backup while robot is in automatic mode

Robot Controller
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hello all,
does somebody knows if it is possible to create “automatically” backups from the robot. I would like to create everytime the robot - system clock passes midnight automatically a backup from the robot.

is this possilbe? which instruction does I have to use, does I need extra options to perform this?

thanks in advance,

bart
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You could do this with RAB, you would need the FlexPendant Interface option and/or the PC Interface option, depending on whether or not you wanted to have an external PC trigger and retrieve the backups.

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hey RussD,

first of all thanx for your quick response… what is RAB and where can I find information about it?

thx,

bart

4

There is a topic elsewhere iin this forum under Developer Tools for Robot Application BUilder, also on the ABB website there is product info.

5

hey russD,

thanks for your information. currently I’m reading about RAB and the SDK but I have just one more question. Can I do something as I described previously also with S4C+ controlers or is there no way?

regards,

bart

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I don’t know of a way to do it from the teach pendant on the S4C+, but with the WebWare SDK product + FactoryWare Interface option you could create a PC application that forces backups. Also, there is a product called WebWare Server that does all of this for you out of the box, but may be too expensive depending on the # of robots you have. WebWare has a forum topic aslso and is described on the ABB website as well.

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Greetings,

If your robot has multitasking you could write a background task to save the necessary modules to a storage device automatically. That seems the easiest and most cost effective solution.