Maintenance  4. Alarm 
 
126  VT  Rev.1 
The recommended replacement time for the parts (e.g. timing belts, motors, reduction gear 
units) is when it reaches the L10 life (time until 10% failure probability).   In the dialog 
window, the L10 life is displayed as 100%. 
 
4.2.2    How to Edit the Maintenance Information 
The configured Maintenance information can be edited in the EPSON RC+. 
(1)  Select the EPSON RC+ 7.0 menu-[Tools]-[Maintenance] to display the [Controller 
Tools] dialog box. 
(2)  To edit the Maintenance information, display the [Maintenance] dialog box. 
(3)  Select “General” or specify the axis from the tree to display information of the target 
parts. 
(4)  Select the alarm to be changed and click the <Change> button. 
(5)  Display the [Change Alarm] dialog box and enter any of the following. 
 
Purchase or replacement date of the battery 
Date of grease up 
Purchase or replacement date of the timing belt 
Purchase or replacement date of the motor 
Purchase or replacement date of the reduction gear unit 
 
(6)  Click the <OK> button and change the specified alarm information. 
The offset can be set for the consumption rate of already installed parts. 
Follow the steps below to calculate a rough offset setting value. 
1. Measure the usable months for the past operation by HealthRBAnalysis. 
2. Confirm the past Motor ON time in the controller status viewer.     
3. Calculate a rough offset value with the following formula. 
Offset=100