fatal application error taf.exe

Our facility has many ABB robots and every now and then one will get a fatal application error.
Program: Taf.exe
Exception: 0X80000002
Address: 03586FCC
What can be done to prevent this?

What RobotWare version do you have? Can you provide a list of the options that your controller has installed? Is there a particular activity that causes this error? This is a generic error that can have numerous causes.

The robots have various RW versions ranging from 5.08_01.1009 to 5.10_0147. They have the following options:

RW Control module key

RobotWare OS and English

644-3 Spanish

645-2 German

709-x DeviceNet

709-1 Master/Slave Single

711-1 Prolibus DP Master/Slave

602-1 Advanced Shape Tuning

604-2 MultiMove Independent SingleProcess

No manipulator with arc welding

S No manipulator with spot welding

No manipulator with dispense

608-1 World Zones

609-1 Fixed Position Events

610-1 Independent Axis

611-1 Path Recovery

612-1 Path OfFset

614-1 FTP-client

616-1 PC Interlace

617-1 FlexPendant Interlace

620-1 File and Serial Channel Handling

621-1 Logical Cross Connections

623-1 Multitasking

626-1 Advanced RAPID

Thus far no particular set of circumstances has been identified to cause the problem

The first step I would take would be to upgrade to the latest RobotWare version. As I mentioned, there have been a variety of fixes over time to address this sysmptom. Do you have any custom (3rd party) FlexPendant applications installed? Unhandled exceptions in user applications can also cause errors for Taf.exe.