Managing SPEC Data

Adept SmartMotion Developer's Guide

Managing SPEC Data: Overview

The control specification data entered using the SPEC utility program must be written to the system disk so that the specification data is available when the Adept SmartMotion system is powered on. You can also save a copy of the data to a disk file. The file can be used to archive data or to restore or copy SPEC data to a V+ system.

Menu Option When to Use

Save changes to System Disk

Periodically during the configuration process to avoid losing data and before exiting the SPEC program. Also, use to write the new data to the V+ system disk after loading SPEC data from a disk file. The SPEC data saved to the system disk is used to configure the Adept SmartMotion system when V+ boots.

Save changes to Disk File

To create a backup copy of the SPEC data for the currently selected device. The backup file can be used to restore the configuration on your Adept SmartMotion system or to copy the configuration for a particular encoder or robot to another V+ system.

Load Specifications from Disk File

To restore SPEC data for the current device from a backup file created using the Save Changes to Disk File option.

To copy the SPEC data from another device to the currently selected device. Before loading a SPEC file, the device must be configured on the SmartServo network.

Related Topics

Save SPEC data to the V+ system

Save SPEC data to a file

Load SPEC data from an existing SPEC file