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User Manual for the Meca500 Industrial Robot (for rmware 10.1) 25
OPERATING THE ROBOT
Home button
The Home button acts as the Home and ResetError commands:
• when the robot is deactivated, pressing Home has no effect.
• when the robot is activated, pressing Home sends the Home command.
• when the robot is homed, pressing Home has no effect.
• when the robot is in error mode, pressing and holding Home for five seconds will send the
ResetError command.
Start/Pause button
The Start/Pause button on the robot control panel acts as the StartProgram, PauseMotion,
ResumeMotion, and ClearMotion commands:
• when the robot is activated, homed and not executing a program, pressing Start/Pause will send
the StartProgram(1) command three seconds after being pressed.
• when the robot is activated and homed, pressing Start/Pause will send the ClearMotion command,
whether the robot is moving or not.
• when the robot is activated, homed and moving, pressing Start/Pause will send the PauseMotion
command.
• when the robot is activated, homed and stopped (by the PauseMotion command), pressing Start/
Pause will send the ResumeMotion command.
0G button
Pressing and holding any of the two 0G buttons for three seconds, but only if the robot is deactivated,
will release the brakes. While keeping 0G pressed with one hand, you can manually move the robot with
your other hand. The brakes will re-engage as soon as the 0G button is released.
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Once the robot is deactivated, hold the robot with one hand, before pressing the 0G button.
Otherwise, the robot may fall down under the effect of gravity.
5.4.2 LEDs
After a power up, the Power, Home and Start/Pause LEDs will flash fast simultaneously during a couple
of seconds. After that, the LEDs will be lit as described below.
Power LED
The Power LED is red and indicates the activation state of the robot:
• The LED will flash slowly when the robot is deactivated.
• The LED will flash fast when the robot is being activated.
• The LED will be lit continuously when the robot is activated.
Note that the color of the Power LED does not meet the requirements of IEC 60204-1.