Mecademic Meca500 - Offline Mode (for Demonstrations Only); Saving the Program Via the Web Interface; Running an Offline Program

26 User Manual for the Meca500 Industrial Robot (for rmware 10.1)
OPERATING THE ROBOT
Home LED
The Home LED is yellow and indicates the homing state of the robot:
• The LED will be off when the robot is not homed.
• The LED will flash slowly when the robot is being homed.
• The LED will be lit continuously when the robot is homed.
Start/Pause LED
The Start/Pause LED is yellow and indicates the motion state of the robot:
• The LED will flash fast when the Start/Pause button was pressed and the program saved in the
robot is about to start.
• The LED will be off when the robot is not moving.
• The LED will be lit continuously when the robot is moving.
Link/Act IN and Link/Act Out LEDs
Both LEDs are green and flash when there is network activity in the corresponding Ethernet port. The
LEDs function in the same manner as on a normal Ethernet RJ-45 port.
Run LED
Used only when the robot is controlled via EtherCAT (see the Programming Manual).
Finally, when the robot is in error mode, the Power, Home and Start/Pause LEDs flash fast
simultaneously. Also, if you keep the Power button pressed continuously during power- up, which
provokes a network reset of the robot, the Power, Home and Play LEDs, will first flash simultaneously
eleven times, and then blink several times sequentially.
5.5. Offline mode (for demonstrations only)
You can store an offline program in the robot and execute it without an external computer. This
program is kept, even after power off, until replaced by another one. You can save up to 500 programs,
but only the first one can be executed from the robot control panel.
5.5.1 Saving the program via the web interface
• To save a program via the buttons on the web interface, the robot must be deactivated.
• Write the program in the programming editor.
• To run the program on infinite loop, insert the command SetOfflineProgramLoop(1). (The
checkbox has no effect on the execution of the offline program.)
• Change the name of the program to "1" by double-clicking on the tab with the program.
• Click on the button.
5.5.2 Running an offline program
To execute the offline program 1, make sure there is no user connected to the robot and press the
Start/Pause button on the robot base. The Start/Pause LED will flash rapidly for three seconds, after
which the robot will start executing the program.