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ColinColin Partner Posts: 17 Apprentice
Is there a piece of script that we can utilize to lock the UR into a specific plane during a program?

I understand that you can use the manual ActiiveDrive toolbar for teaching, but I would like to utilize that functionality during the program's actual run. For example, I can use the line of script "freedrive_mode()" to turn on freedrive mode during a program; however, that does not allow me to lock the UR into a specific plane. I want to be able to use the Planar setting of ActiveDrive instead (allowing for X and Y motion, but no Z, RX, RY, or RZ).

So my application code would look something like this
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allow_activedrive_mode := True
Loop while allow_activedrive_mode = True
          activedrive_mode(X,Y)
         ***I would move the robot with my hands to the position I want, and I have 10 seconds to do this as you can see in the event below***
          pose := get_actual_tcp_pose()
          ***This would write my position after the 10 seconds to the pose***

Event allow_activedrive_mode = True
          Wait 10 sec
          allow_activedrive_mode := False
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I can currently do this right now by replacing the above "activedrive_mode()" with "freedrive_mode()", but as I said, this does not prohibit motion in the proper planes. 

Please send me your ideas, and I will certainly share whatever we find as well. 

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  • Etienne_SamsonEtienne_Samson Beta Tester Beetle, Wrist Camera URCap 1.3.0, Vacuum Beta tester Posts: 419 Handy
    @Colin unfortunately not, the ActiveDrive is basically a program running in the background (activate it, you will see you start/pause/stop buttons grayed). And you cannot run a program inside another.
    Etienne Samson
    Technical Support Director
    +1 418-380-2788 ext. 207
    [email protected]
  • ColinColin Partner Posts: 17 Apprentice
    Then if the ActiveDrive toolbar is a program running in the background, it must be making use of the freedrive_mode() script code. How is it modifying that line to restrict motion in a singular axis?
  • Etienne_SamsonEtienne_Samson Beta Tester Beetle, Wrist Camera URCap 1.3.0, Vacuum Beta tester Posts: 419 Handy
    @Colin sorry we prefere not divulgate anything concerning our source code behind our products like the ActiveDrive.
    Etienne Samson
    Technical Support Director
    +1 418-380-2788 ext. 207
    [email protected]
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