Mecademic Meca500 - Power-Off Procedure; Zeroing the Robot Joints; Deactivating the Robot; Disconnecting the Robot

User Manual for the Meca500 Industrial Robot (for rmware 10.1) 23
OPERATING THE ROBOT
To use the robot again, you must power on the robot, release the E-STOP button by twisting it clockwise,
press the RESET button, then activate and home the robot.
5.3. Power-off procedure
5.3.1 Zeroing the robot joints
It might be a good idea to always bring the robot joints to their zero positions before turning the robot
off. This can be done in two ways:
• send a MoveJoints command with all arguments equal to 0
OR
• click the button in the jogging panel and select "Zero all joints".
If you cannot zero all joints, you must at least bring joint 6 inside the range ±420° before switching the
robot off. (recall Section 5.2.5)
5.3.2 Deactivating the robot
To deactivate the robot
• clear the button and then select "Deactivate"
OR
• send the DeactivateRobot command via the programming editor.
!
Recall that there are no brakes on joints 4, 5 and 6. As soon as you deactivate the robot, the
end-effector will slowly tilt down under the effects of gravity.
If you accidentally close your web interface before deactivating the robot, the robot will stop (in
case it was moving) but will remain activated.
5.3.3 Disconnecting the robot
To disconnect the web interface from the robot, select the option from the connection state group.
!
If you disconnect the web interface from the robot before deactivating the robot, the robot will
stop moving.
5.3.4 Removing power
Finally, unplug the power supply from the AC outlet or switch the power supply off.
!
Never detach the DC power connector from the robot's base, before unplugging the power
supply's AC power cord from the AC outlet or switching the power supply off.