Still waiting for useful help with fixture loading (Universal Robots UR5e)

RosaCarter0988 · 27 May 2026, 08:31 UTC

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RosaCarter0988
We bought an imported handling package from an unnamed seller through the Alibaba marketplace. It uses Universal Robots UR5e for fixture loading with a rigid plastic housing in a supervised tray handling cell and stops intermittently. My support report has been open for 11 days. The seller requested more information after receiving my phone video, and I need to understand what would narrow the fault down

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to RosaCarter0988

@RosaCarter0988 Have you captured the exact alarm before restarting? Also, does the stop happen before release, during it, or after it?

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to IsabelBrooks0822

@IsabelBrooks0822 Captured it: missing process confirmation. The unedited video shows a wait before release. I'd described it as a dropped part, which didn't help

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to RosaCarter0988

@RosaCarter0988 Send a corrected description supported by the exact alarm, full recording and installed version details. Ask support to identify the expected confirmation and assign responsibility for the next diagnostic action.

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to IsabelBrooks0822

Should I preserve the original report when I correct it? Removing that wording might make it difficult to understand why support's existing replies focused on a drop

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to RosaCarter0988

@RosaCarter0988 Leave the original account readable and add the correction prominently. Explaining that the unedited recording shows a wait before release gives support a reason to revise its diagnostic focus.

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ChenBennett0703
Replying to IsabelBrooks0822

@IsabelBrooks0822 My own support case stalled because the robot and gripper contacts each expected the other to arrange the test. A named coordinator clarified who would organise the next action.

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to ChenBennett0703

I've checked our messages. Same gap here: each contact asks what the other said, but neither has assigned the test

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to RosaCarter0988

@RosaCarter0988 Given the missing confirmation, the gripper seems to be the source of the problem. I'd ask its support contact to lead the diagnosis.

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PavelChen1136
Replying to IsabelBrooks0822

@IsabelBrooks0822 The alarm establishes that an expected confirmation wasn't received. It doesn't tell you whether the gripper, interface or sequence caused that, so it can't determine the diagnostic owner alone.

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to PavelChen1136

You're right; I assigned the cause too early. Ask the package seller to coordinate tracing that confirmation across the interface, with both contacts involved as needed.

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RaviAllen0302
Replying to IsabelBrooks0822

When you say the seller should coordinate this, do you mean Alibaba or the business that supplied the package through the marketplace?

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to RaviAllen0302

I mean the business that sold you the package through Alibaba. The marketplace and that seller have different roles; this technical coordination request goes to the seller's support arrangement.

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to IsabelBrooks0822

Would you send every log I've? There are lots, and I don't know which ones cover the stop

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to RosaCarter0988

@RosaCarter0988 Have support identify the required diagnostic files, then associate the supplied files with the recorded event and explain how they were collected. A large unrelated collection can make the relevant evidence harder to find.

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to IsabelBrooks0822

@IsabelBrooks0822 The missing confirmation and pre-release wait narrow my report. I still need support to identify the next diagnostic step

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IsabelBrooks0822
Replying to RosaCarter0988

@RosaCarter0988 The alarm and sequence position improve the report, but the investigation remains incomplete until support identifies the next action.

6 points

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