DISABLE monitor command The SWITCH monitor command or the SWITCH real-valued function can be used to determine the status of a switch at any time. The SWITCH program instruction can be used, like the DISABLE program instruction, to disable a switch. The system switches are shown in the following table. Basic System Switches Example Turn off the CP (Continuous Path) switch. disable CP Related Keywords ENABLE monitor command ENABLE program instruction eV+Operating System Reference Guide, 2.x,18321-000 Rev A Page 77 Switch Use BELT Used to turn on the conveyor tracking features of eV+. CP Enable/disable continuous-path motion processing.
DRY.RUN Enable/disable sending of motion commands to the robot. Enable this switch to test programs for proper logical flow and correct external communication without having to worry about the robot running into something. MESSAGES Controls whether output from TYPE instructions is displayed on the monitor screen. POWER Tracks the status of high power; this switch is automatically enabled whenever high power is turned on. Enabling the switch begins the process of turning on high power, and disabling the switch begins a controlled deceleration and power-down sequence.
ROBOT This is an array of switches that control whether or not the system should access robots normally controlled by the system. UPPER Determines whether comparisons of string values will consider lowercase letters the same as uppercase letters. When this switch is enabled, all lowercase letters are considered as though they are uppercase.