Introduction
MagnaTran 7.1 User’s Manual
Operation Overview
MN-003-1600-00
Brooks Automation
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Revision 2.2
Operation Overview
The MagnaTran 7™ robot may be operated in either of two ways: directly by the host
controller or through the use of the hand-held Control/Display Module (CDM).
When being operated by a remote controller such as a CTC, the robot will respond to
the software commands it receives through the serial communications link. When
being operated by the CDM, the robot responds directly to the commands entered
manually on the CDM.
A typical sequence of events for the MagnaTran 7 Robot with the Z Axis option using
remote control through the serial communications link might be as follows:
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Command MOVE R ABS 575500 T ABS 97000 Z ABS 21000 ARM A sent to
robot.
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Robot moves Arm ‘A’ to specified location.
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Ready string _RDY returned by robot.
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Command RQ POS ABS A ALL sent to robot.
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Response POS ABS A 575500 97000 21000 returned by robot.
A typical sequence of events for the MagnaTran 7 Robot without the Z Axis option
using direct control through the Control/Display Module might be as follows:
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Command ‘Move’ selected.
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Arm ‘A’ Selected
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‘Location’ selected
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‘T Axis’ selected and 97
o
entered
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Robot moves to specified location.
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‘R Axis’ selected and 575.5 entered
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Robot moves to specified location.
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Command ‘Info’ selected.
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Arm ‘A’ Selected
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‘Location’ selected
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Response R 575500 T 97000 displayed.
