How to access START-button on FlexPendant

RobotStudio
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Hi there,

i’m wondering if it is possible to access the START-button, e.g. to make the robot wait for another button-interaction from the user. I understand the possibility to use the programable softkeys the FlexPendant comes with, but it would be more easy for the user to just hit the START-button a secon time for the next task.

I found the “WaitUntil”-instruction, but now i need a way to register another usage of the START-Button…

any ideas?

thanks.

Edit: Perhaps there is another function similar to “TPReadFK” to read out the usage of those non-pragramable buttons?

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Hello,

The START button on the pendant is currently tied to Program Start and cannot be read directly. One can, however, tie an Event Routine (See the System Parameters under Controller, Event Routines) so that a RAPID routine will run whenever the Start button is pressed (besides starting the program, it will run the routine) This is a Start Event Routine, not necessarily a Start-button-pressed routine.

Kind Regards,

Steve