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FANUC Alarm PALT-197 — WARN Illegal place sequence: row …

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

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

Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference

Description

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

Remedy

Make sure the sum of the PLACEs add up to the PICK and in the proper columns.

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