Wait

Description

The Wait command pauses the robot's movement when new inputs are introduced into the program. You can add a Wait command to a program with external sensors to make the robot wait for one of the sensors to activate before the program continues.

 
To access Wait command

  1. Go to the main program screen. See Command Nodes.

  2. Tap the Wait icon in the Commands toolbox.

    A node with two editable fields is inserted into the program tree:

    • Wait Type

    • Time

  3. Tap the Wait Type field and choose Time.

    When you select this, the program waits for a number of specified seconds.

  4. On the Time field, enter the Value and Expression, and tap Confirm. See Value-Variable-Expression Tabs.

 

  1. Tap the Wait Type field and choose Signal Input.

    When you choose this, additional fields are added to the right for you to specify the type of input.

  2. Tap the Source field, and two standard inputs are available:

    • Wired IO

    • Tool IO

  3. When you choose either Wired IO or Tool IO, a Signal field is inserted to the right.

  4. In the Signal field, tap your preferred signal.

    • Digital signal: DI 0–DI 7

    • Digital signal: CI 0–CI 7

    • Analog signal: AI 0–AI 1

    When a digital signal is selected, an Input field is inserted to the right.

  5. Choose either High or Low.

    When an analog signal is selected, Operator and Input fields are inserted to the right.

  6. Tap the Operator field.

  7. Choose either < or > to specify the wait compared to a value.

  8. Edit your Input field and Confirm.