X-RAIL MANAGEMENT SCREEN


X-RAIL MANAGEMENT SCREEN

The X-rail management optional utility reduces the amount of time it takes to produce quality production paths. The x-rail utility provides the following features:

  • X-rail smoothing

  • Motion error pre-checking prior to smoothing

    Note

    Though the x-rail management utility supports Joint, Linear, and Circular motion types, Incremental motion options are ignored. For example, the following motion instruction would be ignored:

J P[1] 50% Fine INC

X-rail smoothing allows you to adjust the extended axes of taught positions of a particular motion segment (from the most recently taught position to the current position) relative to the total time of motion throughout the entire range of positions. X-rail smoothing eliminates high rail accelerations (or "jerky" movement) between taught positions. Smoothing modifies only rail positions; the TCP remains the same.

Table 1.  X-rail Management Screen Items

ITEM DESCRIPTION

X-rail Management

This item allows you to produce production paths.

Program name

This item allows you to display a list of programs.

Start line No.

This item allows you to type the line number where you want smoothing to begin.

End line No.

This item allows you to type the line number where you want smoothing to end.