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  1. RoboJob
  2. Software
  3. JobControl
Note

The robot is in an unknown location and for some reason cannot move automatically to the home position.Follow this procedure to move the robot to the home position.
Warning

First try to use normal to home function in the robot menu. This procedure should only be used in the exceptional case when the robot is not able to return to home automatically.

1. Use following tools

ipc mech drawnFront jobcontrol
Industrial Personal Computer (IPC)

teachPendant mech drawnFront
Teach Pendant

robotController mech drawnFront
Robot controller

2. Procedure

2.1. Put the Robot in manual mode

Put the three-position switch on the Robot Controller to T1-Mode.

robotController operation threePositionSwitch T1

Put the two-position switch on the Teach Pendant to ON-Mode.

teachPendant operation switch tpOn

2.2. Abort all the running programs

RoboJob communication programs are still running on the robot.

Abort the running programs by pressing SHIFT + USER KEY 1. The USER KEY 1 is the first key underneath ENTER, sometimes also referred to as Unmarked key 1, Tool 1 or Unnamed 1. On the Teach Pendant this is a white blank key.

teachPendant operation button shiftTool1

Verify that the software is stopped. The indicators Busy and Run on the top left of the screen should be dark green. On older versions Busy and Run will be yellow.

teachPendant plus screen busyRunOff

2.3. Reset all Faults and move the robot manual nearby his Home Position

To move the robot in a safe way, one deadman switch on the back of the Teach Pendant must be in the safe middle position.

Both deadman switches have 3 positions:

  • Not pressed

  • Safe middle position

  • Fully pressedTry if you can feel the three positions. To be able to reset the error and move the robot, only one of the two deadman switches has to be in the safe middle position. So don’t push too hard or too soft!

teachPendant operation switch deadmanSwitch

Press SHIFT + RESET to clear all faults. Fault indicator will change from red to a dark red.

teachPendant plus screen faultOff

Now you are able to move the robot.

Warning Note

Watch that the robot doesn’t hit anything during the movement. Watch out for other people, surrounding machines, other objects and the robot itself. Make sure the dress out cables around the robot don’t get damaged.

Press COORD to change the way of moving. Keep pressing until JOINT is selected. The JOINT movement mode is the easiest to work with. You move the Joints from the robot one by one.

teachPendant operation button coord

teachPendant plus screen joint

Press SHIFT + ±J1-8 to move the robot close to its home position.

teachPendant operation button shiftMove

robot operation jointAxis

Press SHIFT + +% or -% to adjust the speed.

teachPendant operation button shiftSpeed

2.4. Switch back to auto mode and reboot the robot

Put the three-position switch on the Robot Controller to AUTO-Mode.

robotController operation threePositionSwitch auto

Put the two-position switch on the Teach Pendant to OFF-Mode.

teachPendant operation switch tpOff

Before rebooting check that the indicator Step is dark yellow. Use STEP to toggle step mode.

teachPendant operation button step

teachPendant plus screen stepOff

Cycle the power on the robot controller to restart the robot communication software.

robotController operation mainSwitchOff

2.5. Joint to Home

Go back to the IPC and tap on the robot menu in the Live screen

jobcontrol live selectRobot

Then go to Manual robot actions

jobcontrol robot manualActionsSelect

Lock the robot and click on Continue

jobcontrol robot lockContinue

Then Click on 'Joint To Home'

jobcontrol robot jointToHome

A small window will popup, warning you that you will be moving the robot in a direct way to the Home position. Click on confirm, to let the robot move to the home position.

Warning Note

Watch that the robot doesn’t hit anything during the movement. Watch out for other people, surrounding machines, other objects and the robot itself. Make sure the dress out cables around the robot don’t get damaged.

jobcontrol robot jointToHome confirm

After clicking confirm, the robot will start moving to the home position. Wait until the robot is in the Home position.

Warning Info

If you see that the robot is going to hit something, you can press the red Pause button on the right side of the screen. U can also press the red hold button next to the IPC. Both these options will hold the movement of the robot. Then press on Abort to cancel the movement. Then go back to Step 1 of this document.

After the robot is in the home position, click on Continue. Next, unlock the robot again and click on Continue again.

jobcontrol robot unlockFinish

3. How to get further help

Do not hesitate to contact us when you need additional support beyond the documents provided in the RoboJob Service Knowledge Base.

You may contact the RoboJob Service department using following means:

We kindly ask you to provide us the following information:

  • Serial number xx-xx-xxx

  • Description of the fault or defective part

  • Exact error code or message

  • What did the robot do

  • What was the robot supposed to do

  • Pictures or videos

You can send this information to us via email.To send large files you may make use of a file transfer service like WeTransfer: robojob.wetransfer.com.

An automatic confirmation will be sent upon receipt of your mail.

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