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This document describes how to check the alarms on the Teach Pendant.It can be useful to see what alarms are active on the robot controller to find out why the installation is not working as expected.Use this procedure to get a list of the active errors and the error history.

1. Use following tools

teachPendant mech drawnFront
Teach Pendant (TP)

2. Procedure

2.1. Verifying indicators and error messages

Take the Teach Pendant. Press one SHIFT button to turn on the screen if it is black.

teachPendant operation button shiftShift
Figure 1. Teach Pendant SHIFT button

Verify that all the indicators are green in the top left corner of the screen.

teachPendant screen allGreen
Figure 2. no alarms active

When there are error messages, the 'Fault' indicator will illuminate red and the last alarm will be shown in the top center of the screen.There may be other active alarms!These can be checked using the procedure below.

teachPendant screen faultActive
Figure 3. alarm active

2.2. Active alarms

Press Menu, select 4 ALARM, select 1 Alarm Log and press ENTER to get a list of all active alarms.

teachPendant menu 4alarm alarmLog
Figure 4. open alarm log
teachPendant screen activeAlarms noAlarm
Figure 5. active alarms screen, currently no active alarms
teachPendant screen activeAlarms DCSAlarm
Figure 6. active alarms screen

2.3. Alarm history

Press F3 HIST to see the alarm history.

teachPendant screen activeAlarms history
Figure 7. alarm history screen

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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