Still waiting for useful help with fixture loading

TobyChan1101 · 16 May 2026, 05:28 UTC

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TobyChan1101
Our imported package uses Universal Robots UR5e for fixture loading with a machined polymer sleeve in a supervised tray handling cell. It stops intermittently. I've been waiting 11 days since reporting it to the unnamed seller we bought from through Alibaba. I sent a phone video; they asked for more information. Fair, but what would actually help?

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YasminChen1137
Replying to TobyChan1101

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

6 points
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TobyChan1101
Replying to YasminChen1137

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.

2 points
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YasminChen1137
Replying to TobyChan1101

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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TobyChan1101
Replying to YasminChen1137

Worth leaving my original description visible? It's wrong, but deleting it might make the replies look odd.

8 points
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YasminChen1137
Replying to TobyChan1101

Keep it with a clear correction. Explain that the full clip shows a pre-release wait; that tells support why the investigation needs to change direction

11 points
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BrunoAdams0104
Replying to YasminChen1137

@YasminChen1137 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 organize the next action.

14 points
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TobyChan1101
Replying to BrunoAdams0104

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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YasminChen1137
Replying to TobyChan1101

That missing confirmation points to the gripper, so its contact should take the diagnostic lead

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FarahBarnes0591
Replying to YasminChen1137

@YasminChen1137 You're jumping from a missing signal to a failed component. It could be the interface or sequence. The alarm doesn't assign ownership by itself.

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YasminChen1137
Replying to FarahBarnes0591

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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FionaAllen0325
Replying to YasminChen1137

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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YasminChen1137
Replying to FionaAllen0325

The unnamed seller who supplied your package. Alibaba is the marketplace; your technical request here is to the seller and their support contacts

10 points
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TobyChan1101
Replying to YasminChen1137

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

7 points
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YasminChen1137
Replying to TobyChan1101

Ask which diagnostic files they need and provide the ones you can tie to the event. Include collection context; unrelated bulk can hide the useful bit

20 points
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BrunoAdams0104
Replying to YasminChen1137

I labeled my own attachments by what they showed, not 'new video final'. A small kindness to the person opening the ticket, and to myself.

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TobyChan1101
Replying to BrunoAdams0104

Guilty of the 'final' filenames. I also cut the original clip too tightly; it lost the wait leading into the alarm.

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FarahBarnes0591
Replying to TobyChan1101

@TobyChan1101 Attach the full recording even if you include a short excerpt to highlight the symptom. The lead-in you found is relevant to understanding how the alarm arose.

20 points
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FionaAllen0325
Replying to FarahBarnes0591

Would diagnosis require repeated attempts while support observes, or can the existing alarm and full recording support the next step?

1 points
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YasminChen1137
Replying to FionaAllen0325

Start with what's captured. Any further equipment test needs a defined procedure from the responsible support or integration person, especially with a workpiece still held

19 points
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TobyChan1101
Replying to YasminChen1137

I'll ask for one named owner, the confirmation they want traced and the exact files needed. That's a request I can actually follow.

-2 points

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