I’ve been trying to restore my virtual controller so it is identical to my physical one but I keep getting semantic errors because the encoded modules don’t seem to be transferring over. Is this to be expected?
AFAIK they should, but will be encrypted. Clarify please if there are semantic or syntax errors. I would expect syntax errors if code is missing from modules not present.
I have both syntax errors and semantic errors, not sure why my backup is not transferring all of the modules, but there are definitely at least a dozen modules that are missing when I restore the virtual flex pendant.
Can you resolve it by loading the missing modules? Also, try to save the questionable modules alone. That would be a good test.
I have tried to do this by individually selecting the missing modules, right click on “save module as” and placing it in the appropriate folder. However, I still can’t seem to see the module in RobotStudio after I’ve placed the files. I tried restarting the virtual controller, but the files are still missing.
Try saving on the real controller please.
The real controller contains the files that I need to be on the virtual one, I am trying to make the virtual controller identical to the real one so I can program offline.
Right, but I am trying to see if there is a problem getting those files in the first place. Also, have you tried loading from the virtual pendant in the program editor?
I have, but they don’t appear among my list of modules, maybe because it is encoded? I tried simply copying the file from one directory to the other by right clicking my virtual system in Robot Studio and selecting “Open Controller Folder” and then placing the encoded modules in there, but it still doesn’t seem to show up.
Look in your SYS.cfg and look to see if any modules have “Hidden” attribute.
Hello,
To restore modules from backup, they have to be in BACKINFO/backinfo.txt file.
TASK1: (T_ROB1,)
SYSMOD/user.sys @
Good idea. I checked and there is one module with the hidden attribute, but it doesn’t seem to be related to the missing modules.
Would it be wise to manually enter the missing modules into this txt file or simply retry the backup process?
Check if they are inside, else add them.
This works, thank you
Weird..I got all of the encoded modules that drive the Force Control into the virtual controller by modifying backinfo.txt file and they all appear to have been loaded successfully, but for whatever reason the FCGetForce(); function is completely broken. So hard to troubleshoot reference errors when I can’t even view the module..
To clarify, the virtual controller is having reference errors calling fcforcevector as a VAR type. See images below
actual controller:
virtual controller:
From the application manual on force control:
No idea where I am going wrong here
My first thought is that you are still missing a module in which that data, possibly a record, is declared. In the real controller, view data types, find that one, and it will tell you what module that it is declared inside. You may not be able to view it, but it will tell you where it lives.
Very helpful! I’ve now found where it is declared, however it exists within an encoded module that already exists on my virtual controller. I compared the module with any other version of it that might exist on my PC and have only found what appear to be duplicates of the same module, given they are exactly the same file size.
Whats strange is that I can view the data type fcforcevector on the virtual controller but it has no reference to the module the real controller is referencing