Read Current Line Of Robot Program; Function Description; Operation Flow - Mitsubishi Electric MELFA BFP-A8787-F Instruction Manual

5 Read Current Line of Robot Program

5.1 Function Description

(1) Function list
The Table 5-1 lists the program operations performed from the sequencer.
Table 5-1:Program operation function list
No Item
Read program's cur-
1
rent line
(2) Program data
The program data is as follows:
• The data is one line of program (up to 128 characters) in ASCII.
• When the data is less than 128 characters, terminating code 0 (NULL) is added at the end of string.
• Shift JIS codes are used for kanji character (similar to GOT specification).
CAUTION

5.2 Operation flow

Prepare for Using Extended Function
No
Is program operation necessary?
Carry out program operation (read)
Reads currently performing robot program (one line, 128 charac-

ters) by specifying a slot number.
Practicable
 when a program is selected for robot's slot.
When a program line can be longer than 128 characters, the data after 128th char-
acter cannot be read.
Consequently, when the program whose line is longer than 128 characters is read
and the data is written as-is into the robot, be careful that the data which exceeds
128 characters will be deleted.
Start
Yes
Description
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tion".
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5Read Current Line of Robot Program
Robot's Response
Responds within 1s
(it may vary accord-
ing to the robot con-
trol's load state)
Program".
Function Description 5-42
Time