communicating errors

  • Good afternoon y'all
    I have a customer with an r-30ia running PalletTool who wants to add a light tree to let the operators know if an error occurred since they are not in direct view of the robot at all times. Looking at old posts it appears that I can use the interconnect tab in the I/O t assign a DO to an error, however after looking at the screen I have n idea which option I should assign.
    The most common error is a collision detection due to their pallets being of varying height.
    Can anyone tell me if I'm on the right track, and if so, what am I looking for in the interconnect screen?
    Thanks in advance.

  • You guys are answering a question he didn't ask. The most common fault does not cover all faults, and he wants the light to turn on in the event of any fault.


    Digging around in the interconnect menu, it looks like it is not easily possible to link the generic fault output to a DO.


    You will have to write a small background program. Refer to the sticky on background programs.
    It would consist of this:


    Code
    : DO[100:Fault Light]=(SO[3:Fault LED]) ;


    or this, if UOPs are defined.


    Code
    : DO[100:Fault Light]=(UO[6:Fault]) ;


    Replace the 100 index for whatever index you wire the light up to.

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