Unable to Modify Positions or Variables in Backup Files

Hello everyone,

I encountered an issue while working with a backup from an ABB IRB 1200 robot using the IRC5 controller and RobotWare 6.15.

Here’s the problem:

• I am unable to modify the positions in the program.
• Variable declarations cannot be changed.
• The system module is locked and cannot be set to "Normal" mode.

Initially, I suspected it might be related to write access permissions. However, even when using the Virtual Controller, the same issue persists.

Does anyone have insights into what might be causing this or suggestions on how to resolve it?

Quote from Lemster68

It could have the VIEWONLY attribute set. In a text editor you could remove that attribute in the module declaration.

It is just the sys module with no additional attributes.

MODULE RobotCommonPosition(sysmodule)
!Home Pose Target
CONST jointtarget PHome:=[[0.944701,-2.04286,14.5411,0.271342,70.2865,154.614],[9E+09,9E+09,9E+09,9E+09,9E+09,9E+09]];

Endmodule

Quote from emvai

Dynamically loaded programs? Load/open the program module (and set PP to it) before trying to do the modifications? As done in painting applications.

There is no Open or Load instruction in any of the programs, and there are no modules in the Home folder.

Usually, we keep the modules in a separate folder to be loaded dynamically. Even in such cases, those modules can be modified and saved back into the same folder without issues.

Quote from robiman

you are in Auto Mode...

You have tryed in Manual Mode?

Sorry, that was quite basic—thank you! I was able to modify the positions in Manual mode.

I realized that in the Virtual FlexPendant, when switching to Manual Mode and making changes in RAPID, it automatically reverts to Auto Mode. I hadn’t noticed this until now.

However, it’s still not working on the real controller, and I haven’t been able to figure out why yet