# Payload too large error
**URL:** https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/payload-too-large-error/4726
**Category:** Robot Controller
**Created:** [March 12, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/payload-too-large-error/4726 "2012-03-12T16:47:51Z")
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### Author:  [@leonardolt](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/leonardolt)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/payload-too-large-error/4726/1 "2012-03-12T16:47:51Z")
Hi people.
I have o robot here working well for a long time. Today when I decided do update the tool orientation, it suddenly stopped during the path and showed up a message of “Payload too large - Event message 50140” on axis 5.
I was surprized by that because the fault happend while the robor was moving from 2nd to 3rd point. Obviously I returned the previous tool definition and tried again. But nothing happened. I hear the realys activating to start moving but at the same time they release and the error message shows.
I tried to release the breake and move the 5th axis by hand to see if it was locked but it wasn’t. After releasing the breake I could move the robot again, but another time it stopped during the move and showed the error message, this time related to axis 2. I released the break and handly moved all axis, but the fault persists.
Does anyone knows why it could happend and how to fix it?
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### Author:  [@leonardolt](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/leonardolt)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/payload-too-large-error/4726/2 "2012-03-12T20:19:21Z")
Ok, I found the error.
When I updated the tool orientation I used a tool definition provided by Robotmaster, wich was configured to 20Kg. All the other values were ok and I did not realize this differece in the weight. So the controler disbles moving because it thinks a 20kg tool will be hanging on the IRB 1600 robot.
By the way, the real tool weights less then 0.5Kg.
Leo