I require your help regarding a problem I’m encountering.
My robot litter 3 has stopped working. It blinks blue, when I press reset it blinks yellow fast, and when I press reset again it blinks blue again.
I would like to know what is the most likely piece that has been damaged so I can change it. Can it be the DFI? I changed it in may 2019.
Troubleshooting steps already taken:
I have changed the anti-pinch pins 3 months ago, they are still okay. I cleaned completely the robot today, it did not change anything.
Last week it already had the same problem. I’d cleaned part of the robot (especially around the DFI parts) and it began working again : but after every turn it would blink blue and I’d have to press “reset” and then “cycle” for it to turn. Today I couldn’t make it restart at all, it’s back to going from blue to fast yellow when I press Reset.
Additional information:
I’ve had my robot since 5/28/2017, it was order 1400031213.
I’m having exactly the same problem. I filed the pinch connectors so they are shiny metal to shiny metal, cleaned the DFI sensor with alcohol AGAIN! and still not changed. I’m getting a bit sick of it continually failing. This is the 5th time I can think of its stopped working.
If you press the “Reset” button and it’s still not changing back to slowly blinking blue light, then you need to verify the pins then the hall-effect sensor.
It’s the sensor that tells the robot where to stop.
Were you seeing the robot getting stuck in the middle of the cycle or over-rotating recently?
It’s also possible that you have moved or damaged the sensor while cleaning the other parts so you can check this guide to show you how it should be installed. How to replace the hall effect sensor.pdf (2.2 MB)
It would blink pretty slow yes, as if the drawer was full.
I already have a new set of the pins in reserve (RB-Ltr-107). What do RB-Ltr-108 and RB-Ltr-129 refer to? I haven’t found anything with those references.
I changed the DFI and it seems to work ! I didn’t change anything else.
I’ll be careful for a few days because it would not be the first time that it works a few days then stops. I’ll keep you updated in a few days, hopefully to say everything is alright.
There seemed to still be some problems at first, it would sometimes flash blue then yellow then blue again. But it worked, it would just sometimes stop midway for no reason.
After a while I stopped seeing it happen and it seems fine? It’s been a steady blue for about two weeks . I have no idea what is going on but I’d rather not touch it as long as it works.
I’ll come back if it stops working again then. Thank you for your help !
