PT CONVEYOR


PT CONVEYOR

Table 1.  PT Conveyor Main Menu Items

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Conveyor

This column contains the names of all the defined conveyors. Even if a conveyor is not defined yet (indicated by *****, you can press MODIFY to set up its properties. The default number of conveyors that a user can modify is 4.


Table 2.  PT Conveyor MODIFY Items

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Name

This is a 21 character name.

A unique name for the conveyor. Ex: Conveyor 1.

Controller

The Host Name of the Controller that this conveyor is wired to. Select this using the [CHOICE] sub-window.

Part Flow Simulation

Simulate Part Flow

Range: YES/NO

When enabled, the simulation conveyor speed and simulation part rate specified in the lines below will be used to run the entire application without parts or vision systems (or even conveyors). This can be used to test robot duty cycle and estimate cycle times.

Simulation Conv Spd

Range: 0.0 to 9999.99

If part flow simulation is enabled, then if encoder simulation is used, this conveyor speed is used. If you do not wish to use encoder simulation and instead you will run the physical conveyors yourself, specify zero for speed. You should not run the physical conveyors when you specify the simulation speed and vice versa.

Simulation Part Rate

Range: 0 to 5000

The parts per minute that you want the parts to flow on the conveyor. The simulation will be based on a single row of parts.