Status & Turn (IS, IT)

An option exists to specify the robot pose for the corresponding Cartesian position as an alternative to axis-specific positioning and to obtain a more precise specified position of a #PTP movement for industrial robots.

The robot pose is described using 2 additional key figures (Status & Turn).

Notice

Robot positioning with Status & Turn is currently only available for kinematic type 45.

Status bit

The robot pose is divided into 3 criteria. If a criterion applies, a corresponding numerical value is added to the status.

1st criterion If the wrist is behind axis A1, decimal 1 or binary 1 is added (yellow area in the figure on the left).

The intersection of the hand axes (arrowhead) is in the (blue) base area.

2nd criterion If the wrist is in front of the straight line through axes A2 and A3, decimal 2 or binary 10 is added (centre and right image).

Status bit 1 for robots with an offset between axis A3 and axis A5

3rd criterion (legacy value, not normally used any more): Indicates the position of axis A5. If A5 > 0, decimal 4 or binary 100 is added.

Status bit 2 for axis angle position A4=0° and A4=180°.

Turn bit

The turn value lists the negative signs of the axis angles.

When the turn value is considered in a binary representation, the sign of each axis angle is assigned to a bit. These are then added to a number, i.e. the turn.

If the axis angle of an axis is < 0°, the value is 1.

	A6 < 0°	A5 < 0°	A4 < 0°	A3 < 0°	A2 < 0°	A1 < 0°
Binary	100000	010000	001000	000100	000010	000001
Decimal	32	16	8	4	2	1

If all 6 axis angles are in the negative range, this results in a turn value of decimal 63 or binary 111111; accordingly, this results in decimal 0 and binary 000000 for 6 positive axis angles.

Description

The additional parameters Status & Turn are available for unambiguous programming of the robot poses (Kin_Typ_45) with Cartesian target coordinates of a PTP movement.

Syntax pf Programming Status & Turn with the prefixes “IS” and “IT”:

#PTP ON

G.. X.. Y.. … IS.. IT..

#PTP OFF

Binary numbers can be programmed with the following syntax:

'B<0…1>', or '2#<0…1>', or '02#<0…1>'.

When binary numbers are used, the syntax is as follows:

Status: IS'Bxxx'

Turn: IT'Bxxxxxx'

When decimal numbers are used, the syntax is as follows:

Status: IS<expr>

Turn: IT<expr>

Display values

The following CNC objects are provided for this function:

mc_st_valid_r: Validity of the status & turn value
(Task COM index group 0x12010<C_ID> Index offset 0xB1)
mc_st_status_r: Status value of kinematic 45
(Task COM index group 0x12010<C_ID> Index offset 0xB2)
mc_st_turn_r: Turn value of kinematic 45
(Task COM index group 0x12010<C_ID> Index offset 0xB3)

If Status & Turn are not programmed, the target point is determined on the axis angle level using the shortest way strategy.

Programing Example

Status & Turn programmed with binary numbers

N010 #PTP ON

N020 G01 X1100 Y0 Z1400 A0 B90 C0 IS'B010' IT'B000010' F5000

N030 G01 X1200 ;target point is determined by shortest way

N040 #PTP OFF

Programing Example

Status & Turn programmed with decimal numbers

N010 #PTP ON

N020 G01 X1000 Y0 Z1400 A0 B90 C0 IS2 IT2 F5000

N030 #PTP OFF

N040 G01 X1500

N050 G01 Y1000

N060 G01 X-1000

N070 #PTP ON

N080 G01 X-1000 Y-1000 ;target point is determined by shortest way

N090 #PTP OFF