Chapter 7 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Installing a New Multi-Module Library Configuration
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Installing the Control
Module
7
Install the 5U control module as follows:
1
Open the control module’s I/E station door and access door.
2
Lift the control module and place it in the desired location.
3
If stacking the control module on top of another module, secure the
two modules together by tightening the two thumbscrews at the base
of the front of the module and the two thumbscrews located at the
base of the back of the module. Then lower the module’s guide pin
(located at the base of the front of the module) by turning it and
pushing it down.
4
Tighten all thumbscrews located at the base of the front and back of
the modules.
5
Use the rack ears to fasten the control module to the rack.
6
If not already installed, install the library control blade (LCB) in the
control module. See
Removing and Replacing the Library Control
Blade and LCB Compact Flash Card
on page 276 for instructions on
installing the LCB.
Preparing to Use the
Multi-Module Library
7
Prepare the library for use as follows:
1
Unpark the robot assembly.
a
Gently raise the robot assembly so that it no longer rests on the
parking tab.
b
With your free hand, move the parking tab in a clockwise
direction until it stops in the “unparked” position. When in the
correct position, the parking tab is removed completely from the
interior of the module and will not accidentally swing into the
path of the robot.
c
Gently release the robot assembly. It will lower to the bottom
module of the library.
Caution:
Support the robot assembly by holding onto the broad
metal X-axis plate. Lifting the robot by the thin metal
rod will bend the rod.
