POWER system switch POWER system switch Syntax ... POWER Function Control or monitor the status of high power. Usage Considerations DANGER: Do not use the POWER switch to enable power from within a program unless your system is subject to European certification. With European certification, special safety features are built-in to the system to prevent the robot from being activated without warning. See Details for additional information. Using this switch to turn on high power is potentially dangerous when performed from a program because the robot can be activated without direct operator action.
Turning on high power from the terminal can be hazardous if you do not have a clear view of the robot workspace or do not have immediate access to an Emergency Stop button. Details Enabling this switch is equivalent to pushing the COMP/PWR button on the pendant to turn on high power. If there is no error condition that prevents power from coming on, the enabling process proceeds to the second step, in which you must press the HIGH POWER button on the FP. (Systems not subject to European certification do not require the second step.) Disabling this switch requests the robot to perform a controlled deceleration and power-down sequence. This sequence consists of: 1.
Decelerating all robots according to the user-specified parameters. (See the following Note.) 2. Turning on the brakes. 3. Waiting for the user-specified brake-delay interval. (See the following Note.) 4. Turning off the amplifiers and power. 5. Asserting the backplane Emergency Stop signal and deasserting the High Power Enable (HPE) signal. Note that DISABLE POWER may take an arbitrarily long time due to long deceleration times and long brake turn-on delays. (Use the ESTOP command or program instruction when you eV+Language Reference Guide, v2.x, 18319-000 Rev A Page 404