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Adept T2 Pendant User Manual

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Edit Function

Adept T2 Pendant User’s Guide, Rev D

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var1, var2, etc., are global variable names. Press the soft button under the variable name to
edit that variable. The soft button is shown only when there are more than five
global real variables in system memory. When a variable has been selected, the pendant
displays:

var.name = xxx

CHANGE TRUE FALSE

(If the variable being edited is from an array, an additional soft button is displayed that
allows you to specify the index of the variable to edit.)

Press the TRUE soft button to set the variable to the boolean value of true (–1). Press
FALSE to set the variable to false (0). To change the value of the variable press the
CHANGE soft button. The pendant displays:

var.name = _

CHANGE TRUE FALSE

The typing cursor replaces the variable value. Use the data entry buttons to input a new
value, and complete the entry by pressing REC/DONE.

LOC

Press the LOC soft button and the pendant displays:

SELECT LOCATION VARIABLE TO EDIT

loc1

loc2

loc3

loc4

Press the soft button under the variable name to edit that variable. The soft
button is shown only when there are more than five global location variables in system
memory. When a variable has been selected, the pendant shows:

loc.name: X = 500

CHANGE NEXT HERE

(If the variable being edited is from an array, an additional soft button is displayed that
allows you to specify the index of the variable to edit.)

If a precision point is selected, the pendant shows:

#loc.name: JT2 pendant = -210

CHANGE NEXT HERE

Press the CHANGE soft button to change the displayed component of the location
variable. The value will disappear and be replaced with the typing cursor. Use the data
entry buttons to enter a new value, and complete the entry by pressing REC/DONE.

Press the NEXT soft button to show the next component of the location variable. The
location’s X, Y, Z, y, p, and r values will be shown in succession. X, Y, and Z values are
given in millimeters; y, p, and r values are given in degrees. If a precision point is being
edited, the joint values for all the joints in the robot will be shown in succession.

Press the HERE soft button to record the current robot location in the variable being
edited.