES ) )
+    if ( ( fpgaCommRetryCount > MAX_COMM_ERROR_RETRIES )
+#ifdef _RELEASE_
+         || ( fpgaSensorReadings.fpgaIOErrorCntProcessor > MAX_COMM_ERROR_RETRIES ) )
+#else
+         )
+#endif
     {
         SET_ALARM_WITH_2_U32_DATA( ALARM_ID_DG_FPGA_COMM_TIMEOUT, fpgaCommRetryCount, (U32)fpgaSensorReadings.fpgaIOErrorCntProcessor )
     }