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Basic settings
Click the hamburger menu icon in the upper left corner of the tablet TP screen. Select the plug-in and
t
ap ”SMC Air Gripper”, and display the configuration screen for the SMC air gripper unit SMC. Then,
perform the following basic settings.
1. Basic settings
(1) Start up time
This is the set value for the waiting time after the valve is operated for OPEN / CLOSE of the fingers.
Enter the appropriate value according to the operation speed speed of the finger by adjusting the opening of
the metering valve.
The default value is 500ms. It can be set in the range of 0 to 1000 ms.
(2) Alarm is output when error is generated.
Choose whether to display an alarm message when the air gripper unit detects an error. If you check the
check box, an alarm message will be displayed when "Open
/ Close failure” or “workpiece drop” is detected.
(3) Output the status signal to the digital output port.
Select whether to output a status signal to the digital output port when "Open / Close failure” or "workpiece
drop” is detected.
“Enable” is selected
：
Selection of the digital output port is enabled. If any of "Open / Close success”, “Open / Close failure” or
"workpiece drop detection" is detected, the corresponding digital output port is turned on.
“Disable” is selected
：
The selection of the digital output port is disabled. Even if "Open / Close success", "Open / Close failure", or
"workpiece drop detection" is detected, no status signal is output.
