Basic Settings For Jogging; Selecting Mechanical Unit For Jogging - ABB IRC5 with FlexPendant Operating Manual

4 Jogging

4.6.1 Selecting mechanical unit for jogging

4.6 Basic settings for jogging

4.6.1 Selecting mechanical unit for jogging
Jogging properties
If your system has more than one robot, that is additional robots or additional axes,
then you need to select which mechanical unit to jog when using the joystick.
There are three ways to select mechanical unit:
Any changes you make to jogging properties only affects the currently selected
mechanical unit.
All jogging properties are saved and restored when you return to jog that mechanical
unit.
Identifying mechanical units
Each mechanical unit that can be jogged is represented in the mechanical units
list. The name of the unit is defined in the system configuration. Each unit also has
a symbol that is used in the Status bar, see section
In manual mode, the Quickset menu button displays which mechanical unit is
selected.
Please consult your plant or cell documentation to see which mechanical units are
available in your robot system.
Selecting mechanical unit using the hard button
Press the Select mechanical unit button to change unit. One press on the button
changes to the next mechanical unit, as steps in a cycle.
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Selecting mechanical unit in the Jogging window
Use this procedure to select a mechanical unit to jog in the Jogging window.
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• Using the Select mechanical unit button.
• Using the Jogging window on the ABB menu.
• Using the Quickset menu Mechanical unit, see
unit on page 79.
Action
On the ABB menu, tap Jogging.
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