# FlexPendant Interface

**URL:** <https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/flexpendant-interface/7492>\
**Category:** ScreenMaker\
**Tags:** screenmaker, flexpendant-sdk\
**Created:** [December 27, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/flexpendant-interface/7492 "2016-12-27T15:32:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pklenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@pklenner](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/pklenner)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/flexpendant-interface/7492/1 "2016-12-27T15:32:24Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to make an extremely basic flexpendant interface. While I was searching I found several ways to do it: FlexPendant SDK, ScreenMaker, Production Interface,VB…So I need to know which is the recommended software. All of them need the FlexPendant Interface option? The robot I’m programming hasn’t that option, so is there a way to do it without the option or a free cost software?

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**Author:** ![JonKamstra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@JonKamstra](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/JonKamstra)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/flexpendant-interface/7492/2 "2017-02-16T13:45:35Z")

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You could try using the TpRead/Write etc. functions.

Its not beautiful but you could probably make it work.