Two meanings of ready in our UR5e sleeve handover

OwenChan1095 · 18 Dec 2025, 02:38 UTC

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OwenChan1095
Our lathe supplier says ready acknowledges the request. The UR5e integrator uses ready to mean the loading area can be entered. I've put both definitions in the same planning document and somehow both teams still say the interface is agreed. I need them to answer the same ordinary sequence before we write the operator page.

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HassanChan1052
Replying to OwenChan1095

Can the request be acknowledged while the loading area is still unavailable? I'd ask both teams that exact question.

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OwenChan1095
Replying to HassanChan1052

The lathe supplier says yes. The integrator says it would wait for other machine states, but those states aren't listed in its interface page.

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JaneBaker0510
Replying to OwenChan1095

Then the page is missing the permission conditions, not merely a better word.

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AmaraBrooks0861
Replying to OwenChan1095

Who supplies those other states and defines when they are valid? The two teams need that agreed before the integrator can describe the loading permission meaningfully.

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ChenBarnes0529
Replying to HassanChan1052

We had two owners defend the same word because each was thinking about a different end of the exchange. A paper walk-through of received-but-unavailable got a better answer than another edited glossary.

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OwenChan1095
Replying to AmaraBrooks0861

Amara, the lathe supplier supplies the ordinary states and the integrator combines them. Both are now listing the conditions together, with the received-but-unavailable example on the review.

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HassanChan1052
Replying to OwenChan1095

Has the safety-related permission assessment been distinguished from that ordinary acknowledgement as well? I don't know your cell design, but the same casual ready label shouldn't blur that boundary.

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OwenChan1095
Replying to HassanChan1052

Yes, the integrator owns that assessment separately and has marked the distinction in the review. The ordinary sequence is still a draft, not tested behaviour.

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AmaraBrooks0861
Replying to OwenChan1095

Did the joint walk-through settle what the operator sees while the request is acknowledged but loading remains unavailable?

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OwenChan1095
Replying to AmaraBrooks0861

It produced separate proposed messages for request received and waiting for loading permission. The operator asked who gets called if it stays waiting; that ownership is not agreed yet.

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ChenBarnes0529
Replying to OwenChan1095

Keep that question beside the draft, Owen. It's exactly the sort of thing that gets dropped when the two suppliers finally agree their own signals and declare the human part obvious.

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JaneBaker0510
Replying to OwenChan1095

And what happens if either side restarts while waiting?

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