Installing the Software Installing the Software This section describes the procedure for installing the ACE software and supporting libraries onto your PC. The ACE software is distributed on installation media. The media contains installation programs to properly install the software on the PC. During the installation procedure, any prerequisite software (for example, Microsoft .NET Framework and DirectX) and the following application software will be installed:
l ACE (requires the USB hardware key [dongle], installed on the PC, for full functionality) l ACE Sight (requires the ACE Sight USB hardware key [dongle], installed on the PC, for full func- tionality) l Online Documentation (User Guides, ACE Reference Guide, and ReadMe file) NOTE: Please see the ReadMe file for the complete list of changes, system requirements, and usage con- siderations. To access this file, select ReadMe File from the ACE software Help menu. Licensing Requirements NOTE: To enable full functionality the ACE software requires the V+ controller licenses and PC licenses (supplied on the USB hardware key [dongle]) described below.
For details on obtaining these items, please contact Omron Adept. The ACE software requires the following licenses: Omron Adept Controller Licenses The following licenses are required on the Adept controller: NOTE: The ACE software occupies 2 user tasks plus 1 additional user task for each robot configured on the Adept controller. Therefore, beginning with V+ version 17.2B, for standard V+ software install- ations (those not using the V+ Extensions license), the number of user tasks was changed from 7 to 10, to compensate for the tasks used by the base ACE software.
In applications using the ACE ACE User's Guide, 3.6.x 18316-000 Rev A Page 28 License Description ACE Motion (license bit 44) These licenses enable robot motion, access to additional user tasks, belt track- ing and other advanced programming controls. A check is made by each controller-queue object after the Process Manager Con- trol start button is pressed. If a controller fails a license check, a "license not found" error message is displayed for the controller associated with the Process Manager Control. NOTE: Any OPC variables mapped to the status message/code for the con- troller will display the same error message. V+ Extensions (license bit 2)