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FANUC Alarm HOST-217 — WARN SM: Socket Error

FANUC HOST-217 (“WARN SM: Socket Error”): A socket error was returned by the tcpip library. First check: Retry the operation.

Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference

Description

A socket error was returned by the tcpip library.

Remedy

Retry the operation. All sockets may be use. Free some resources by closing some connections to telnet, ftp or socket mesg If that is not feasible, the same error may occur again.

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