new to this and could use some help! I have a R J3 controller and an arc mate 120iL, every time we open the fence door or push the e-stop we get SRVO-241 chain 2 (fence) abnormal. along with SRVO- 231 chain 2 (0v) abnormal, SRVO-004 fence open, SRVO-199 control stop. my question is : could the 24vdc power supply be too small for the system. at 2.2 amps. we have one e-stop 45' away, a fence door 5' away from the controller. there are 3 prox sensors connected to the 24vdc system also. once we reset the chain fault everything runs great. any advice would be appreciated.
thank you
Dean
SRVO-241, CHAIN 2 (FENCE) ABNORMAL
- Dean
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Are both chains properly installed? If you bypass one of them, you would get this error every time.
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If this a new to you robot perhaps it had 2 chains in it's previous life. If you are only using one chain the other can be jumpered.
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If you are only using one chain the other can be jumpered.I believe that this is the problem actually, the other chain CAN NOT be jumpered, as this causes the discrepancy and the error.
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We faced same situation when we had our doors slightly bended and fence contact didn't go together at one time.
And about proximity sensors - you use this 24V "safety" chain as a power for these sensors? As I have no idea how whole circuit is made, I'm just trying to guess - maybe some capacitors in sensors and their discharging can cause this error because of unstable voltage level or delayed signals because of this discharging? Anyway, If you use safety signals as a power for sensors, it really doesn't seem OK to me...Tomas
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how do I know if they are installed correctly . I am not even sure what to look for or where in the controller to look. we moved the robot to another weld cell. the person that wired the original is no longer here and there are NO dwg's of how it was wired. where do I look
could really use the help!
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If it's a simple, single robot cell, the wiring shouldn't be that complicated. Just make sure, that if the robot has a dual-channel safety, all the components are also dual-channel, all channels are wired and not jumpered.
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TBOP3 and TBOP4 on the rear side of the door panel (Panel board). The first thing you could check is jumpering these terminals (signals with ...1 to ...11, ...2 to ...21, for example EAS1 to EAS11, EAS2 to EAS21) and checking if the fault is gone. If not - there is a problem with the controller. If so - then you have to look further in the wiring.
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actually it's only TBOP4 for safety if I recall correctly.
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the fence door switch is connected to EAS1....EAS11, there is a jumper across EAS2....EAS21, can you tell me what type of signal this is ? 24vdc
because, I followed the wiring from the terminal block (TBOP4)EAS1....EAS11 to the fence door switch and found that there is no voltage connected to EAS1... TO EAS11. Where is the voltage for the signal coming form. -
One contact of each pair has 24VDC. Both pairs are meant to be connected to a dual-channel safety device with 2 relay contacts. If the safety device is ok, its both contacts are closed and the EAS circuit is closed (1 to 11 and 2 to 21), resulting in the other contact of the pair also receiving 24VDC. Any change in the safety device's status has to occur on both contacts (channels) within a specific period of time, otherwise the chain error is posted.
It seems that you've found the problem - EAS1-11 is connected to a safety lock and EAS2-21 is jumpered. Therefore, opening the door breaks the EAS1-11, but EAS2-21 remains closed. This is interpreted as a faulty safety circuit and causes the fault.
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EAS11 and EAS21 will get 24VDC from EAS1 and EAS2, through the contacts in the safety lock.
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will try to post a drawing tomorrow -
Pleased to help.
And just for anyone else who might have similar problems in the future:
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Merci .j'ai bien annuler ce défau t.
gras a vous .
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