School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Division
Adv Manufacturing/Fabrication
Department
Electrical Engineering Technol
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Electricity/Electronics
Course Number
115
Course Title
Error Codes and Troubleshooting
Credit Hours
1.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
23.50 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
23.50 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Pre-requisites
CIMEL-114 or Instructor Permission
Catalog Course Description
Examines the basic recovery procedures needed to interpret robot error codes and perform a safe recovery start-up procedure on robotics equipment.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Goal Statement
To provide students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of Error Codes and Troubleshooting, utilizing digital learning materials and hands-on labs.
Core Course Topics
- Use of the controller’s maintenance manual
- Alarms and recovery actions
- Error codes and recovery actions
- Robot and robot cell safety
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Implement all steps necessary to recover from a faulted condition using the robot controller maintenance manual and given an alarm fault.
2. Recover from a fault condition including fuses and circuit boards using robot controller maintenance manual and a list of error codes.*
3. Draw a flow chart illustrating the sequence of actions to place the system into Automatic Mode recovering from a safety signal.
4. Demonstrate all required safety practices when working with a robot in both simulator mode and active production cell environments.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
• Pre and Post exams
• Completion of all assigned labs evaluated using standard rubrics (see Division).
Texts
See Division for required texts/materials
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Other Details
Successful completion of current Post Assessment (85%) and instructor assessment of lab activities.
Approval Dates
Effective Term
Winter 2014
Review Semester
Winter 2014