Pausing a programme in AUT mode

Well, one simple way would be to E-Stop the robot, then re-start. Though that's rough on the hardware and should be saved of emergencies.

Resetting $MOVE_ENABLE might be one way to achieve what you want. It depends on how you want the robot to stop and recover.

Theoretically, you could put a WAIT $IN[x] between every motion command, but that's guaranteed to make the program very bulky, tripling line count (once you add in the CONTINUE command needed to avoid breaking the Advance Run Pointer).

Or there are multiple posts in the forum archives about "pausing" the robot by manipulating $OV_PRO or $OV_APPL, which would slow the robot down to 0 speed but keep it "running".

One more possibility is to use an interrupt with brake.

Quote from M J

Is there a way to pause a programme and then restart a programme with an External trigger (IO).

if you pause program, you probably want to resume running from the same point, rather than restarting it.

DEF TEST()
  ;...
  INTERRUPT DECL 5 WHEN $IN[1234] DO PauseRobot()
  WAIT FOR NOT $IN[666] ; PAUSED
  INTERRUPT ON 5
  ;
  ; do something here or call another program
  ;
END

DEF PauseRobot()
  BRAKE
  WAIT FOR NOT $IN[1234] ; PAUSED
END

No, test() is a sample main program.

So put it in your main program, for example cell().

Use '==' instead of '=' for a comparison.

A single '=' is for assignment, doesn't make sense in that case.

And do not evaluate BOOL variable with integer value. Replace 0 with FALSE