In order to avoid the failure of fault determination method for master station of distribution automation when the fault indicator signal of distribution line is not perfect,the fault location method of master station from the perspective of fault tolerance is explored. Firstly the characteristics of telemetry intelligence,remote signals and other information reported by the fault indicator when the fault occurs are analyzed,and fault decision table corresponding of different reporting information is proposed. The result of the initial fault location is obtained through the decision table,and then the initial positioning result is combined with the additive strategy to obtain the final fault location result. Finally through case analysis,the proposed method is suitable for the information omission and false positives,and can obtain more reliable positioning results,which provides a new idea for fault location method of master station of distribution automation.