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FANUC Alarm ACAL-089 — Not enough search direction

FANUC ACAL-089 (“Not enough search direction”): There must be at least three different search directions that are close to perpendicular to each other. First check: Add more search points or reteach existing points to have sufficient search directions and a sufficient number of points in the search directions.

Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference

Description

There must be at least three different search directions that are close to perpendicular to each other. There must also be at least three non-colinear points in one search direction and at least two points in another search direction.

Remedy

Add more search points or reteach existing points to have sufficient search directions and a sufficient number of points in the search directions.

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