PROGRAM SHIFT SCREEN


PROGRAM SHIFT SCREEN

The program shift utility allows you to offset the positions of an entire teach pendant program or a portion of a teach pendant program. This is an easy way to adjust a teach pendant program after a fixture or the physical location of a robot has been changed.

Table 1.  PROGRAM SHIFT Screen Items

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Original Program

This item is the name of the program that you want to shift. To select a program, press ENTER, type the name of the program, and press ENTER again.

Range

This item indicates whether the whole program or a portion will be shifted.

Start line

This item is the first line in the program that will be shifted.

End line

This item is the last line in the program that will be shifted.

New Program

This item is the name of the program that results when you offset or shift the Original Program. If you want the resulting offset or shifted program to replace the Original Program, make the New Program name the same as the Original Program name.

Insert line

This item indicates the location in an existing program where new shifted position information will be inserted.

Position data

This item is the current x, y, and z position information.

Rotation

This item, if set to ON, indicates that you want to rotate three position about an axis. If set to OFF, you can shift a single source position to a single destination position.

Source position

This item is the original position that you will be shifting. If Rotation is set to ON, there will be three source positions.

Destination position

This item is the destination position to which you will be shifting. If Rotation is set to ON, there will be three destination positions.