KINOVA® Gen3 lite robot User guide 143
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How to respond to safety warnings and errors
This section describes how to respond to safety warnings and error states experiened when
operating the robot.
Overview
The robot has a number of warning and error thresholds set for safety purposes. These are
viewable (and in some case configurable) in the Web App. The following tables give more guidance
as to the source of the problem when a safety threshold is triggered.
Safeties handling details
Table 59: Base safeties handling
Safety Most Probable Cause
Incompatible Firmware version
• Firmware issue
Firmware Update Failure
• Firmware issue
• Communication issue
Maximum Ambient Temperature
• CPU heat sink issue
• Unknown thermal issue
Maximum Core Temperature
• CPU heat sink issue
• Unknown thermal issue
Joint Fault
• Joint error / warning state
Joint Detection Error
• Communication issue - internal Ethernet or
power cable
• Base EEPROM issue
Network Initialization Error
• Base CPU board issue
• Joint issue
Maximum Current
• Shorted phases on a joint
• Payload exceeded
Maximum Voltage
• Power supply issue
• Electronic component failure
Minimum Voltage
• Power supply issue
• Electronic component failure
Emergency Stop Activated
• XBox gamepad emergency stop button
clicked
• Web App emergency stop button clicked