Technical data

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)
You can use the Epson software options to expand your applications as required.
All modules are fully integrated into the Epson development environment. Program-
ming has never been so easy, comfortable and fast.
It‘s great to see how complex projects become simple: The tools for the Epson
RC+ 5.0 development environment are all you need to effi ciently program your
applications.
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Vision Guide 5.0 —
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
advanced 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
deviations of the object
VB Guide Lite —
for integration into external software
Via ActiveX control, you can easily and comfortably
integrate your applications into external software, set
up user interfaces and use databases with VB Guide
Lite. VB Guide Lite supports .NET technology and
allows to use Microsoft Visual Basic or another language.
During development, they run parallel to RC+ 5.0. The
following are some of the windows and dialogues of
VB Guide Lite: Robot Manager, Command Window,
I/O Monitor, Task Manager, Maintenance dialogue and
System Confi guration.
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
orientation 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.