Intermittent stops while handling an aluminum spacer block: what should I capture?

RosaCarter0988 · 27 Aug 2026, 03:16 UTC

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RosaCarter0988
Our imported package uses Fairino FR5 for tray unloading with an aluminum spacer block in a supervised tray handling cell. It stops intermittently. I've been waiting 39 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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ElliotAdams0161
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 ElliotAdams0161

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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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to 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 ElliotAdams0161

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

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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to RosaCarter0988

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.

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MayaArcher0388
Replying to ElliotAdams0161

@ElliotAdams0161 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 MayaArcher0388

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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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to RosaCarter0988

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

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CallumAdams0099
Replying to ElliotAdams0161

@ElliotAdams0161 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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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to CallumAdams0099

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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TheoAllen0323
Replying to ElliotAdams0161

@ElliotAdams0161 Is that Alibaba support, then? I'm muddling the seller and the place you bought it.

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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to TheoAllen0323

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 ElliotAdams0161

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

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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to RosaCarter0988

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.

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MayaArcher0388
Replying to ElliotAdams0161

@ElliotAdams0161 In my support case, descriptive attachment names made it easier for both support and me to locate the relevant recording. Generic revision names had made the collection unnecessarily confusing.

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to MayaArcher0388

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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CallumAdams0099
Replying to RosaCarter0988

@RosaCarter0988 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.

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to CallumAdams0099

My report is more specific because I can identify the alarm and the wait before release. Support still needs to define how the investigation should proceed

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ElliotAdams0161
Replying to RosaCarter0988

A narrower report helps. You're still waiting on a diagnostic step, though, so partial is accurate.

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