About Daihen Translators

This section provides basic information about the Daihen translator. The information includes:

Controller Profiles

Every robot controller has certain profiles each of which define characteristics of different aspects of the controller. By default, controllers by the name Default are defined for Motion, Tool, Accuracy and Object Profile.

During uploading, controller profiles with the same values as the ones that already exist in a V5 process are not created again. If such profiles are used in the uploaded tasks, they are replaced by the existing ones.

Please see Device Task Definition: Workbench Description: Robot Controller Toolbar for more information on controller profiles.

Robot Parameter Data

Robot parameter data informs the translator about the user's special requirements. See Robot Parameter Map section for supported parameters.

The following procedure describes how to define device parameters.
Open the DaihenStart.CATProcess file.

  1. Right-click a robot in the PPR tree, e.g. AV06.1, and select Properties. The properties dialog box opens.

  2. Click the Define other properties button.
    The Define Other Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Select the type of parameter from the list and click the New Parameter of type button.
    The newly created parameter appears in box listing the parameters (for example, in the dialog box above, ProgramFileEncoding has been added).

  4. In the Edit name and value field, enter a name and value as required.

  5. Or instead, you can skip steps 3-4 and import parameters from a .txt file using External properties. The .txt file must have the following format:

    parameter_name         parameter_value
    ....                           .....

Program Logic/IO

Input/Output signals are used to communicate between resources and synchronize multiple resource simulations.

Please see Workcell Sequencing: Workbench Description: IO Management Toolbar for more details.

Syntax Map

Please refer to the Robot Command Syntax Map worksheet in the DaihenV5xmlMap.xls file. The relationship between V5 robot motion, controller profiles and Daihen instructions is illustrated below:

Robot Parameter Map

Refer to the Parameter Data worksheet in the DaihenV5xmlMap.xls file.