Technical data

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EPSON RC620
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EPSON RC620
FOR YOU TO
WORK WITH
SOFTWARE
OPTIONS MADE
TO MEASURE
Our software tool box
Robot Manager — control also via TP1
Contains all robot-related information and controls in
well-arranged windows: Jog & Teach, process points,
loop parameters, work piece and robot coordinate
systems, payload and inertia.
At the Robot Control Panel, for example, motors can
be switched on and off, a reset and homing can be
executed.
I/O label editor
Editing labels for memory I/O / fi eldbus I/O for bit, byte
and word data widths.
I/O monitor
Display of the status of memory I/O / fi eldbus I/O
for bit, byte and word data widths.
Special user displays can be created.
Task Manager
Display of called multitasks and their status, display of
current program line
Command
Single-line command editor
Macro editor
Creation of a SPEL+ program as program help
Maintenance manager
Creation/input/display of backups, controller reset
Error editor
Creation of own application-specifi c error messages
Debugger
Program with breakpoints/jog mode
Editor
Creation of SPEL+ sequence programs:
Online Help, Syntax Check, label lists, detection
and colour mode of keywords, parameters and
comments, parameter list, defi ned jump
Variable editor
Display/editing of current variable values
Stack editor
Display of program branching
System history
Recording of errors, events, warnings (diagnostics)
Compiler
Check of sequence programs
(syntax, defi nition, value range and much more)
Traps
Monitoring of system events
File handling
Creation of and access to fi les and databases
(Excel, Access, SQL)
DLL functions
Access to external DLL functions
It‘s great to see how complex projects become simple: The tools for the Epson
RC+ 6.0 development environment are all you need to effi ciently program your
applications.
Vision Guide 6.0 —
makes Epson robots see
Powerful, innovative tools and the combination with
intelligent Epson Smart Cameras allow the robot to see.
The tool library includes the following features and
more:
• Integrated calibration routines which support
several camera orientations and calibrations
• Point-and-click interface for fast prototyping
• Blob Analysis tools which measure size, shape and
position of objects with variations
• Search function for geometric patterns based on
geometric part features
• Normalised correlation search tool which locates
objects under varying light conditions using an ad-
vanced template-matching technology
• Edge detection tool which locates a specifi c edge
with sub-pixel accuracy
• Polar Search is a high-speed angular search tool
which quickly measures the rotation of complex
objects
• Line and point tools to draw and measure lines
between points
• Object reference mechanism to align one vision tool
based on another vision tool‘s result
• Histogram charts for a closer look at
pixel data as well as for defi ning limit values for tools
• Statistic calculations and evaluations for every
vision tool
• Automatic compensation of minor defects of the
camera lens and the camera itself for angular devia-
tions of the object
VB Guide 6.0 —
for integration into external software
Via ActiveX control, you can easily and comfortably in-
tegrate your applications into external software, set up
user interfaces and use databases with VB Guide 6.0.
VB Guide 6.0 supports .NET technology and allows to
use Microsoft Visual Basic or another language.
Better secure
The security option allows you to administer all EPSON
RC+ users on your system. With usage monitoring, you
can track how many hours the system was used and if
changes were made.
External Control Point (ECP) —
specify coordinates
Usually, the tool centre point is always defi ned relating
to the robot fl ange. For applications such as deburring
or dosing, however, during which the work piece is
guided by the robot, the tool coordinate system is
permanently anchored. To solve that problem, there is
Epson ECP.
ECP allows to comfortably and precisely guide the work
piece contour along an external point. And you also get
the following advantages:
• Teaching corner travelling is much easier since orien-
tation changes of the work piece relate to the point of
current processing.
• For curve travels, very few positions must be teached.
• Speed defi ned in the program relates to the relative
motion between work piece and external work piece
working point so that e.g. dosing is also executed
evenly at different speeds.
You can use the Epson software options to expand your applications as required.
All modules are fully integrated into the Epson development environment. Pro-
gramming has never been so easy, comfortable and fast.