FANUC Alarm CPMO-072 — Need Abort:PathChanged
Manufacturer wording — Need Abort:PathChanged(G:%d^2)
The manual prints placeholders; your controller fills them in with the real group, axis or number.
FANUC CPMO-072 (“Need Abort:PathChanged”): The resume motion cannot continue on a constant path. First check: ABORT and move the robot to a safe position or Backward one line to avoid the same error message NOTE: (1) When this error message is posted, the system no longer maintains a constant path (path would
Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference
Description
The resume motion cannot continue on a constant path.
Remedy
ABORT and move the robot to a safe position or Backward one line to avoid the same error message NOTE: (1) When this error message is posted, the system no longer maintains a constant path (path would change) at resume (2) If you ABORT the program, then the cursor will not stay at the same line of the program and you might lose the track of your programs (3) To track the cursor position, one can move the robot backward one motion line by pressing BWD key and then resume the motion (4) Move the robot to a safe position before resuming the motion and watch path closely at resume to avoid any collision and damage.
Related codes
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