SCARA, 6-Axis and Modules
Technical Support Notes

Article ID: T33
Date: 5/19/99
Product: SPEL for Windows 1.x and 2.x (all versions)
OS: Windows 3.1, Windows '95, Windows '98 and Windows NT 4.0
Problem: Checksum error 87 or time out during project build

Symptoms
During project build, checksum error 87 occurs or there is a communication time out.

Causes
The safe guard input is being toggled while files are being sent to the controller. This causes check sum errors in the controller's RAM disk. It can also cause communication timeouts.

Remedies
Ensure that the safe guard input state does not change during project build.

If error 87 previously occurred, you should format the RAM disk area and then rebuild the project.

  1. Open the Monitor window
  2. Execute the format command
  3. Build the project

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