50
26*
Dock / Wall-
Mount
Charger
Trickle
No user action.
Dock / Wall-
Mount
charger
available.
Trickle
current OK
27
Bootloader No user action.
28
Black-box
variables
No user action.
29*
Verify RF No user action.
RF Post
passed
30
Audio flash
check
No user action.
31
Cliff
Calibration
No user action.
32
Save Factory
Test
No user action.
33
Complete
* skipped for Base Robot 3.0 as it does not have electrical contacts nor directional IR beams
ROOMBA BLACK BOX
Every Roomba has a black box that is an onboard data logging processor. This processor is not erased
when the robot is reset. This data may be valuable if one wants to know the total cleaning time in the
robot’s life (mission runtime) or how long it has been charging on the Home base (total-hours-on-
dock)
To access the black box Information you will need the serial port cable between the robot and
computer and the software called “R3blackboxreader.exe”
1. Connect the serial port cable to Com 1. If battery is low, have the power supply connected to
Roomba.
2. Run the “R3blackboxreader.exe”
3. Select “Black Box” tab and press “Check”
4. Press Copy
5. Open a separate Excel sheet and paste the data.