V+ 12.4 Release Notes

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Introduction

Related Manuals

Standard Manuals

Other Adept Product Manuals

Optional V+ Developer's Manuals

How Can I Get Help?

Conventions

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

Typographic Conventions

Keyboard Conventions

Selecting, Choosing, Pressing, and Performing

Abbreviations

Hypertext Links in Online Manuals

Links to Cross-references

Links to Related Manuals

Links to Related Keywords

Installing V+

Summary of Changes

Commands and Keywords

V+ Versions 12.2 Through 12.4

New Functionality

Collision Detection

SPEC Utility Enhancements

Version 12.2 and 12.3 Enhancements

Version 12.4 Enhancements

Support for the AdeptWindows Controller Board

Error Messages

Changes to the V+ Manuals

Conveyor Tracking

Disabling the HOLD Button on the MCP

Corrections to Error Messages

Corrections to Keywords

Changes to V+ Keywords

AMOVE 36
BAND 38
BOR 40
BXOR 42
FSET 44
GAIN.SET 60
ID 63
ID 66
$ID 71
INRANGE 72
INSTALL 74
INT.EVENT 76
NET 78
ROBOT.OPR 80
SCALE.ACCEL 82
SELECT 84
SOLVE.ANGLES 86
STATE 92
TIMER 99
TIMER 100

AdeptVision Versions 12.2 Through 12.4

Summary of AdeptVision Changes

ObjectFinder Changes

Other Vision Changes

Keyword Changes

ObjectFinder Enhancements

Overview

Feature-based Refinement

Automatic Learning

Object Disambiguation

ObjectFinder Model File Format

Concurrency With Other Vision Tools

Position and Orientation Offsets

Position and Orientation Limits

Binary and Edge Images

Memory Allocation for Vision

Details of Automatic Learning

Stage One (VFINDER mode 4)

Stage Two (VFINDER mode 3)

Details of Pose Refinement

Details of Object Disambiguation

Details of Concurrent Use

Details of Position and Orientation Offsets

Details of Position and Orientation Limits

Details of Binary Images

Details of Edge Images

Changes to Vision Keywords

VCOPY 119
VFEATURE 122
VFINDER 134
VGETCAL 137
VPLAN.FINDER 139
VPUTCAL 141
VTRAIN.FINDER 145

Adept Utility Programs

Changes to the Utility Programs

BELT_CAL

CONFIG_C

SAFE_UTL

SPEC

Descriptions of Some Program Operations

Defining Obstacles

Loading and Saving SPEC Data Through NFS

Loading a SPEC Data File Through NFS

Saving SPEC Data Through NFS

Dedicated Home Sensor for AdeptModules

Manual Mode Envelope Error Limit

Point-to-Point Motion Routine and Move Accel/Decel

Custom Point-to-Point Motion Routine

Move Acceleration and Deceleration Percentages

Program Listing for sp.tu.mov.test( )

Options for the Frequency Response Tests

Adding a Description to a SPEC-generated Data File

Static Friction Feed-forward Compensation

AdeptMotion Device Modules

Changes to AdeptMotion Device Modules

Arm Power Off % Deceleration (Robot Option Bit 12)

AdeptWindows Controller Board

Introduction

Hardware Configuration Requirements

Boot Restrictions

V+ Functionality

Excluded Features

AWC Board Connectors and Indicators

AWC Board

Processors

Compact Flash

EEPROM

AWC Board Specifications

Configuring an AWC Module

AWC Board DIP-Switch Settings

CPU Board Number Assignment

Ethernet Connection

AWC Module Serial I/O Ports

Serial Port 1 (RS-422/485)

Serial Port 2 (RS-232/TERM)

Terminal Mode (ASCII Terminal) Interface

Used With a VGB Interface

Serial Port 3 (RS-232)

LED Status Indicators on the AWC

SYSIO Board Front-Panel DIP-Switch Settings

Index

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