REading a txt file from with a .src program

[pliedas]

Is it possible to read a .txt ASCII file from within a Kuka program? I am interested in reading a .txt which contains some numbers and this file is sent over to the robot controller from a external PC thru FTP.

[mookie]

I dont believe that you have file functions within the KRL language. this could be done but i dont believe theres a simple answer to what your looking for. can you provide an example?

[pliedas]

Here is the sample - a .txt file containing the following ASCCII text :

Points: 18
PinRadius: 9.525
SecondPinRadius: 9.525
AvrgErr: 2
MaxErr: 5

I would like to read the integers and real values.

Thanks

[mookie]

im not familar enough to tell you but id like to think that ethernet XML could do the job.

[KukaBurra]

Hi there.
One option you may want to consider is saving the file as a *.dat. Depending on  your software version you could create the varialble as a global real. Using Kuka dat loader you could automatically send the dat file over ethernet.
Or as one of the other post recommended ethernetKRL-XML may be worth a look

[mookie]

yeah but the problem with that is that when the program is loaded and linked for execution, the variables are loaded (read copied) into memory. you can change the dat file all you really want and resave but the values are different in memory.


I could be wrong but in my experience, this is what ive found

[KukaBurra]

Using KRDirLoader stops the file being linked and overites the dat file aslong as it has the same name.
You can even configure it to automatically start the src program.