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Your robot may use its light ring along with sounds and app notifications to communicate its status. 

 

Light Location

 

Roomba® s9 Robot Vacuum
Braava jet® m6 Robot Mop		i Series, j Series, and Combo 10 Max Robot Vacuums
Light Ring will appear around the lid.Light Ring will appear around the CLEAN Button.

 

Light Color

  • White - I'm awake and everything is normal
  • Blue - I'm doing something special
  • Red - There's a problem; Visit the app or press CLEAN for Roomba to repeat the error message
  • Green - Remote check-in mission; Click here for more detail

 

Light Pattern

The Light Ring will move in patterns on smart robot models (i, e, s, m, and j series). 

 

Light Ring While Idle

When robots are on their dock, they are charging or hibernating. You will see lighting patterns that match the current state of the robot. 

Note: The light on the Home Base® will go on for approximately four (4) seconds and then turn off and remain off while the robot continues to charge.

When the robot is running a mission, and pauses or performs a mid-mission charge before resuming, the light ring pattern will continue for the duration of the activity.

 

Low battery (under 15% charged)

Charging sufficient (over 15% charged) 

Battery 33% charged  

 

Battery 50% charged

Battery > 65% charged 

 Battery mostly charged (over 85%)

 

Solid white: Fully charged.   

Pulsing bottom half: Robot charged and on dock, aka hibernating. 

 White clockwise swirl: Starting up or updating software (please wait).

 

Solid red: 
There is an Error. Tap Clean for the robot to repeat the error.

Errors are also shown in the iRobot HOME App on WiFi-enabled models.

Pulsing red: 
Charging, too low to start. The battery needs to be charged. Leave the robot on the base. If it's still not fully charged after 3 hours visit Why does my Roomba® or Braava® not turn on or charge properly?   

Red sweep toward rear:

On Roomba, this means the dust bin is full and needs to be emptied.
On a Braava m6, this means the water tank is empty and needs to be filled.   

 

Blue clockwise spinner: In Wi-Fi pairing mode.

 

 

 
 










Light Ring While Cleaning

 

Periodic white sweep: Cleaning job in progress.

Blue counterclockwise swirl: Spot cleaning.

Blue marching forward: Driving back to the dock.

 

Blue ping: Virtual Wall or Keep Out Zone detected. 
For j series, this could also mean an object to avoid is detected.

Flashing blue: Dirt Detect™ activated.


 

Blue sweep forward: Emptying bin into Clean Base™ Automatic Dirt Disposal.


 

Turn the light ring off:

If you want to turn off the current Light Ring pattern, you can do so by pressing the Clean button for two seconds. The light ring will be disabled until the robot is started. 
 
For certain models, there are also options in the iRobot HOME App to control how your robot light ring behaves when charging. Scroll down to Product Settings > Status Lights.   
  • 600-900, i1-i5, e Series, and Combo j9 with the autofill dock do NOT have a status lights setting in the app. 
  • i6, i7, i8, s9, m6, and j series (except for c9 w/Autofill) all have the Status Lights setting in the app.

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Light Ring Differences with i1/i2/i3/i4/i5 

Clean text is not lit up on the i1-i5 series.

When the robot is running a mission, but is paused or charging, the light ring pattern will continue for the duration of the activity (ie: 90 mins if charging, 85 mins if re-charging, or up to 12 hours if waiting for error resolution).

 

Roomba® Combo 10 Max Dock Charging LED indicator

On = The robot is on the dock and charging

Off = The robot is not on the dock, the robot is not charging, or the dock is asleep.

 

NOTE: After 60 seconds, the dock will sleep, and the Charging LED indicator will turn off. To check the status, tap the Clean button on your robot or visit the iRobot® HOME app.

 

Dock LED Indicators while cleaning

 Solid red = Bag full, missing, or improperly installed

 Solid red = Dirty tank full, missing, or improperly installed

Solid red = Clean tank empty, missing, or improperly installed

 
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