Installing and Using the Brake Release Box 4.5 Installing and Using the Brake Release Box The manual brake release box can be used to release the brakes on a specific axis of the robot. This procedure describes how to install and use this device. See Figure 4-3 on page 47 . WARNING: Secure the robot prior to releasing the brakes on axes 2 and 3, to prevent injury to personnel or equip- ment damage. 1. Make sure that high power is disabled (off). 2. Connect the 15-pin male D-sub connector into the 15-pin female D-sub connector marked Brake on the sDAI board. 3. Press one of the E-Stops (Pendant, Front Panel, or external). 4.
Using the axis selector switch, select the axis that you want to release the brake. 5. Depress the brake release push button, to release the brake. 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 above for releasing the brakes on another axis. NOTE: When the Status LED (Green) is on, it indicates that the circuit is enabled, when the brake release push button is pressed. Axis selector switch Status LED Brake Release Pushbutton 15-pin male D-Sub connector Figure 4-3. Manual Brake Release Box Adept Viper s1300 Robot User’s Guide, Rev B 47 2 3 4 1 5 6 OFF BRAKE RELEASE