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FANUC Alarm SRVO-238 — SERVO Chain 1 (SVON) abnormal

FANUC SRVO-238 (“SERVO Chain 1 (SVON) abnormal”): A single chain 1 (+24V) failure occurred when the SVON (Servo ON/OFF switch) input was asserted. First check: Repair the circuit of chain 1 (+24V) on the SVON hardware.

Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference

Description

A single chain 1 (+24V) failure occurred when the SVON (Servo ON/OFF switch) input was asserted.

Remedy

Repair the circuit of chain 1 (+24V) on the SVON hardware. Set CHAIN FAILURE detection to TRUE on the SYSTEM/CONFIG screen. Press RESET on the teach pendant.

Related codes

SRVO-236WARN Chain failure is repairedSRVO-237WARN Cannot reset chain failureSRVO-239SERVO Chain 2 (SVON) abnormalSRVO-240SERVO Chain 1 (FENCE) abnormal

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