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 The web interface 7.1 Updating the robot's rmware 7.2 Overview 7.3 The programming panel 7.4 The robot joint set and end-eector pose panel...
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8.2 Moving the robot 8.3 Power-o procedure 8.4 Oine mode 8.5 Robot control panel 9 Operating the intelligent power supply 9.1 LEDs 9.2 External connections 10 Installing an end-eector 11 Examples 11.1 Draw a square 12 Troubleshooting 13 Storing the robot in its shipping box 14 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 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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CAUTION 4X thru holes for M6 units: mm (a) Dimensions (b) Connectors (c) Connectors properly attached Copyright c 2020 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 192.168.0.100 Options Settings Save Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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(a) Windows (b) Linux (a) DHCP (b) Static Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
7.2 Overview View Panel Menu bar Jogging panel Current joint set and TRF pose panel Programming panel Quick command panel 7.3 The programming panel Main Control Request Log 7.3.1 The status control checkboxes Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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Control Monitoring CAUTION 7.3.2 The program editor eld Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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7.3.3 The Response Log eld Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
7.3.4 The Request Log 7.4 The robot joint set and end-eector pose panel Tool Reference Frame World Reference Frame 7.5 The 3D view window 7.6 The Quick Command panel Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
7.7 The jogging panel Jogging 7.7.1 The Joint Jog tab Joint Jog Zero all joints Cartesian Jog Joystick Incremental Jogging 100 /s Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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(a) Cartesian jog tab (b) Joystick tab (in case of (c) Joystick tab (in case of 3DConnexion's SpaceMouse) Mecademic's MJ3 joystick) 7.7.2 The Cartesian Jog tab Cartesian Jog Rx Ry Joint Jog Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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NOTICE Rx Ry 7.7.3 The Joystick tab Joystick (a) SpaceMouse (wireless model) (b) MJ3 Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
Joystick (a) Particular installation and WRF choice tab with new mapping 8 Operating the robot 8.1 Power-up procedure 8.1.1 Powering the robot 8.1.2 Connecting to the robot Main Control Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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Main Control ActivateRobot Home CAUTION 8.2 Moving the robot NOTICE Zerro All Joints Joints Jog wrist singularity x = 250 y = 0 z = 150 α = 0 β = 90 γ = 0 Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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= 150 α = 0 β = 90 γ = 0 NOTICE Tool Reference Frame TRF World Reference Frame WRF TCP Tool Center Point). NOTICE α β γ α β γ MovePose(250,0,150,0,90,0) MovePose Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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Cartesian Jog 8.3 Power-o procedure 8.3.1 Zeroing the robot joints (optional) MoveJoints Zero All Joints Joints Jog 8.3.2 Deactivating the robot DeactivateRobot CAUTION NOTICE 8.3.3 Disconnecting the robot WARNING Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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8.3.4 Removing power CAUTION 8.4 Oine mode 8.4.1 Saving the program via the web interface SetOfflineProgramLoop(1) 8.4.2 Running an oine program WARNING Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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8.5 Robot control panel 8.5.1 LEDs Power LED Home LED Start/Pause LED Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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Link/Act IN and Link/Act Out LEDs Run LED 8.5.2 Buttons WARNING Power button ActivateRobot DeactivateRobot ActivateRobot DeactivateRobot DeactivateRobot Home button Home ResetError Home Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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ResetError Start/Pause button StartProgram PauseMotion ResumeMotion ClearMotion StartProgram(1) ClearMotion PauseMotion PauseMotion ResumeMotion 0G button CAUTION 9 Operating the intelligent power supply Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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9.1 LEDs (a) front view (b) back view Copyright c 2020 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. 9.2 External connections Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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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 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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CAUTION NOTICE GetFwVersion 13 Storing the robot in its shipping box MoveJoints(0,-60,60,0,0,0) Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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14 EC Declaration of Incorporation (original) Copyright c 2020 by Mecademic Inc.
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