Teach pendant programs

In addition to our standard pendant, HC-Series cobots and select GP-Series models offer users an option to use the Smart Pendant - bringing you simple-to-use, intuitive programming capability with minimal upfront training. To aid with ease of use and faster application development, Yaskawa Motoman offers a suite of software technology to enable a number of alternative approaches to programming.

Our HC-Series robots for collaborative applications come equipped with a Direct Teach collar that enables you to set teach points and engage grippers through hand-guided movement.

Our mission is to help you get the most from your robot investment by offering best-in-class support services. For programming, we offer self-service reference tools, hour technical support, and several in-person and remote training options through the Yaskawa Academy. Robot Programming Teach pendant, software and programming options for Yaskawa Motoman robots. But that seems to be an option, and none of my robots have it Older controller, I dont know Use the search button on the forum, this question it's been ask before.

I know since R-J3 you have been able to do a "Copy" from the select list. LS file on your device. Here in the select menu we got the print option. Send me your e-mail and i will send you a file i use to convert the tp programs so i can read them in notepad. I load the program, step it through and backup my tp files to a memory card and then i can open them in notepad.

It wont let me upload it as it says " file not recognized". I've got the same issue as this title of thread. I have no any installer or software to convert tp file to text file. Dear Fellas, I've got the same issue as this title of thread. Really need to read the tp file in my PC for study purpose.

Anyone can share the installer with me? Thanks a lot. What type of controller you have? This is important as external control could be risky when teaching a robot. The teach pendant is our primary tool for creating, modifying, and testing teach pendant programs.

The strap is typically placed on your non-dominate hand, leaving your dominate hand to hit most buttons and navigation keys. On the left of this page is an image of the teach pendant buttons. Each button is clickable and will take you to the section or dedicated page detailing the button's purpose and use.

The buttons are also listed below, linking to any respective pages. The membrane keypad on the teach pendant consists of hard keys. This is opposed to the on screen buttons known as SOFT buttons. Older teach pendants may not be touchscreen and therefore require pressing F keys to access SOFT buttons. There are many variations of the keypad face, in many different languages and can be customized to label macros. The following buttons have their own wiki pages detailing their use and result:.

The Menu button opens an on screen nesting menu allowing you to reach nearly all screens available on the teach pendant. The select button opens a list of existing programs. One way to solve the problem of lost mastering values is to make sure you always have an updated backup available to load to your robot. This way even if there is battery failure, you can simply replace the battery and load the backup information.

This keeps you from having hours of downtime in your manufacturing. Doing a robot backup takes about 5 minutes and a regular USB flash drive. The video below explains exactly how to perform a robot backup. Anytime changes are made to the robot settings, a new backup should be stored, because it is not just the mastering values that are saved. The steps in the video go through how to create a directory on the flash drive to save the backup.

Performing preventative maintenance on robots is essential to keeping them running efficiently and preventing unscheduled downtime. While Motion Controls…. The M series of six axis robots feature best joint speeds, repeatability, and accuracy. How to do a Quick Robot Backup. Robot Backups and Batteries Robot operators need to know the importance of batteries and backups to the robot system, and how these items can keep you from losing your robot mastering.

What is Robot Mastering?