Is it best practice to leave the robot in auto mode or manual mode in idle for robot longevity?

AshTheWaterBoy

I have a IRB1200. I leave it idle for sometimes days sometimes hours. Should I be leaving it in manual mode with motors off to preserve the motors?

lemster68

There is a system parameter, Broke on time, which sets the time when idle for the brakes to be applied.
Find it in control panel -> configuration -> topics -> motion -> motion planner.
Read up on it in the technical manual System parameters.
It use to be the maximum allowed value by default, which is 3,600,000 seconds, 41 2/3 days!

AshTheWaterBoy

How does it know when Idle? So in auto mode it will turn the brakes on?

AshTheWaterBoy

So it is best practice to leave it with the brakes on?