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The teach pendant is the main user interface for the FANUC robots. It is a handheld device with a color touchscreen, a custom keypad, and various safety devices such as a deadman switch, emergency stop, and enable switch that can be swapped out with a key switch for security.
While simulators are available for writing and testing programs, the Teach Pendant is the primary tool in which a robotic operator will create, test, and modify programs on the robot.
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===Physical Buttons===
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<br />'''<u>The following buttons have their own wiki pages detailing their use and result:</u>'''
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==== '''RESET''' ====
The reset button attempts to clear all alarms that are appearing. If there are any remaining, it will display at the top of the screen in RED to let you know to fix it. Most commonly this includes emergency stop buttons, the teach pendant switch, the deadman. Once you have fixed your errors, press reset again and if none remain - the status will turn GREEN at the top, signaling that you have now enabled motion.
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The shift button has two functions: Modify and Enable.
While the shift button is held, the keys with some blue on them change their functions. Speed increases and decreases by a much greater amount, arrow keys navigate entire pages at a time instead of just individual items, and the COORD key opens up a menu for changing frame numbers, instead of just frames.
The jog keys however, are completely disabled unless SHIFT is held down. Any manual jogging of the robot be preceded by pressing and holding the SHIFT key.
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These keys are most commonly designated as "Macros", allowing you to assign functions to them by creating Macro programs. A macro is something you want quick access to "on the fly" to make things easier.
In our lab, we have the tool buttons designed for toggling the gripper tool and vacuum tool.
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