FANUC Alarm SPOT-217 — PAUSE Weld in process timeout …-both guns
Manufacturer wording — PAUSE Weld in process timeout %s-both guns
The manual prints placeholders; your controller fills them in with the real group, axis or number.
FANUC SPOT-217 (“PAUSE Weld in process timeout …-both guns”): The robot timed out waiting for the Weld in Process input. First check: Check the Weld I/O menu, as well as all wiring.
Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference
Description
The robot timed out waiting for the Weld in Process input. from the weld controller.
Remedy
Check the Weld I/O menu, as well as all wiring. If the input is going high, try increasing the timeout by setting $spoteqsetup[].$wld_inpr_to to a bigger number. The default is 2000 ms, or 2 seconds.
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