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Chapter 5 - Integration
5.10. SOFTWARE CONFIGURATIONS
The software configuration can be used to modify certain characteristics of the controller, program user profiles to
limit access to certain functions, and program Inputs/Outputs to enhance CS8C integration in the cell.
5.10.1. CONFIGURATION OF THE CONTROLLER CHARACTERISTICS
The Control panel application gives the various system characteristics. The serial number of the controller is
displayed with the list of installed software and hardware versions.
Certain characteristics can be modified (depending on the login user profile selected):
• The software limits linked to the arm or the cell. The software limits linked to the arm must correspond
to the mechanical limit switches.
• The unit of length (millimeter or inch)
• The language (see hereafter)
• The date and time, fixed or (s6.4) from SNTP time server
• The address and IP mask of each Ethernet port (fixed or from DHCP)
• The list of gateways to reach other Ethernet sub-network
• The current user profile and the user profile when the CS8C is started
• The port number for different system Ethernet socket servers (SRS remote maintenance, telnet,
ApplicomIO fieldbus console, SRS 3DStudio)
• The maximum Cartesian speed in manual mode (up to 250 mm/s)
• The status of the emergency stop channels (ESOUT1 and ESOUT2) with or without DOOR signal (see
chapter 5.1.1)
Language configuration:
The controller is delivered with some predefined translations (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese,
Japanese, etc.). Each translation is defined in a .cfx XML file with Unicode UTF8 encoding, located in the
/sys/configs/resources directory. The file itself consists in a set of string definitions, such as:
<String name="invalidBinaryOperator" value="Invalid binary operator for these types" /> where the name
attribute is a translation identifier (to be kept unchanged), and the value attribute is the corresponding translation.
The help attribute, if any, defines the help message associated with the main text.
It is possible to remove/add/modify a translation by removing/creating/modifying the corresponding .cfx file.
Missing texts in a language definition file are replaced with the default English translation, therefore a user-defined
translation file can be used on a newer VAL3 version: only new texts will not be translated correctly.
The Unicode UTF8 format of the language definition file makes it possible to use any Unicode character or symbol
in it. However, the correct display of the characters on MCP depends on the installed fonts on the MCP. Currently,
ASCII, Turkish, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Scandinavian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters are
supported.
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