Adept s650H Quattro - Manual (Page 107)

Replacing a Platform
Adept Quattro s650 Robot User’s Guide, Rev B 107
2. Attach one pair of outer arms to each of the four pairs of ball studs on the new
platform.
• The platform is installed flange-down.
• Take care not to trap debris between the balls and their sockets.
• Ensure that the numbers on the platform match the numbers on the end caps
of the inner arms. This will place the platform tool flange closest to the
diagnostic display. See
“Clocking the Platform to the Base” on page 46 .
Configuration
If the replacement platform has the same part number as the installed platform, the robot
does not need to be reconfigured.
If the replacement platform has a different part number, for instance, replacing a 4:1
platform with a 1:1 platform, the new configuration needs to be loaded using the SPEC
utility.
Two binary SPEC files are available in the SPECDATA directory on the CompactFlash
card of the Adept controller. These two files contain configuration data for the available
Adept Quattro s650 robot platforms. The Quattro robot will not operate correctly if the
wrong SPEC file is loaded. (If these files are not on your CompactFlash card, you can copy
them from your V+ system CD-ROM.)
Platform Data Files:
Load the SPEC Program
Refer to the Adept SmartMotion Developer’s Guide for a more thorough coverage of the
SPEC utility.
1. Load the utility program into system memory and start execution of the program
with the commands:
load d:\util\spec
execute 1 a.spec
2. Follow the prompts provided by the program (see the following sections).
NOTE: If you want to exit the program, you can enter Ctrl+Z at any
prompt.
Load Robot Specifications from a Disk File
This function reads a specification data file that contains the specification information for
a single robot and writes over the data in memory for the currently selected robot. After
loading the file, be sure to save the specification data to your V+ system disk.
Platform Tool Rotation Assembly PN SPEC File
4:1 ± 180 ° 08360-000 QP08360.SPC
1:1 ± 50 ° 08660-000 QP08660.SPC