RAPID - Get tooldata by name [MOVED]

Robot Controller
1

Hi,

is there a way to get a tooldata object by its name?

var tooldata tool1 = …
var tooldata tool2 = …

var string name = “tool1”;

var tooldata currentTool = STR_TO_TOOLDATA(name)

Any help would be appreciated,
ASC

2

Hello, you can use GetDataVal for this:

here i made quick exemple :

PERS tooldata tool1:=[TRUE,[[1,0,0],[1,0,0,0]],[0.001,[0,0,0.001],[1,0,0,0],0,0,0]];
PERS tooldata tool2:=[TRUE,[[2,0,0],[1,0,0,0]],[0.001,[0,0,0.001],[1,0,0,0],0,0,0]];
PERS tooldata currentTool:=[TRUE,[[1,0,0],[1,0,0,0]],[0.001,[0,0,0.001],[1,0,0,0],0,0,0]];

PROC main()
STR_TO_TOOLDATA currentTool,“tool1”;
waittime 3;
STR_TO_TOOLDATA currentTool,“tool2”;
waittime 3;
ENDPROC

PROC STR_TO_TOOLDATA(inout tooldata tooldat,string toolname)
VAR tooldata tooltemp;
getdataval toolname,tooltemp;
tooldat:=tooltemp;
ENDPROC

BR

Peter

3

Hi,

thanks a lot, this is exactly what i was looking for.

Regards,
ASC

4

Hi,

you can also use the function ArgName to get the name of the tool.

Example:

VAR string stToolName;

TASK PERS tooldata tGripper:=–

TPwrite "Tool name: "+ArgName(tGripper);

In case of you want to get or set the current tool, work object or loaddata you can also use the instructions GetSysData or SetSysData.

Best regards

Micky