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Posts by TravStu22

  • Are ASCII files always available on the controller?

    • TravStu22
    • March 14, 2023 at 7:41 PM

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • Are ASCII files always available on the controller?

    • TravStu22
    • March 14, 2023 at 5:02 PM

    Hi,

    Do you know if ASCII files like .LS and .VA are always available on the MD: drive for the equivalent compiled files even if the ASCII upload options are not installed?

    I'm aware of two ASCII related options:

    R796 - Ascii Program Loader

    R507 - Ascii Upload

    My googling suggests that both of these options allow you to LOAD in .LS files. I don't need this. I just need to be able to read .LS or .VA from the MD: drive via the FTP server for example.

    Can anyone clarify what exactly these options do and if they are necessary for .LS files to exist alongside .TP files on the controller.

    I'm not able to verify this with RoboGuide because the R796 option is forcefully installed when you configure a virtual robot.

  • DX200 Getting Robot Files During Production

    • TravStu22
    • January 5, 2022 at 8:23 PM

    That's not practical for my application. I need fresh data from an entire factory of robots multiple times per day.

    EDIT: Sorry, that wasn't clear from my first post.

  • DX200 Getting Robot Files During Production

    • TravStu22
    • January 4, 2022 at 10:14 PM

    I need to download some job and system files from a DX200 controller to a computer on the network during production. I was going to use the FTP Function to do this but I saw this warning in the manual:

    Quote

    Note: Other transmission processing may not be performed during an FTP communication processing.

    The communication functions of DX200 (Ethernet function, FTP function,

    Ethernet server function, etc.) cannot perform simultaneous parallel

    processing. Although pseudo multiplex communication can normally be

    performed by time division, the FTP function often occupies the

    communication band and, therefore, other communication processing

    may be forced to wait for a long time or communication time-out may

    occur. When building your system, design it to allow for occurrence of

    waiting for other communication processing due to the FTP function.

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    It sounds like this could interfere with the robot communicating with the PLC and negatively affecting production?

    Do you know a production safe method of getting these files from the controller?

  • Writing to User Frames

    • TravStu22
    • May 2, 2018 at 2:13 PM

    Hi. I'd like to write the xyzwpr values to a specific userframe without typing it manually through the frames interface.

    One method is to create a listing file where I set a position register with my xyzwpr values and then set the userframe variable, e.g. $MNUFRAME[1,4], equal to this position register. This is not ideal since I have to check that the posistion register is not already in use on a case by case basis.

    If I could directly write xyzwpr values to the $MNUFRAME variable then this method would be ok. But I haven't found a way to do this through syntax trial and error, e.g. $MNUFRAME[1,4].$X = 5, or from searching the internet. The $MNUFRAME variable is a of data type 'position'. Can the individual components of this data structure be manipulated? I don't have the option of using KAREL.

    What is your best method of writing userframe data?

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