program readon pc

[potis]

does anybody know hor to read the programs from a backup to a pc?

[M.Fotovat]

please tell me how did you take backup and what is the format of the file which you want to read on the pc?

[potis]

i made the backup using a usb flash drive and program extensions are at .TP . How can i make them readable from a notepad?

[M.Fotovat]

sorry, you can only open *.kl file with notepad.

[potis]

isn't there a way to make these files readable? like a program or something?

[asimo]

Hi,

I think that there is a way by using HandlingPro. Open it, copy your TP files on your hard drive, in the Cell Browser, click "Robot Controller", then righ click "Files" and "Add". Select all your TP files. After importing them, right-click on them and select "Load". You will see them under the "Programs" tree. Go there and right-click on your program and select "Save". You will have the option to save it as a listing file (*.ls). You will then be able to see the program.

[Professor_J]

Fanuc Translator attached...

This program can easily be used to translate your TP files to PE files, which can be opened with any text editor, such as Notepad..

[anonymous]

You should be able to create a text version of a TP program using the robot's teach pendant.

(1) Plug the USB device into the robot controller.
(2) Press the SELECT key on the robot's teach pendant.
(3) Move the highlight to the name of the TP program.
(4) Press NEXT until you see the PRINT (F5) softkey.
(5) Press ENTER to create a text version of the TP program.

TP programs printed this way have an .LS extension and can be opened in any text editor.

[Professor_J]

Correct, this isn't new, old Fanuc robots have always had the ability to print programs to LS file.... Just make sure you don't have a port assigned to a printer in Port Setup, otherwise it won't work..

The advantage of doing it this way is that you'll get all the IO comments etc. The disadvantage is that it does one program at a time..

Another way is to set variable $DEVICE to MD: and then you can copy all LS files to memory card/USB etc..

[andrewk65]

Hi There
You can change a parameter in the robot settings for ascii save, then when you do a normal backup to a memory card the files will be in .PE format which can be opened with notepad. On older robots the parameter van be found in the "variables" area, i think it is $ASCII_SAVE and is set to true for ascii, or false for .TP. Make sure you change it back to .PE for operational backups, as you cannot re load a .PE program this way, you must use the translator software that someone else gave you in an earlier message.

On newer models where ASCII_SAVE cannot be found in the variable list a routine can be created to do the job. Create a routine and call it ascisave or whatever you like-name doesnt really matter.
For line 1 put
1:  $ASCII_SAVE = 1 ;
Just run the program manually and the variable will be set. To put it back to normal .PE file backup just change the 1 to 0 and run the routine again.
You can also use Fanuc WinTPE software to open .PE files but i think it is only available in US. Roboguide will also allow opening of Fanuc Program files.
The translator software that the previous respondent attached is one of the easiest ways as you can convert to PE, make mods, and if the syntax is corrext you can actually convert back to .TP type file and reload back to the robot.
Hope that helps

[potis]

thankx everyone.

the translator works but not correct. in a program some lines were missing. i think that this is propably caused from the fact that the robot is new with the latest software. anyway thanx a lot