Posts by Apkano

Also.... I've encountered this when the program was running as a background process or as a macro.

Quote from NathanJo

I tried it this way, but it didn’t work out. It was successful before, so I’m not sure what went wrong this time. Any ideas on what the problem might be?

Just to be clear, as I'm pretty sure someone will ask, You INSTALLED the software with Admin privileges? This is different than trying to OPEN and RUN the software with Admin access.

The other seemingly best method is to completely uninstall all previous versions, then re-install an older version (that you know works!), then install the update over the top of that.

Not sure this is even doable. Years ago I had to use RSI with a Trumpf PFO so that it limited it's laser output until it was within 15 degrees of perpendicular to the part. It worked well.

Now, I need to find out if RSI will do the same output that I'd expect, just using the 7th axis, which in this case is a servo weld gun. I want to know the PRECISE location and movement of the weld caps DURING a weld.

At this time I have no plans to try to intervene or change anything during the welding.... Just need to know precise output.

Thanks in advance!

The biggest issue I think you'll run into is the encoder positional data for the gun. When robot 1 puts down the gun robot 2 has to trust that it was placed on the perch with the EXACT SAME SETTINGS / POSITION.

This can be overcome with a "autohome" every time the robot picks up the gun, but it will affect cycle time.

The biggest difference here is doing 2 guns on 1 robot, the robot remembers the data from when the gun was unmounted. When 2 robots share a gun, robot 1 can unmount the gun with the servo in a different position that robot 2 will not know about.