When I turn the key switch, the system does shut down — no issues there. I had just assumed that doing it that way (without using the KCP shutdown menu) might be harmful to the mechanical DOMs or IDE HDDs, since it felt like cutting power without giving Windows a chance to close things properly.
That’s what led me to believe there must be a more “correct” or graceful software-based shutdown method, which is why I came here to ask the great and all-knowing minds of this forum!
Sounds like maybe I was overthinking it — if the key switch is designed to signal a proper shutdown sequence internally, and Windows handles it cleanly, then I guess that really is the intended way.
Thanks for the clarification!
When you turn the key switch OFF at the controller, system should start slowly shutting down,Windows should start closing like on ordinary Windows Xp desktop PC when you pressed ON/OFF button(logg of the current user, etc,...), if the screen on the kuka pendant goes instantly off, usually then this is sign that your backup batteries need replacement, like the Fubini wrote.