Connect & home the arm

Danger

Before powering or homing the arm, clear the full range of motion of people and objects, and make sure the E-Stop is within reach. A homing move can be large.

1. Connect the arm

In Glambot options, choose the interface the arm uses (USB/UART, Bluetooth, RS-232, or AUX/Ethernet) and connect. The Glambot State Window and Glambot Device Info show connection and device status.

If you see “Robot arm not connected”, check the cable/adapter and that the arm is powered.

2. Home the arm

The arm must be homed before it can move. Start homing and wait for the state to reach Homed (Not homed → Homing → Homed). Until then, scenes won’t play.

3. Safety systems

Keep these enabled. They stop or pause the arm to prevent damage or injury:

• E-Stop — the emergency kill switch; the arm stops immediately.
• Collision pause / stop — reacts to a detected collision.
• Limit switches — stop the arm at its travel limits.
• Home-switch sync — stops if the home reference is out of sync.
• Interface timeout — stops if it loses communication with the PC.

The app also reports hardware problems (no connection with arm, cable not connected, brakes feedback, power under limit) in the state window.

Caution

Never bypass or disable safety systems to “make it work”. If the arm keeps stopping, find the cause in the state window — don’t remove the protection.

Common connection/motion problems

Message / state	Meaning	What to do
“Robot arm not connected”	No link to the arm	Check interface, cable/adapter, and power.
Not homed	Arm hasn’t found home	Run homing before playing scenes.
E-Stop active	Emergency stop engaged	Release E-Stop, then re-home if needed.
Pose unreachable / IK error	A scene pose is out of range	Fix the pose in the Scenes editor.
Cable not connected / no connection	Hardware link problem	Check the arm cabling and power bus.

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