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II Quick Guide 1. Overview 1.1 Overview 2. Unboxing 2.1 Carton Types 2.2 Contents of Each Carton 2.3 Installing Your Robot 2.3.1 Remove the Control Box 2.3.2 Verification Before Removal of the Robot Arm 2.3.3 Removal of the Robot Arm and Tightening 2.3.4 Connect the Robot and Control Box 2.4 Bootup 2.4.1 Connect to Power Supply...
5. Unload any hardware attached to the robot arm. 2. Unboxing 2.1 Carton Types The Techman Robot product is packed in 2 cartons: the robot arm carton and the control box carton, as shown below: Robot arm carton II Quick Guide 1. Overview...
Control box carton: Contents of Each Carton Each carton has the following contents. Please check them when you unpack the cartons for the first time. If any item is missing, contact your vendor. The robot arm carton contains: Robot arm II Quick Guide 2.
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The control box carton contains: Control box Calibration Plate (Contains one large and one small calibration plate) *The Calibration Plate are only included with TM robots fitted with the hand- eye camera. No Calibration Plate are included with the following series: TM5X-700/TM5X-900 IO cables (2 packs)
Installing Your Robot The Techman robot arm cannot stand independently after being removed from the carton. Therefore, prepare the mounting base with the corresponding holes as described in Subsection 4.2.1.2 "Robot Arm Mounting" of Volume 1 "I. Hardware Setup Instructions" in advance. Then follow these instructions to install the robot.
2.3.2 Verification Before Removal of the Robot Arm The Techman robot arm cannot stand independently after being removed from the carton. Place the four (4) screws (M10 *4) used to attach the robot to the base near the robot base in advance. If the base is designed with corresponding pinholes, mount them to the base.
2.4 Bootup 2.4.1 Connect to Power Supply Connect the power plug from the control box to the power socket. 2.4.2 Booting from the Packaging State Step1 Press the Emergency Switch on the Robot Stick. Step2 Press the Power button on the Robot Stick to activate the robot.
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Step4 The robot status light will flash red while the Controller is booting. Step5 The Robot indication light ring will flash light blue light while controller has fin- ished booting. II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
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Step6 Hold down the FREE button and guide the robot to the safe- ty position as shown. Safety position for TM5X-700/TM5X-900 models II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
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If you do not guide the robot to the safe postition as shown above, and then release the Emergency Switch, some axis (especially the Axis 5) may be beyond the angular limit of the joint when the robot returns to normal status. At this time, the robot cannot return to normal and a red light turns on.
2.4.3 Normal Bootup Step1 Make sure the robot is in a safe posi- tion Step2 Make sure the Emergency Switch on the Robot Stick is released. Step3 Press the Power button on the robot stick to activate the robot II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
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Step4 Make sure the small display shows Boot Mode and the lights on the Robot Stick are flashing. Location of status lights Step5 The Robot Indication Light Ring will flash red while the Controller is booting. Step6 Once the controller has finished booting, the Robot Indication Light Ring will glow a constant blue.
2.4.4 Operation of HMI TM Flow of TM Robot For TM Robot, there are three ways to launch HMI TM Flow: Local operation method - Connect the monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the control box to launch TM Flow. Or go to the Customer section on the official website and download TM Flow Client.
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Step3 No password is set by default for "Administrator." Confirm to login directly. Step4 Select "Get Permission" to get control of the robot. II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
2.4.4.2 Wireless Connection Method Step1 Install the client-side HMI system. Step2 Connect the client-side wireless network to the robot's Soft AP. The SSID is the serial number on the Controller. Connecting via Wi-Fi on a tablet Soft AP II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
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Step3 Open the client-side HMI system and click on the Refresh icon. The corresponding robot ID will appear on the connecting page. Step4 Double click the robot on the screen to connect to it. II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
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Step5 Once the robot has been connected the icon will appear. The robot icon will also appear in the top right. Step6 Click the icon at the top left corner of the HMI to bring up up the menu. Click to login.
