Restarted the laser a few minutes ago. No configuration changes per se. This time the crystal chiller was explicitly power cycled, ie turned off and then back on again. Next attempt will include installation of the "electronic" flow sensor unless something more obvious comes to the fore.
Attached is what I could glean from the Beckhoff terminal that monitors the flow rates. The error bit was not set in either case. Unfortunately I do not recall if this terminal latches when an error condition is detected. The Beckhoff terminal concerned is a EL3054 4 channel analogue input, 4 - 20 mA. Checked, the EL3054 does latch if an error condition presents itself.