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FANUC Alarm SYST-198 — Slave Robot Not Ready

FANUC SYST-198 (“Slave Robot Not Ready”): Some slave robots are not ready to run a program. First check: All slave robots have Auto/T1/T2 switch to be AUTO.

Updated 2026-09-17 · LogrobotLM reference

Description

Some slave robots are not ready to run a program.

Remedy

All slave robots have Auto/T1/T2 switch to be AUTO. $RMT_MASTER system variable must be 4 (Robot Link). The variable settings can be:

Related codes

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