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Step7 No password is set by default for "Administrator." Confirm to login directly. Step8 Select "Get Permission" to get control of the robot. II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
2.4.4.3 Physical AP Connection Method Step1 Install the client-side HMI system. Step2 Connect the robot to the same physical AP or a physical AP on the same network. Physical AP Step3 Connect the client-side network to the above local network. Physical AP II Quick Guide 2.4.
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Step4 Open the client-side HMI system and click on the Refresh icon. The corre- sponding robot ID will appear on the connecting page. Step5 Double click the robot on the screen to connect to it. Step6 Once the robot has been connected the icon will appear.
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Step8 No password is set by default for "Administrator." Confirm to login directly. Step9 Select "Get Permission" to get control of the robot. II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
2.4.4.4 Wired Connection Method Step1 Install the client-side HMI system. Step2 Connect the robot and client device to the same physical AP or a physical AP on the same network. Or use the network cable to connect the robot's control box with the client.
2.4.5 Initial Settings When your device is connected to TM Robot for the first time, follow the wizard to finish the following settings: Step1 Step 1: Follow the robot setup procedure. Step2 Step 2: Select English or Chinese as the interface language. II Quick Guide 2.4.
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Step3 Step 3: Set the system time. Step4 Step 4: Network settings. II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
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Step5 Step 5: Voice settings. To change the settings later, go to Menu > Settings > Wizard. II Quick Guide 2.4. Bootup...
M/A Mode and Hand Guide When you want to switch from Auto Mode to Manual Mode, Press the Mode Switch Button on the robot stick to switch to Manual Mode, When the indicator of the Mode Switch Button is lit green and the indication light ring of the robot shows green, that is Manual Mode.
Create and Run Your First Project If it is your first time using Techman Robot, there will be no projects in your robot. You can create your first project based on the instructions of this section. However, you have to completely observe this section. The project objective is to move back and forth between 2 points (P1 and P2).
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Step4 After a project name is entered, it goes to the project editing screen Step5 Hold down the FREE button, guide the hand of the robot to any point, and press the POINT button. This point is now recorded by Project Flow You can see that the robot automatically names this point P1 and adds it after the Start node.
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Step6 Hold down the FREE button, guide the hand of the robot to another point, and press the POINT button to record this point as P2. Step7 Drag and drop the Goto node on the left to the flow chart. II Quick Guide 2.6.
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Step8 Set the target point of Goto. Select P1 at this point. Once confirmed, flow is now as follows: II Quick Guide 2.6. Create and Run Your First Project...
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Step 9 Click Save to finish editing the project. Step10 At the project editing page hold down the Play button on the Robot Stick to begin running the project. The status light will now flash green. Projects run in Manual Mode are considered a Trial Run. Project run speed will also be reduced to 10% for safety.
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II Quick Guide 2.6. Create and Run Your First Project...
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Step11 Press the + button (increase run speed) / - button (decrease run speed) on the Robot Stick. increase or decrease the project speed. This step is used to set the robot to an appropriate speed (the current project run speed is shown by the percentage value displayed in the top right of the HMI).
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Step14 When you press the Play/Pause button again, the speed is still kept at 70% and cannot be changed. Congratulations! You have successfully finished project editing and running. Step15 Press the Stop button on the robot stick to stop the project. Trying to create and run your own project before proper training may result in injuries due to robot collision or unexpected motion.
2.7 Shutdown There are two shutdown methods: Method 1: Press "Shutdown" in the bottom left corner of the HMI. The warning window "Do you want to shut down the remote arm?" will appear. Press "OK" to shutdown normally. II Quick Guide 2.7. Shutdown...
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Method 2: Press and hold the Power button on the robot stick. When you hear a "beeping" sound, release the button. The power indicator of the robot stick flashes red for shutdown. Do not perform shutdown in the following ways: 1.
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