Hello All,
First time on any forum so please correct me if I am misusing this platform.
Recently our company acquired a Fanuc S-10 robot from an auction not knowing its condition or anything. It came with the robot itself, a fully enclosed workcell, parts loader tray, and grinding wheels (Its a robot grinder for the casting and forging industry). Going through the errors, I noticed that the 4x D-cell batteries were dead, so I replaced these and proceeded to go through the SPC_RESET function. In attempting to change this from FALSE to TRUE i get the notification "Requires PROGRAM password". I navigated over to the program menu to try some combinations of alpha numeric codes that were written on the controller housing with no luck.
To trouble shoot, I called Fanuc America and told them about the situation. They suggested I should contact the previous owners which I proceeded to do with no luck, they can not find a password registered to that robot in their system. I called Fanuc back and they said a "reburn" may work but could cost $600.
The reburn cost is not an issue, we spent more on shipping than we would on the reburn. However I do not know how to install this, especially on an original RJ controller with no USB ports. I read online that there are some other options to remove this password, including a factory reset, changing the controller, or the teach pendant.
Reminder, I have never worked with a robot before. This system was sold in 1993, and last maintained in 2010.
If anyone could offer their insight on what I could do to even get this robot to jog would be amazing. How to break the password, or what I have to buy and replace to avoid it.
Thanks!