tcp trace and question

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    hello everyone,

    When using TCP trace on roboguide (which is amazing btw.) , I noticed the CNT works as expected but I have dozen of curves to show robots path. I see the point is well curved but does it mean the robot doesn't follow the same patch everytime ? It the same for all CNT point (see image).
    I do have the constant path option too.

    Another question for fanuc expert,
    I see that it possible to show the robot speed by selecting Color by speed on the trace option. The speed on my simulation is at 2000mm/sec most of the time but I see the robot doesn't reach this speed on short mouvement (which is normal !)

    But do you think it is wise to check the maximum speed of every traces and enter this speed value on the program ?
    Is it possible the cycle time might even be reduced because the robot doesn't need to decelerate too much?

    thanks you for your time.

    • New

    The TCP path will vary between cycles depending on:

    *the CNT-value (go figure! :upside_down_face:)
    *the programmed speed of the motion instruction
    *if the previous and/or following motion instruction differs in terms of position/speed/termination type from the previous cycles
    *override value (if "Cycle time priority" instead of "Path priority" is selected during robot setup)

    For a repeating cycle without any changes to the above mentioned factors, the actual TCP path will only vary because of mechanical wear of the equipment.

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