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5.3 Programming concept
5.3.1 Handling of programs
Overview
This section details how to perform normal handling of robot programs. It describes
how to:
• create a new program
• load an existing program
• save a program
• rename a program
• delete a program
Each task must contain one program, no more, no less. Note that the following
procedures describe a single task system, i.e. only one task is available.
How to create a new program when no program is available is detailed in section
Creating a new program on page 150 .
About program files
When saving a program to the controller hard disk, it is by default saved to the
directory HOME in the system’s folder unless otherwise stated. How to set another
default path is detailed in section
Setting default paths on page 100 .
The program is saved as a folder, named as the program, containing the actual
program file, of type pgf.
When loading a program you open the program folder and select the pgf file.
When renaming a program you rename the program folder and the program file.
When saving a loaded program which is already saved to the hard disk, you must
not open the existing program folder. Instead, you should save the program folder
again and overwrite the old version, or rename the program.
Creating a new program
This section describes how to create a new program.
Action
On the ABB menu, tap Program Editor . 1
Tap Tasks and Programs . 2
Tap File , then New Program .
If there was already a program loaded, a warning dialog appears.
• Tap Save to save the loaded program.
• Tap Don't Save to close loaded program without saving it, i.e. delete from pro-
gram memory.
• Tap Cancel to leave the program loaded.
3
Continue by adding instructions, routines, or modules.
A new program is created. 4
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5 Programming and testing
5.3.1 Handling of programs