Introduction To Troubleshooting; Overview Of Troubleshooting - ABB IRC5 Operating Manual

2 Introduction to troubleshooting

2.1 Overview of troubleshooting

How to use this manual when troubleshooting
The following table details how to put the information in this manual to best use
during troubleshooting the robot system.
Type
Troubleshooting by fault symptoms
Troubleshooting by unit
Description and backround information
Troubleshooting by event logs
Troubleshooting manual
Troubleshooting by
fault symptoms
Troubleshooting by
unit
Troubleshooting by
event logs
Additional information
In addition to the information given in this document, other documents may provide
vital information, e.g. the Circuit Diagram.
Such useful documents are listed in the section
Read the event logs
The error event logs which may be viewed on either the FlexPendant or
RobotStudio, contain lots of information about any malfunction detected by the
system.
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Each fault or error is first detected as a symptom, for which an error
event log message may or may not be created. It could be an error
event log message on the FlexPendant, an observation that the
gearbox on axis 6 is getting hot or that the controller can not be
started. The faults displaying an event log message are listed in the
end of this manual.
See Troubleshooting by fault symptoms on page
Describes how to troubleshoot if the following does not work cor-
rectly, for example:
• FlexPendant
• computer unit
• fieldbus and I/O units
• power supply
See Troubleshooting by unit on page
Lists all the available event log messages. These may be displayed
either on the FlexPendant or using RobotStudio. Having access to
all messages will be useful during troubleshooting.
See Troubleshooting by event log on page
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2 Introduction to troubleshooting
2.1 Overview of troubleshooting
Description
• Fault without event log messages
• Fault combinations
• FlexPendant
• Data communication
• Fieldbus and I/O units
• Power supply
• Indications
• How to read event log messages
• Event log messages
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