Setting Parameters

This procedure describes how to set parameters for a Robot.
You must have a Robot already loaded in the workcell.

  1. Right-click on the Robot.

  2. A context menu such as the one below will appear:


     

  3. Select Properties.

  4. A dialog box such as the one below will appear.


     

  5. Select the Define other properties button (you may have scroll down to see it).

  6. The dialog below appears.


     

  7. To add a parameter, use the pulldown menu next to the New Parameter of type button to select a parameter type.

  8. Once you press the New Parameter of type button, the new parameter, with the default name and value, appears under the property name box.  It also appears in the Edit name and value boxes.


     

  9. Alter the parameter's name and value as you wish.  
    The changes will appear once you press either the OK button or the New Parameter of type button.

  10. Once you select OK, the parameters appear in the Properties dialog box.


     

  11. Select the OK button.

    To edit an already existing parameter, select it in the property name box, and it will appear in the Edit name and value box, where it can be altered. Any parameter can be deleted by selecting the Delete parameter box.

    When the parameters are mapped to XML, they appear in a Created ParameterData node that is a sub-node of Resource node.  All the parameters are lined up one below the other as children of Resource Node. The image below provides an example:



    During download, XSLT will translate the default parameters to a designated Robot language output (see Defining Controller-Specific Data), and during upload an XML file will be created using Java, taking into account the values of uploading parameters.