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Physical Fanuc CRX-30iA trajectory instantly aborts in ROS 2: "STMO is inactive" & MOTN-615

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to control a physical Fanuc CRX-30iA (R-30iB Mini Plus controller, Tablet Teach Pendant) using the official FANUC-CORPORATION/fanuc_driver package in ROS 2.
The hardware interface successfully connects to the robot (I get a solid green light on the arm indicating the servos are fully energized), but the split second I send a trajectory from MoveIt or publish a point, the execution aborts within 7ms.
(Note: This exact workspace setup works perfectly inside RoboGuide simulation. The failure only happens on the physical arm).

The Error Logs

In the ROS 2 terminal:

[ros2_control_node-1] Status seq skipped. Expected seq: 12158 Received seq: 12159
[ros2_control_node-1] Command lagging behind. Command seq: 12158 Status seq: 12159
[ros2_control_node-1] Sending extra command to catch up.
...
[ros2_control_node-1] [WARN] [joint_trajectory_controller]: Aborted: STMO is inactive (!motion_possible)
[move_group-8] [WARN] [follow_joint_trajectory_controller_handle]: Controller '/joint_trajectory_controller' failed with error INVALID_GOAL: Aborted: STMO is inactive (!motion_possible)

On the Tablet Teach Pendant:

The top bar says 10%, auto and tp key disabled.
During execution, it throws: MOTN-615 ST:Please disable brake control or hangs on waiting for communication completion.

My Network & Environment Setup

My workstation has multiple network cards and is physically connected to the robot network via a local interface (120.176.x.x), while I am sending commands from an IoT workstation (10.14.x.x).
I can ping the robot from the workstation and vice versa.
I have tried binding CycloneDDS explicitly to both the 10.x.x.x interface and the local 120.x.x.x network card, but the trajectory still drops instantly on execution.

What I've Checked So Far:

Joint Names: Fixed to match the physical controller's exact ['J1', 'J2', 'J3', 'J4', 'J5', 'J6'] layout.
UOP Settings: Enable UI Signals is set to FALSE.
ABSNM Variable: Tried toggling true and false. Fails either way on trajectory handoff.
Brake Logs: Eco Mode Brake Control is already FALSE. Servo off timers ($SV_OFF_TIME) are extended high so the servos aren't dropping asleep.
RMI Parameter Change: We also tried changing the RMI motion control mode parameter to 2 from 0
OS Level Real-Time tuning: Maxed out Linux socket receive/send buffers (rmem_max to 25MB), isolated CycloneDDS to unicast-only to stop packet fragmentation, and ran the launch file via root real-time priority (sudo -E chrt -f 99).
It looks like the Stream Motion (STMO) engine on the controller detects a sequence count lag/skip when MoveIt bursts the trajectory points, causing it to trigger a safety stop that clashes with the active stream.
Does anyone know how to loosen the packet synchronization window on modern CRX controllers, or how to get past this MOTN-615 brake control algorithm conflict?

Also I'm using this launch command: ros2 launch fanuc_moveit_config fanuc_moveit.launch.py

Thanks!

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u/newguy_on_robotics — 6 days ago
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FANUC ROS2 driver + Roboguide: connects fine but motion execution hangs/faults. Hardware-only?

Official FANUC ROS2 driver against a Roboguide virtual controller (CRX series). Connection is solid — RMI handshake connects, all controllers activate, /joint_states streams live.

Problem is motion execution: send a trajectory goal → accepted, then hangs, no motion, no result. Sometimes I get MOTN-601 Sequence No error or Aborted: STMO is inactive (!motion_possible). Log also warns No scaling interface set on the scaled trajectory controller.

Btw I’m running ROS2 driver on a different machine in Linux and roboguide on a windows pc both connected over switch.

Anyone actually gotten motion (not just connection) working in Roboguide with this driver, or is it effectively hardware-only? Is the timing/sequence issue just Windows jitter that clears on real hardware?

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u/newguy_on_robotics — 23 days ago