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ID : 3752
Delay
Function
To let the own task stand-by for the specified time.
Syntax
Delay delay time
Guaranteed entry
- Delay time
- Specify the stand-by time by double precision real number type data. The unit is [ms].
Description
The task goes to the stand-by state for the specified delay time [ms].
The task status is "stand-by" when the system is set to stand-by by a Delay statement.
During "Stand-by" state, the CPU load is reduced, this improves the efficiency of other multi-tasking.
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Attention
- If 0 is designated for Argument:delay time, the task never goes to the stand-by status. Negative value also resulted in the same behavior as 0.
- There may be an error in specified delay time due to task loading, etc. Moreover, an error occurs if the specified time is very short.
- Delay time elapses even during pausing or step stop.
Example
'!TITLE "Program Stop"
' Move the robot back to the original position after 1 second from moving it from the current value
Sub Sample_Delay
Dim aaa As Position
TakeArm Keep = 1
' Acquire the current position
aaa = CurPos
' Move 200 mm from the current position toward X axis
Move P, Dev( aaa, P( 200, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1 ) )
' Wait for 1 second
Delay 1000
' Move to the original coordinate position
Move P, aaa
End SubID : 3752