* Flow of real-time external control
Robot controller side
Automatically
repeated until end
when command is issued
command is received
Robot program start
Robot program start
Robot program start
Execute process only
Communication
Packet data
transmission
Robot program end
packet data
Real-time external control function Appendix-587
Personal
Application program start
Ethernet initialization, socket
creation, etc.
Creation of transmission
packet data
Transmission of packet data
End command received?
Reception of packet data
Application program end
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