Chapter 5: System Operation
DANGER: ELECTROCUTION HAZARD
When personnel are working with a robot where high power is enabled, make
sure they are properly skilled and instructed. Refer to the
Robot Safety Guide
(Cat. No. I590)
for more information.
IMPORTANT:
High power can only be enabled when safety circuits are sat-
isfied.
Enabling the robot high power for the first time after system power up executes a calibrate func-
tion to load joint calibration offsets into memory. This does not perform a full robot hardware
calibration.
NOTE:
Enabling high power also executes a robot calibration procedure using
the CALIBRATE keyword. Refer to the
eV+3 Keyword Reference Manual (Cat. No.
I652)
and the
eV+3 User's Manual (Cat. No. I651)
for more information.
High Power Safety Timeout
If the safety timeout function is enabled in the robot configuration, the high power lamp on the
Front Panel will flash for a specified amount of time after a high power request is made. If the
high power button is not pressed within the specified amount of time, a safety timeout occurs
and high power is not applied.
The safety timeout function is enabled by default and has a duration set for 10 seconds. The
safety timeout function configuration settings are accessed with Sysmac Studio. Refer to the
software user documentation for more information.
Additional Information
: If a Front Panel is not present, the high power lamp
and high power button signals can be accessed with the XFP system cable con-
nector. Refer to Front Panel Schematic on page 42 for more information.
High Power and Faults
The AUTO.POWER.OFF system switch controls if the robot prevents or disables high power for
the following errors. Refer to the
eV+3 User's Manual (Cat. No. I651)
for more information.
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(-624) Force protect limit exceeded
l
(-1003) Time-out nulling errors Mtr
l
(-1006) Soft envelope error Mtr
High Power Request Methods
There are several methods to request robot high power as described below.
Request High Power with the Front Panel
When a Front Panel is present in the system, the high enable power button can be used to
request high power to the robot.
Additional Information
: Refer to Front Panel Schematic on page 42 for more
information about connecting external devices to the high power enable signal
on the XFP connector.
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