FR5 stops with the spacer already clear of the fixture

RaviBrown0911 · 21 Apr 2026, 05:36 UTC

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RaviBrown0911
Our FR5 lifts the spacer clear, then waits. Not every cycle. Seller on Alibaba has had my video for 28 days; now wants 'fault details'. No fault banner in the clip.

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JamieBarnes0556
Replying to RaviBrown0911

What is the application waiting for at that point, and can you capture that state with the fixture signals instead of another view of the arm?

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RaviBrown0911
Replying to JamieBarnes0556

Waiting for fixture empty. Screen says occupied although the spacer is in the gripper. I'll get the signal trace; the phone shot doesn't show the fixture indication properly.

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HazelAllen0310
Replying to RaviBrown0911

Does occupied come straight from a sensor, or does the fixture application remember a previous state? The supplier may need the underlying input as well as the word on the screen.

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RaviBrown0911
Replying to HazelAllen0310

Found the raw input in the capture. It stays occupied through the wait, then changes and the sequence continues. Saved a clean cycle beside it, same spacer type.

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JamieBarnes0556
Replying to RaviBrown0911

Those two captures are useful; can whoever maintains the fixture check what is still in the sensor's view after the spacer leaves?

14 points
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HazelAllen0310
Replying to JamieBarnes0556

Jamie, I'd include the sensor identification with that request. Ravi may be looking for an object in a beam, but we haven't established what kind of sensing it uses.

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RaviBrown0911
Replying to HazelAllen0310

It's optical. Fixture maintainer found the loose retaining flap occasionally hanging across its view after pickup. Sensor itself responds when the flap is secured; damaged flap fastening needs repair.

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JamieBarnes0556
Replying to RaviBrown0911

Send the seller that finding against the captured occupied input, so they don't keep chasing an arm fault while the fixture repair is arranged.

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RaviBrown0911
Replying to JamieBarnes0556

Fastening repaired and flap position checked through loading and removal. Repeated transfers with the usual spacers now clear occupied as they leave; no waits. Cheers Jamie, the screen trace got us somewhere.

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HazelAllen0310
Replying to RaviBrown0911

That's a useful maintenance item to add to the fixture check. Your paired captures also give the next person a recognisable symptom if the fastening deteriorates again.

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