Combining the RobotMonitor with visualization

The RobotMonitor can run independently on a device with Windows operating system or can be used in combination with machine visualization or plant visualization. For this purpose, the RobotMonitor can be started, for example, by pressing a key in the visualization. If the RobotMonitor has already been started, it will not be started again when the key is pressed again, but will be moved to the foreground. To avoid that the RobotMonitor covers the entire visualization and you can switch back to the visualization, you can specify the size of the RobotMonitor (in px) at startup using the following arguments:

– WindowWidth 600 – WindowHeight 920

If the RobotMonitor is not in the foreground, it does not use the hardware keys of the operator panel and these can be used by the visualization.

In the following example, the RobotMonitor was combined with a PackML visualization. In the lower area, you can see the control elements of the visualization. The RobotMonitor is located above this area. Pressing a control element in the visualization automatically moves the RobotMonitor into the background, and the visualization is displayed completely. Pressing a key in the visualization lets you start the RobotMonitor again and moves it into the foreground.