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14-5-4. Mechanism settings
What is “Mechanism”?
By classifying all equipment including the robot and external axes that
comprise the system into groups, it is possible to control each group
separately, such as to assign a different task to each group or to isolate
a specific group from operation.
Manual operation is limited only to the axes registered as a
mechanism. (See the below table for details.)
Positioner 1
Positioner 2
[Example application]
A system which is comprised of a robot and 2 sets of twin-axis
positioners.
•
Register the robot and Positioner 1 as “
Mech 1
”.
•
Register Positioner 2 as “
Mech 2
”.
•
Create a program using the Mech 1.
•
While the program using the Mech 1 is running, the positioner2 is
free from the control of the program, therefore, it is possible to
assign a different task to Mech2.
Positioner 1
Mech 2
Positioner 2
Mech 1
It is also possible to operate multiple robots if they are connected as flexible multi-cooperative robot and
registered as one group mechanism.
The Mechanism number can extend up to 30 with “System data Adjustment” operation.
Robot
Positioner 1
Positioner 2
File not open
O
O
O
Editing the program of Mech 1.
O
O
X
Editing the program of Mech 2.
X
X
O
O
…Manual operation is available
X
…Manual operation is NOT available.
On the
System settings
screen, click
Mechanism
and the click
Edit
.
Î
Check the robot and/or external axes you want to define as
Mechanism 1. Or clear the check of the item(s) you want to
remove from the Mechanism 1.
Configuration of the Mechanism is shown in head in the
program display or a window of “New” file creation.
Creation of a new file
Program display