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SawStop 10” Industrial Cabinet Saw

Contact was Detected During Standby — this code indicates that the safety system detected contact with

the blade (or a portion of the arbor) when the blade was not spinning. This code will be displayed if you come

into contact with the blade or arbor while the system is in Standby mode. The brake will not be activated and

the code will automatically clear within 5 seconds after contact is ended. The system will not allow the motor to

start while this code is displayed.

Contact was Detected During Bypass — this code indicates that contact was detected while the saw was

running in Bypass Mode. As described above, the brake will not be activated during Bypass but the safety

system will continue to monitor for contact. If this code is displayed, then it indicates that the brake would have

activated if the system had not been in Bypass Mode. This error will automatically clear once the blade has

finished coasting down.

Material Conductivity Test

The Contact Detected During Bypass code allows you to “test” a particular material to see if it is too conductive

to cut during normal operation. For example, if you have a new material you need to cut and are not sure if it

is conductive, you can make several cuts in Bypass Mode. If this error code is displayed, then it means the

material is too conductive and must be cut in Bypass Mode to prevent false trips of the brake. If the error code

is not displayed after several trial runs, then it is likely that the material is not conductive and you can make

future cuts in normal mode. (See page 33 for instructions on how to operate the saw in Bypass Mode.)

Overload Due to Wet Wood — this code indicates that the wood being cut is too wet or too green. Very wet

or green wood can interfere with the safety system’s ability to detect contact. The system monitors for wet and

green wood and, if the wood is too wet or too green, the system will shut off the motor and display this error

code.

To clear this error, turn the Start/Stop paddle to OFF and turn the Main Power to OFF and then back to

ON.

In addition, wet pressure-treated wood may cause an overload error or even cause the brake to activate. The

chemicals used to pressure treat wood often contain large amounts of copper, which is conductive. When

pressure-treated wood is wet, the combination of copper and water substantially increase the conductivity of

the wood. Therefore, allow wet pressure-treated wood to fully dry before cutting. Typically, the wood will be

sufficiently dry if left unstacked in a dry location for 24 hours.
If you must cut wet pressure-treated wood, you can perform the Material Conductivity Test described above to

test whether the wood is too wet. If the test indicates the brake will activate if the system is not in Bypass Mode,

you must either allow the wood to dry or make the remaining cuts in Bypass Mode.

Note: if the saw shuts down due to an overload error, do not attempt to finish cutting that piece of wood until

it has dried. The overload error indicates that the system was close to firing the brake before it went into

overload. Therefore, repeatedly attempting to cut a wet piece of wood could result in an incorrect activation of

the brake.

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