FlexPendant Operators Manual 3HAC16590 ... - Technology

3 Get started3.3.7. Running in production3.3.7. Running in productionRunning in productionThis instruction details the main steps useful when running the system in automatic mode(production mode).Note that there may be more information available than the one referred to in the procedure.Step Action Info1. Start the system as detailed in sectionSystem start up on page 57.2. If the system is using UAS, UserAuthorization System, the user must loginto the system before startingoperation.How to log in is described in sectionHow to logout and login on page 103.3. Load a program. How to load a program is described inHandling of programs on page 165.4. Before starting system choose mode tostart in on the FlexController.5. Start by pressing the Start button on theFlexPendant.6. The controller system communicateswith the operator through messagesdisplayed on the FlexPendant screen.Messages can be either eventmessages or RAPID instructions, e.g.TPWrite.Event messages describe an eventoccurring within the system, and issaved in an event log.7. In manual mode, the Modify Positionfunction allows the operator to makeadjustments to the robot positions in aRAPID program.The HotEdit function allows the operatorto make adjustments to programmedpositions in both automatic and manualmode.8. In a production process you may want tostop the robot.9. In the Production Window you cansupervise the ongoing process.10. When ending operation, the user shouldlog out.How to choose mode is described insection Switching from manual toautomatic mode on page 234.The FlexPendant’s hardware buttonsare described in What is aFlexPendant? on page 38.The basic concepts are described insection Accessing the event log onpage 243.RAPID instructions TPReadFK andTPWrite are described in RAPIDreference manual - Instructions.How to modify position is described insections Modifying positions on page184 and in HotEdit on page 73How to stop production is described insection Stopping programs on page 221The Production window is described insection Production window on page 79How to log in is described in sectionHow to logout and login on page 1033HAC 16590-1 Revision: B65