Displaying, Editing And Setting Hand Definitions - Yamaha RCX222 User Manual

11. "MANUAL" mode

11.6 Displaying, editing and setting hand definitions

Press
allows you to display, edit and set hand definitions. However, the standard coordinates
must be set when a SCARA robot is used. Refer to "11.9 Setting the standard coordinates"
for details.
Hand definitions cannot be used with MULTI type robots.
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When two robots are specifi ed, hand defi nitions data cannot be shared
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between them. The main robot uses H0 - H3, and the sub robot H4 - H7 for
hand defi nition data.
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NOTE
Hand defi nition data cannot be used with MULTI type robots since the SHIFT/
HAND selection display on the 1st line on the RPB screen appears blank.
Four kinds of hand definitions can be set to change the robot working points with standard
coordinate settings to the working points of the hand installed to the 2nd arm (Y-axis) or
the R-axis.
This function allows movement using different hands towards point data in the same
Cartesian coordinate format.
• Data format for hand definition
Hn= ±aaaaaa ±bbbbbb ±cccccc [R]
(main robot : n = 0 to 3 / sub robot : n = 4 to 7)
1st parameter ............... ±aaaaaa
2nd to 3rd parameters ... ±bbbbbb, ±cccccc
4th parameter ............... R
When all values for a hand definition are "0", this means the hand definition is not set.
4-128
(HAND) in "MANUAL" mode to enter "MANUAL>HAND" mode. This mode
Enter a number consisting of an integer portion of up to 5
digits and having 2 or less places below the decimal point,
or an integer of up to 7 digits (depending on the robot type
setting and hand definition type).
Enter a number consisting of an integer portion of up to 5
digits and having 2 or less places below the decimal point.
Enter one character (depending on the hand definition
type).