I have talked with Staubli and there appears to be a fairly simple way to map the Move/Hold functionality to an input.
Through FTP Surfer, or any other FTP interface, you can modify a ioMap.cf file within the controller, then upload to the controller. After rebooting, if the teach pendant is...
Thanks! That is what I was thinking of doing, the robot is tied to the PLC via DeviceNet. So, I was wanting to utilize a "Move/Hold" bit from the PLC. In a Background Task of the robot, it would monitor the value of the bit, and if it was off, it would hold motion. Do you know what the syntax...
Does anyone know how to map the Move/Hold button functionality of the Teach Pendant to a DeviceNet output from the PLC? I am trying to add a Move/Hold button to the HMI since there is not always a Teach Pendant attached to the system.
Can anyone please help?
Thanks,
Dave