Assigning a Task to a Virtual Station
The Task menu in theVirtual station workspace is used to select and assign tasks.
The menu is available for both a Power Focus 6000 and a FlexController, but the functionality is different.
Function | Description |
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Name | Currently assigned task to the virtual station. The field is empty if no task is selected. Pressing the trigger will result in the event number 4025 No Tightening program selected . An error indicator can appear beside the name |
Unassign | Command button. Deselects any task from the virtual station. |
Choose | Command button. Change the task manually or configure external sources to select a task. The Choose task pop-up window opens to configure the task selection. |
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A | Choose task pop-up window. | B | Selection tabs.
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C | List of available tasks:
| D | Command button Choose. Command button Close. |
Navigating to Virtual station configuration
In the Plant structure workspace select a controller
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Select the Virtual Station tab
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The virtual station overview shows a list of virtual stations for the selected controller. The list is empty if no virtual stations have been created.Double-click on a virtual station to open an existing configuration, or click Add to create a new virtual station configuration.
Assigning a Task
Select Choose in the Task menu.
The Choose task pop-up window appears.
Select one tab and select one item from the list:
Tightening program: Select from a list of tightening programs available in the controller.
Batch: Select from a list of batch sequences available in the controller.
Sources: Select from a list of source tasks available in the controller.
For fixtured tools using the FlexController, only Sources is available and only one line - Multi Spindle Tightening, can be selected.
Select Choose. The Choose task pop-up window is closed.
The Close button closes the pop-up window without making any changes.
Update the controller via the Push function.
The name field is updated in the Task menu.
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The task selection using sources and identifier numbers and identifier strings to select a task is described in detail in the documentation for the sources configuration.