eV+ Language Quick Reference eV+Language Reference Guide, v2.x, 18319-000 Rev A Page 37 Keyword Type Description SWITCH RF Return an indication of the setting of a system switch. $SYMBOL ST Determine the user symbol that is referenced by a pointer previously obtained with the SYMBOL.PTR real-valued function. SYMBOL.PTR RF Determine the value of a pointer to a user symbol in eV+ memory. $SYS.INFO ST This string function is intended to provide general system information. It also provides access to the ActiveVR log data. SYS.INIT PI [THIS IS NOT DOCUMENTED] TAS RF Return the current value of a real-valued variable and assign it a new value.
The two actions are done indivisibly so that no other program task can modify the variable at the same time. TASK RF Return information about a program execution task. TIME PI Set the date and time. TIME RF Return an integer value representing either the four-digit date or the time specified in the given string parameter. $TIME ST Return a string value containing either the current system date and time or the specified date and time. $TIME4 ST Return a string value containing either the current system four-digit date and time or the specified four-digit date and time. TIMER PI Set the specified system timer to the given time value.
TIMER RF Return the current time value of the specified system timer. TOOL PI Set the internal transformation used to represent the location and orientation of the tool tip relative to the tool mounting flange of the robot. TOOL TF Return the value of the transformation specified in the last TOOL command or instruction. TPS RF Return the number of ticks of the system clock that occur per second (Ticks Per Second). TRANS TF Return a transformation value computed from the given X, Y, Z position displacements and y, p, r orientation rotations. TRANSB TF Return a transformation value represented by a 48-byte string.
$TRANSB ST Return a 48-byte string containing the binary representation of a transformation value. $TRUNCATE ST Return all characters in the input string until an ASCII NULL (or the