Comau Robotics Product Instruction
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
2.1 Introduction
The current manual gives detailed information about RoboShop program which is the
Interface on Personal Computer towards C5GPlus/R1C Control Units.
Starting from the current 2.0.0 version, RoboShop is a multicontrol tool, which means
that more than one Control Units can be connected at the same time in a RoboShop
session.
RoboShop can run on Microsoft
®
Windows
®
desktop operating systems, supported by
Microsoft
®
and requires administrator priviledges to be installed.
It should be installed on the PC running the installation program, from the dedicated
directory.
The following topics are described in this chapter:
– Basic functions
– Requirements
– Install and activate
– How to get a full licence for RoboShop
– Introduction to the User Interface.
NOTE ABOUT THE LICENCE
Three types of licences are available for RoboShop program:
– basic licence
– full licence, which enables using the Virtual Robot Controller.
– e.DO licence, which enables Roboshop to simulate the C5GPlus system to
control an e.DO robot, both virtual and real.
If the user wishes to pass from the basic licence to the full licence, execute the steps
described in How to get a full licence for RoboShop paragraph.