Installation and Commissioning

Rapid Language and Environment2 BaseWare OSOnly a very superficial overview of BaseWare OS is given here. For details, seereferences in Robot Documentation.The properties of BaseWare OS can be split up in five main areas: The Rapid Languageand Environment; Exception handling; Motion Control; Safety; the I/O System.2.1 The Rapid Language and EnvironmentThe Rapid language is a well balanced combination of simplicity, flexibility andpowerfulness. It contains the following concepts:- Hierarchical and modular program structure to support structured programmingand reuse.- Routines can be Functions or Procedures.- Local or global data and routines.- Data typing, including structured and array data types.- User defined names (shop floor language) on variables, routines and I/O.- Extensive program flow control.- Arithmetic and logical expressions.- Interrupt handling.- Error handling (for exception handling in general, see Exception handling).- User defined instructions (appear as an inherent part of the system).- Backward handler (user definition of how a procedure should behave whenstepping backwards).- Many powerful built-in functions, e.g mathematics and robot specific.- Unlimited language (no max. number of variables etc., only memory limited).- Windows based man machine interface with built-in Rapid support (e.g. userdefined pick lists).Product Specification RobotWare for BaseWare OS 3.1 5