PROGRAM SELECT SCREENS


PROGRAM SELECT SCREENS

1. SELECT SCREEN

Table 1, " Select Screen Items and Operations " lists SELECT screen items and operations.

Table 2, " Program DETAIL Screen Items and Operations " lists the SELECT DETAIL screen items and operations. The items displayed on your screen will vary.

Table 1.  Select Screen Items and Operations

ITEM DESCRIPTION

No.

This item is the line number.

Program name

This item is the name of the program.

Attribute field

This item is a descriptive field for each program. This field can be any of the following: Comment, Protection, Last Modified, Size, or Copy Source.

CREATE

Press this key to display the Create Teach Pendant Program screen from which you can create a new program listing. When you create a new program, it will be added to the Program name listing.

DELETE

Press this key to delete a program.

MONITOR

Press this key to monitor a program that is currently running.

ATTR

Press this key to select the appropriate attribute to display.

COPY

Press this key to display the Copy Teach Pendant Program screen from which you can copy one file to another.

DETAIL

Press this key to key to display the Program DETAIL screen.

LOAD

Press this key to display the Load Teach Pendant Program screen from which you can load the selected program.

SAVE AS

Press this key to save the selected program. You can specify the device to which the program is saved. You can also specify a new name if you want to save the file with a different name.

PRINT

Press this key to display the Print Teach Pendant Program screen from which you can select a program to print to the selected device.

2. PROGRAM DETAIL SCREEN

Table 2.  Program DETAIL Screen Items and Operations

ITEM DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE IN JOB OR PROCESS PROGRAMS ONLY AVAILABLE IN JOB PROGRAMS ONLY AVAILABLE IN PROCESS PROGRAMS ONLY

Creation Date

This item is the date on which the program name was created.

Yes      

Modification Date

This item is the date when the file was last displayed in the editor.

Yes         

Copy Source

This item is the name of the file from which the file was copied.

Yes         

Positions

This item indicates whether the program contains recorded robot positions.

Yes      

Size

This item is the size of the program in bytes.

Yes      

Program name

This item is the name of the program.

Yes      

Sub Type

This item is the kind of program you want to write. This value can be one of the following: None, Macro, or Cond (Condition Handler).

Yes            

Comment

This item is a description field for the selected program.

Yes      

Group Mask

This item identifies the group of axes, or motion group, that the program controls.

Yes         

Write protect

This item identifies whether the program can be modified.

Yes      

Ignore pause

This item indicates whether the program will continue to run when an error occurs, a command is issued, or the teach pendant is enabled.

Yes      

Stack Size

When a program is executed, a stack of 500 long words (1200 bytes) is allocated unless you specify a stack size. The stack is allocated from available user RAM.

The minimum and default stack size is 500. The maximum stack size is 4000.

Yes      

Collection

If the program sub type is not a collection, then this field allows you to add the program to a collection or to multiple collections if $COLLECT_CFG.$MULTI_PROG is TRUE. Pressing ENTER will bring up a collection list so you can select one or more collections.

If the program sub type is a collection, then pressing ENTER will bring up the collection editor so you can add and remove other programs to the collection.

All program types can be added to a collection except collections themselves. No nesting is allowed.

Refer to ???.
Yes (for Process programs if $COLLECT_CFG.$MULTI_PROG is TRUE)

NoDisp SubProg

This item allows you to make a teach pendant screen not show the contents of the program while the program is CALLED as a sub-program or as a macro.

Cycle Time

This item displays the cycle time for the most recent execution of the currently selected job or process.

   ***   

Last Cycle Time

This item displays the cycle time for the second most recent execution of the currently selected job or process.

   *   

Gun On Time

This item displays the total amount of time the gun was on for the most recent execution of the currently selected job or process.

   *, **   

Last Gun On Time

This item displays the total amount of time the gun was on for the second most recent execution of the currently selected job or process.

   *   

Material Volume

This item displays the volume of the material dispensed in the most recent execution of the currently selected job or process.

   *   

Last Material Volume

This item displays the volume of the material dispensed in the second most recent execution of the currently selected job or process.

   *   

Default User Frame

This item displays the name of the user frame to be used by the process program.

      *, **

Default Tool Frame

This item displays the name of the tool frame to be used by the process program.

      *, **

Part ID

  

This item displays the number of the job being executed.

   Yes   

Equipment Number

This item allows you to specify up to two homogeneous dispensing equipments controlled by one robot controller.

      *

Line Track Schedule Number

  

This item displays the current line tracking schedule.

      ****

Line Track Boundary Number

  

This item displays the current line tracking boundary set.

      ****

Application Mask

This item displays the currently set application in systems with more than one application available.

***      
Program Type The program type indicates the kind of Multi-Arm program being used. This should always be set to Normal Program.            
Multi-Arm Main This item indicates the status of the Multi-Arm program in the Family. It can be set to No, independent program, if it is not the main program of the Multi- arm family, Yes, Head of Family if it is the head of a family program, or Yes, Family Member if it is the main program of a family program.         
Head of Family This item indicates which robot is the head of the family for this job in a Multi-Arm application.         
Family Members This item indicates which robots are included as family members in a Multi-Arm application.         

END

Press this key when you are finished viewing program information to return to the Select screen.

N/A N/A N/A

PREV

Press this key to return to the previous screen.

N/A N/A N/A

NEXT

Press this key to display application-specific program detail information.

N/A N/A N/A

1

Press this key to add a motion group to your program.

N/A N/A N/A

*

Press this key to disable a motion group for your program.

N/A N/A N/A

ON/OFF

Press these keys to set the appropriate items to ON or OFF.

N/A N/A N/A

*These items are shown only for Dispensing systems with multiple equipment, to allow you to set the equipment number for your program.

** For PaintTool, this applies to process programs only.

*** This applies to DispenseTool and SpotTool+ only.

**** This applies to DispenseTool and PaintTool only.