gavanderhoorn
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2 years ago I suspect the wiki is just outdated and maybe I shouldn't even be using this package anymore.
that's a bit dramatic, isn't it?
abb_driver is perfectly usable, it just depends on your use-case whether it is suitable.
Where you find the directories depends a bit on how you created your station or solution.
The tutorial author (not me) chose the empty station route.
I prefer to create a solution:
- configures everything needed before creating anything
- puts all files & directories related to the VC, station and layout in a single directory (ie: the solution's directory)
In both cases, you'll need to find the Virtual Controllers directory. With a solution, that would be in <documents_directory>\RobotStudio\Solutions\<name_of_your_solution>. If you followed the tutorial, it would be in <documents_directory>\RobotStudio\Virtual Controllers.
Inside the Virtual Controllers directory, you should find the directory containing the FS of the VC. Following the tutorial it would have the name you gave it. With a solution it typically gets the name of the mechanism (ie: the robot you configured).
Inside that you should find the HOME folder.
Alternatively: after creating the station, adding the controller and the robot: go to the Controller or RAPID tab, use the Controller browser on the left side of the screen to drill down to HOME. Then open the context menu and select Open Folder.
The wiki tutorial was written when robotstudio v5.x was still used. Things changed a little since then and no one appears to have updated the page.
I'm following the tutorial here to simulate a robot with RobotStudio. It's going fairly well until this step:
Well, \Systems is empty.
I haven't manually saved a system yet. I did save a "station" that I created with my robot, but it's in a different folder and I don't think that's what I need at this step. I suspect the wiki is just outdated and maybe I shouldn't even be using this package anymore.