Safety Zone Setting (Valid for GF020400)

Modify a safety zone

To modify a safety zone, click the Modify Item

Define Zone Shape

Define a zone shape type in the Shape Type list.

If the Shape Type is selected, the Shape Property field is updated for the type.

Display Zone Shape

If all shape properties are filled and the shape is valid, the shape is displayed in the viewer.

Define Zone Property

For Collision Detection Mute Zone and Tool Orientation Limit Zone, defining the Zone property is necessary.

• Collision Detection Mute Zone
  

  

• Tool Orientation Limit Zone
  

  

Confirm the Zone

If editing is done, click the Confirm button.

If you want to cancel the editing result, click the Cancel button.

Get Pose

For position properties like XYZ, XY, Z coordinates, there is a Get Current Coordinates button as shown. Clicking the button sets the position field to Current TCP.

Use the zone shape viewer

• Move: Click the Move 

  

  button or press the F4 key and move the mouse cursor while clicking left mouse button..
• Rotate: Click the Rotate 

  

  button or press the F2 key and then move the mouse cursor while clicking the left mouse button.
• View Direction: To change the viewpoint, click one of the View Direction If you click the To –X button, the scene rotates so that the forwarding direction directs to the –X direction.
• Show Safety Zone: Select the zone type to show on the screen in the Context menu that appears when the Show Safety Zone button is clicked.
• Select: Click the Select

  

  button on the menu or press the F3 key, and then click the left mouse button over the object to select.
• Zoom: Scroll the mouse wheel upward to zoom in. Scroll the mouse wheel downward to zoom out.
• Scene Fitting: Press the F5 key.

Apply an Item

If a zone is confirmed, the zone is applied to the system.

If the setting is successfully applied to the controller, the current system setting is updated.

If the setting fails, a system alarm message that explains why the setting failed pops up.

Enable/Disable a Safety Zone

A disabled safety zone appears as disabled text on the tree node.

To enable a safety zone, select a disabled zone and select Modify Item on the context menu or click the Modify Item

Then, the Item Edit window for the safety zone appears on the right side.

To change the safety zone activation, turn on the Activate Zone button.

If the zone is enabled without a problem, the zone setting is applied to the system and the Current System Setting is updated.

To disable a safety zone, turn off the Activate Zone button.

If a zone is disabled, the zone setting is applied to the system, which means the setting is removed from the system.

Display Safety Zone

To display the safety zone settings, select Safety Zone and click the Display Item

Then, the selected safety zone is displayed in the 3D viewer of the Motion Monitoring tab.