Kawasaki Programming

[Kōkaku kidōtai]

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[Kōkaku kidōtai]

ok... my bad   

KLogic is in fact a way of managing peripheral equipment rather than robot programming 

As far as I understood from specs it's kind of PLC ladder diagram for robot.

  part is that KLoggis if free option but KLadder is  expensive 

However I don't recall anything about SLogic - could you share some details

Cheers !!!

[disleyrobot]

KLogic is a  sub-group of AS , which using the K-ladder software can be viewed as PLC ladder.
SLogic is another subset specifically for an  ALLEN-BRADLEY  add-on plc as used in North America, there are ome useful AS commands there though; SOUT for example can be used to map inputs [or flags] to outputs.

[rdixiemiller]

 I prefer AS language to block stepping. Much easier to edit, and it works much better for my applications (material handling). Welding and painting are often easier to do in block step, as you normally don"t need as much code, just positions.

[RoboFutbol]

AS language is much easier if you are doing logical and/or decision making programming using the controller as a stand alone unit.

[rdixiemiller]

 Correct. I have K-Ladder on 12 of 17 robots I am installing right now, and I don't use it. K-Ladder is only around because some people can't use AS language, according to my Kawasaki rep. I run an autostart.pc program (autostart5.pc) in the background to monitor IO. I have a check routine to make sure the .pc program is actually running, this lives in the first section of my aamainline program. The autostart program keeps my binary words updated that I use in my pick and place programs, as well as monitor part presence, etc. If you can program structured text, you don't need K-Ladder.