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FANUC Alarm PALL-197 — Illegal place sequence: row …

Manufacturer wording — Illegal place sequence: row %s
The manual prints placeholders; your controller fills them in with the real group, axis or number.

FANUC PALL-197 (“Illegal place sequence: row …”): The PLACE values must be placed into the PL1 column first, then PL2, then PL3. First check: Make sure the sum of the PLACEs adds up to the number of PICKs, and are in the proper columns.

Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference

Description

The PLACE values must be placed into the PL1 column first, then PL2, then PL3. The total of the PLACEs must add up to the number of PICKs for each row of the config table.

Remedy

Make sure the sum of the PLACEs adds up to the number of PICKs, and are in the proper columns.

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