Load TP Program from Memory Card automatically using Karel

You should provide your faulty code, so someone can correct it. That's easier than writing whole code from scratch.

PROGRAM EXT_LOAD1
EXT_LOAD('MC:\list')
END EXT_LOAD1

This line with [in] is some kind of Syntax describing. Always use the part from Example. May be the slash has to be a backslash.

As far as I understand the doc, there must exist a file on MC: with name 'list' that contains the names of TP programs that will be loaded.

Think it's not a good idea to name the own procedure the same name of the external routine.

Edit: forgotten ':' after MC. And changed / by \

As hermann already suggested, use :\ instead of / in your code. This is often a problem in FANUC manuals that the backslash is not correctly translated.

Quote from darkknight1499

hermann and DS186 , I still haven't been able to create the karel code to load the tp program. I even went to fanuc engineers for help but nothing worked out.

I'm still getting errors while creating the karel file.

I've attached the image of the error I'm getting and the code I've written.

Read the message from the KTRANS window. Your code is missing a BEGIN statement after the line PROGRAM EXT_LOAD1.

PROGRAM EXT_LOAD1

BEGIN

EXT_LOAD('MC:\LIST')

END EXT_LOAD1

EXT_LOAD isn't a karel built in. I would use LOAD. Also, you will need the file extension if you want to load something ('MC:\list.tp' for example).

You're missing the "CALL"

Also, here's a related thread you might find helpful (or confusing): RE: Karel Program

That is a call from a teach pendant program to a compiled Karel program. While you can call other Karel programs from Karel, I don't think that is the intention here.

RTFM. You can call those System Design Tool functions only from TP programs, not from Karel programs. May be it is possible, and I haven't found it, but all examples in manual are with TP programs:

Addendum:

You can see the source code of exactly the function of EXT_LOAD in the 'KAREL Function OPERATOR'S MANUAL' in the chapter "4.4.2 Save,Delete, Load the Program Based on the List."

From there on you can build your own karel procedure according to your needs.

hi Darkknight1944,

This should work with Karel try:

LOAD('UD1:example.TP',1,status)

change "UD1" to your path "MD" or "UT1"...