About The Program And Motion Pointers - ABB IRC5 with FlexPendant Operating Manual

5.3.6 About the Program and Motion Pointers

The Program Pointer
The Program Pointer (PP) indicates the instruction with which the program will
start when you press any of the Start, Forward, or Backward buttons on the
FlexPendant.
Program execution continues from the instruction where the Program Pointer is.
However, if the cursor is moved to another instruction when the program is stopped,
the Program Pointer can be moved to the position of the cursor (or the cursor can
be moved to the Program Pointer), and execution can be restarted from there.
The Program Pointer is shown as a yellow arrow to the left of the program code in
the Program Editor and Production Window.
The Motion Pointer
The Motion Pointer (MP) indicates the instruction that the robot is currently
executing. This is normally one or more instructions after the Program Pointer, as
the system executes and calculates the robot path faster than the robot moves.
The Motion Pointer is shown as a small robot to the left of the program code in the
Program Editor and in the Production Window.
The cursor
The cursor can indicate a complete instruction or any of the arguments.
The cursor is shown as blue highlighting of the program code in the Program
Editor.
Program Editor
If you toggle between the Program Editor and another view and back again, the
Program Editor will show the same part of the code as long as the program pointer
has not been moved. If the program pointer is moved, the Program Editor shows
the code at the position of the program pointer.
The same behavior applies to the Production Window.
Related information
Production Window on page
Program Editor on page
Stepping instruction by instruction on page
Starting programs on page
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