4.1 Power supply and stopping functions 4.2 Disabling the brakes of the robot 4.3 Functioning of the brakes 5 Technical specications 6 Installing the Meca500 7 Installing an end-eector 8 Operating the robot 8.1 The web interface 8.2 Power-up procedure 8.3 Moving the robot...
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8.6 Robot control panel 9 Operating the intelligent power supply 9.1 LEDs 9.2 External connections 10 Examples 10.1 Draw a square 11 Troubleshooting 12 Storing the robot in its shipping box 13 EC Declaration of Incorporation (original)
3 What's inside the box (b) D-SUB dongle (d) Ethernet cable (a) The Meca500 robot arm (c) Power supply (e) DC power cable Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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CAUTION: Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
6 Installing the Meca500 WARNING: 4X thru holes for M6 units: mm (a) Dimensions (b) Connectors (c) Connectors properly attached Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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4X thru counterbored holes for M6 AC Power Power 90-264 VAC Status 50-60 Hz Error E-STOP RESET units: mm CAUTION: Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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(a) Windows (b) Linux 192.168.0.100 Options Settings Save Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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(a) DHCP (b) Static Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
CAUTION: 8 Operating the robot 8.1 The web interface 8.1.1 Overview Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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8.1.2 Connection and disconnection Control Mon- itoring Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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8.1.3 The programming panel Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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CAUTION: 8.1.4 The log panel Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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8.1.5 The CAD models import panel Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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ange reference frame FRF base reference frame BRF 8.2 Power-up procedure 8.2.1 Powering the robot 8.2.2 Connecting to the robot Main menu Connection Connect 8.2.3 Activating the robot ActivateRobot Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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= 250 mm y = 0 mm z = 150 mm α = 0 β = 90 γ = 0 NOTICE: Tool Reference Frame TRF World Reference Frame WRF TCP Tool Center Point). Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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= 250 mm y = 0 mm z = 150 mm α = 0 β = 90 γ = 0 NOTICE: α β γ α β γ MovePose(250,0,150,0,90,0) Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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NOTICE: 8.4 Power-o procedure 8.4.1 Zeroing the robot (optional) 8.4.2 Deactivating the robot CAUTION: NOTICE: 8.4.3 Disconnecting the robot Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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WARNING: 8.4.4 Removing power CAUTION: 8.5 Oine mode StartSaving(n) n = 1 8.5.1 Saving the program via the web client interface SetOfflineProgramLoop(1) 8.5.2 Running the oine program Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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WARNING: 8.6 Robot control panel 8.6.1 LEDs Power LED Home LED Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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Start/Pause LED Link/Act IN and Link/Act Out LEDs Run LED 8.6.2 Buttons WARNING: Power button ActivateRobot DeactivateRobot ActivateRobot DeactivateRobot DeactivateRobot Home button Home ResetError Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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Home ResetError Start/Pause button StartProgram PauseMotion ResumeMotion ClearMotion StartProgram(1) ClearMotion PauseMotion PauseMotion ResumeMotion 0G button CAUTION: Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
9.1 LEDs 9.2 External connections Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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Robot has detected a problem and requested that power be Error shut down. Contact Mecademic. Blinking Problem with Stop Category 1 stops detected. Check external stop connections and contact Mecademic if no solution found. Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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Inside power supply Inside power supply P-Stop 2 – A (6) P-Stop 1 – A1 (4) P-Stop 2 – K (14) P-Stop 1 – K1 (12) P-Stop 1 – A2 (5) P-Stop 1 – K2 (13) Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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E-Stop – B1 (9) P-Stop 1 – K2 (13) E-Stop – A2 (2) E-Stop – B2 (10) (c) External protective stop 1 not used (d) External E-Stop not used R = V /I CAUTION: Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
No connection to the robot's web interface Robot : IP = 192.168.0.100, netmask = 255.255.255.0, gateway = 192.168.0.1 Computer : IP = 192.168.0.101, netmask = 255.255.255.0, gateway = 192.168.0.1 Robot fails to boot Robot's IP address forgotten Copyright c 2018 by Mecademic Inc.
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