Error codes

What a robot’s error code means, from the maker’s own directory, with a link to the page where the maker says what to do about it.

Type the code from the teach pendant, or words from the message. Each directory is grouped the way the maker prints it: by robot generation, then by section.

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6 codes from Universal Robots

C163A0 · Base joint. Something is wrong in the application. Recurring protective stops should be resolved, ignoring it can void warranty.

Universal Robots · CB3 and Earlier Models

C163 More than 50 Protective Stops are detected on the same joint within 8 hours of operation.Cause given

C163A1 · Shoulder joint. Something is wrong in the application. Recurring protective stops should be resolved, ignoring it can void warranty.

Universal Robots · CB3 and Earlier Models

C163 More than 50 Protective Stops are detected on the same joint within 8 hours of operation.Cause given

C163A2 · Elbow joint. Something is wrong in the application. Recurring protective stops should be resolved, ignoring it can void warranty.

Universal Robots · CB3 and Earlier Models

C163 More than 50 Protective Stops are detected on the same joint within 8 hours of operation.Cause given

C163A3 · Wrist 1 joint. Something is wrong in the application. Recurring protective stops should be resolved, ignoring it can void warranty.

Universal Robots · CB3 and Earlier Models

C163 More than 50 Protective Stops are detected on the same joint within 8 hours of operation.Cause given

C163A4 · Wrist 2 joint. Something is wrong in the application. Recurring protective stops should be resolved, ignoring it can void warranty.

Universal Robots · CB3 and Earlier Models

C163 More than 50 Protective Stops are detected on the same joint within 8 hours of operation.Cause given

C163A5 · Wrist 3 joint. Something is wrong in the application. Recurring protective stops should be resolved, ignoring it can void warranty.

Universal Robots · CB3 and Earlier Models

C163 More than 50 Protective Stops are detected on the same joint within 8 hours of operation.Cause given

Universal Robots C163A0

Base joint. Something is wrong in the application. Recurring protective stops should be resolved, ignoring it can void warranty.

What to do: p. 38 of Universal Robots’s directoryAll Universal Robots codes
MakerUniversal Robots
Applies toCB3 and Earlier Models
SectionC163 More than 50 Protective Stops are detected on the same joint within 8 hours of operation.
Page38

Cause, as the directory gives them

  • Frequent protective stops is an indication of either an error in the application, or a hardware failure in a joint.

From Universal Robots’s own error code directory. The steps to fix it are the maker’s and are on the page linked above, not copied here.