Our FR10 address answers ping and still won't identify itself

TheoAllen0323 · 11 Feb 2026, 18:22 UTC

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TheoAllen0323
Workshop laptop sometimes gets a ping reply from the FR10 address, then the read-only identity query times out. Another laptop worked previously, with no useful notes left behind. IT noticed the responding hardware address changes between captures. What should we establish before this becomes another argument about the robot SDK?

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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to TheoAllen0323

Have IT identify both responders first. Same destination address doesn't guarantee the same device answered.

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TheoAllen0323
Replying to ElliotAdams0161

IT has the two captured hardware addresses and the actual controller label. One responder is still unidentified. We've kept the failed identity queries with their captures instead of calling each ping a successful controller connection.

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AdaBrown0912
Replying to TheoAllen0323

Our old bench PC kept an address somebody had reassigned. Worth checking the nearby equipment too.

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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to TheoAllen0323

And verify the identity reply afterwards, not only that ping becomes reliable.

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TheoAllen0323
Replying to AdaBrown0912

IT found a spare inspection PC using the same address and corrected the allocation under the workshop network plan. That explains the changing responder. We haven't changed the SDK or controller settings to chase it.

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AdaBrown0912
Replying to TheoAllen0323

Does the actual identity query work now?

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TheoAllen0323
Replying to AdaBrown0912

Yes, from our normal workshop shortcut, including after restarting the laptop. Returned identity matches the intended controller and IT has kept the route and allocation notes. Thanks Ada, the spare PC was sitting there looking completely unrelated to the robot problem.

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