CHAPTER 4: RESULTS
4.4 Why do families engage in SFEs?
4.4.3 Aspirations
Overview
An event is a message that notifies you that something has happened to the robot system, be it merely a change in operation mode or a severe error that calls for your immediate attention. If the event requires any action from you, this is stated in the event.
Events are displayed in the event logs of the FlexPendant and RobotStudio.
The event log keeps you informed of system status, allowing you to:
• view controller events.
• filter events.
• sort events.
• get detailed information about an event.
• save event log files on your PC.
• clear event records.
Event Log list
The event log list consists of all events matching your filter settings, with the following information for each event:
The event type is an indication of the severity of the event.
Type
The event code is a number that identifies the event message.
Code
The event title is a short event description.
Title
The event category is an indication of the source of the event.
Category
The sequential number indicates the chronological order of the event.
Seq. Number
Date and time is when the event occurred.
Date and Time
When you select an event in the list, detailed information will appear to the right.
Event type
The event type is an indication of the severity of the event.
There are three types of events:
Description Event type
A normal system event, such as starting and stopping programs, change of operating mode, motors on/off and so on.
Information
Information messages never require any action from you, but can be useful for error tracking, statistics collecting or monitoring user triggered event routines.
An event that you need to be aware of, but not so severe that the process or RAPID program needs to be stopped. Warnings, however, often indicate underlying problems that sooner or later must be solved.
Warning
Warnings must sometimes be acknowledged.
An event that prevents the robot system from proceeding. The running pro-cess or RAPID program cannot continue, but is stopped.
Error
All errors must be acknowledged. Most errors also require some immediate action from you in order to solve the problem.
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Note
This information is also indicated by color: blue for information, yellow for warning and red for an error which needs to be corrected in order to proceed
Event code
The event code is a number that identifies the event message. Together with the event date and time each event has a unique identity.
Event title
The event title is a short description of the event.
Event category
The category is an indication of the source of the event.
Display Category
All recent events.
Common
Events related to changes in operation or operating mode.
Operational
Events related to the current system.
System
Events related to controller hardware.
Hardware
Events related to the running process applications and RAPID pro-grams.
Program
Events related to the movement of robots or other mechanical units .
Motion
Events related to input and output signals, serial or network commu-nication and process buses.
I/O & Communica-tion
Custom messages that have been programed into RAPID programs.
User
Internal low-level controller errors for ABB service personnel.
Internal
Events related to Industrial Processes options., such as Spot, Arc and Dispense.
Process
Errors in a configuration file.
Cfg
Depending on how the system is configured, additional categories may exist.
Sequential number
The sequential number indicates the chronological order of the event; the higher the number the more recently the event occurred.
Date and time
Date and time indicate exactly when the event occurred. Along with the event code, this timestamp guarantees that each event has a unique identity.
Event description
When you select an event in the list, detailed information about it will be displayed to the right. This includes a description, and when appropritate also consequences, causes and suggested actions to solve the problem.
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Overview
The Event Log automatically logs all controller events once it is started. By default, events are displayed in the chronological order specified by Seq Numbers.
Note
Any modifications to the list you see will never affect the event log of the controller. What you see is just a copy.
Managing events
1 In the Robot View Explorer, select a system.
2 Double-click the Events node.
Click the header for the column you want to sort by. To switch between ascending and descending sorting, click the header once again.
To sort events
In the Category list select the event category you want displayed.
To filter events
Click Clear.
To clear the event log
This will not affect the event log of the robot controller. It might still be impossible, however, to retrieve all events from a cleared record once again, as the oldest ones may have been erased from the controller hard disk due to lack of space. It is therefore recommended to save the record to a log file before clearing.
Check the Log to file check box.
To save all events to a single log file on the
computer If it remains checked, the log file will be updated with new events as they occur.
Click Save and then make your category choice. Specify the location for the log file(s) in the Browse For Folder dialog and then click OK.
To save events of one or several categories to files on the computer
If you select All when selecting categories, a log file for each event category will be created.
Retrieving controller events
To clear the list and retrieve all existing events from the robot controller:
1 Optionally, save the existing Event Log record.
2 Select whether you want the list to be updated when new events occur , or if you are only interested in viewing events that have already occurred.
...then...
To ...
check the Auto Update check box. (Checked by default.)
get automatic updates when new events occur
clear the Auto Update check box.
say no to automatic updates when new events occur
3 Click Get to clear the current list, fetch and display all events that are currently stored in the controller log files.
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