User`s guide

Auto-Starting Programs With the MCP
The CMD predefined function button provides three options for loading and auto-starting a
program from the pendant. These three options are AUTO START, CMD1, and CMD2. The
program file requirements for all three options are the same:
1. The file being loaded must be on the default disk. The default disk is specified with the
DEFAULT DISK command. The utility CONFIG_C can be used to specify a default disk
at startup.
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See the Instructions for Adept Utility Programs for details on running this
utility.
2. The file name must correspond to the MCP selection. If CMD1 is pressed, the disk file
must be named CMD1.V2. If AUTO START is pressed, the user will be asked to input
one or two digits. These digits will be used to complete the file name AUTO xx.V2. A
corresponding file name must exist on the default drive.
3. A command program with the same name as the file name (minus the extension)
must be one of the programs in the file. If AUTO22.V2 is loaded, the program
"auto22" will be invoked as though with a COMMANDS monitor command. See the
V+ Operating System Reference Guide for details on command programs.
WAIT.START
Starting a robot program while the operator is in the workcell can be extremely dangerous.
Therefore, Adept has installed the following safety procedure to prevent program startup
while an operator is in the workcell.
Before a program auto-started from the MCP will begin execution, the operator must:
1. leave the workcell
2. put the controller in automatic mode
3. press the Start soft key on the MCP
The WAIT.START instruction implements this safety feature. This instruction is automatically
included in any programs started with the AUTO START, CMD, CMD1, CMD2, and CALIBRATE
buttons on the MCP. You should include this safety feature in any pendant routines you write
that initiate monitor command programs that include robot motions.
The command WAIT.START in a monitor command program pauses execution of a monitor
command program until the automatic mode is selected and the START soft key on the MCP
is pressed. See the V+ Language Reference Guide for other uses of WAIT.START.
WARNING: For this safety feature to be effective, the optional front
panel must be installed outside the workcell.
Auto-Starting Programs With the MCP
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