Stop Cycle Button

[Ed]

Hi

I'm working on a M710iC/20L with a RJ3iC controller with the iPendant and I need a stop cycle button. Before we had an old ABB S3 robot and the pendant had this button which was very useful for our thermal spray coating technology which sometime requires to stop the cycle in case of empty powder feeder or broken arc wire. Right now I just lower the speed to vfine and hit the estop but I think it is not acceptable.

Is there an easy way to program a button on the pendant to stop cycle?

Thanks

[Ed]

Duh...  I just remember the HOLD button... Sometimes it is too simple... 

This is things that may happen when the training is 4months before the robot installation....

Problem solved!

[jstolaruk]

or I press the STEP button if the stop condition can afford to wait till the end of the current instruction (assuming TP programming)

[[fanucker]]

Not so correct the STEP on procedure because is manual. You should make an action that is a consequence of something, thus the best thing is use handshake between powder feeder and robot(if feeder has a I/O communication), or however control in auto mode feeder status. hold button or UI[2] is the best way to stop robot but also using PAUSE TP instruction.
i.e. (for check in a fix step of program)
1: IF DI[1:Powder_Feeder_Empty]=OFF  JMP,LBL[1]
2: MESSAGE[Please fill powder feeder]
3: PAUSE
4: LBL[1]
5: !continue normal operation

i.e (for always-active check)
- Map a DO

• in same point of UI[2]

- Make BG Logic prog in which:
1: DO

• =(!DI[1:Powder_Feeder_Empty])

Hope this help

[scgorlewar]

Dear Fanucker,
Ones the robot is paused how can we resume the operation?

I think wait DI[1:Powder_Feeder_Empty]=ON can also be one of the option where program can resume as soon as Powder feeder is filled.

Sachin