UR Script: Popup Messages

Popup messages send via Script from a PC.

The UR script manual mention this syntax.

But as “ (apostrophe) is a protected character in Python – then it is neseccary to insert in \ from of “ in order to actually send the “ when using Python.

Python program running on PC.

# Echo client program
import socket
import time

HOST = “192.168.0.9″ # The remote host
PORT = 30002 # The same port as used by the server
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((HOST, PORT))
s.send (“set_digital_out(2,True)” + “\n”)
time.sleep (1)

s.send (“popup(\”Messages\”, title=\”The Headline in the Blue box\”, blocking=True)” + “\n”)
time.sleep (1)

s.send (“set_digital_out(2,False)” + “\n”)
time.sleep (1)

data = s.recv(1024)

print “Good bye!”
Provides this result on the Robot.

# Echo client program
import socket
import time

s.send (“popup(\”Messages\”, title=\”The Headline in the Blue box\”, warning=True, error=False)” + “\n”)
time.sleep (1)

s.send (“set_digital_out(2,False)” + “\n”)
time.sleep (1)

data = s.recv(1024)

print “Good bye!”
Provides this result on the Robot.

# Echo client program
import socket
import time

s.send (“popup(\”Messages\”, title=\”The Headline in the Blue box\”, warning=False, error=True)” + “\n”)
time.sleep (1)

s.send (“set_digital_out(2,False)” + “\n”)
time.sleep (1)

data = s.recv(1024)

print “Good bye!”
Provides this result on the Robot.

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20 thoughts on “UR Script: Popup Messages”

Rune Mogensen 4 - December - 2018 at 20:39

Is it possible to get a pop message when a program i paused? like pressing pause button?

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1. zacopressadmin Post author10 - December - 2018 at 16:27
  
  Hi Rune
  
  Thanks for the question.
  
  Maybe consider this article for Popup from an external device.
  
  http://www.zacobria.com/universal-robots-zacobria-forum-hints-tips-how-to/script-popup-messages/
  
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Kristian 28 - February - 2018 at 18:30

Hello again.
I was wondering if there is a way to concatenate strings and floats without using a separate RPC or URCap. I want to create a popup telling the user how many times a part of the program ran, like
popup(“The robot moved ” + runsCount + ” pieces of material”,”Title”,False,False)

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1. zacopressadmin Post author28 - February - 2018 at 18:08
  
  Hello Kristian
  
  Thanks for the question.
  
  I am not aware of such function.
  
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Kristian 16 - February - 2018 at 22:55

Hello there.
Is it possible to close a popup, just like the “Continue”-button on the touchpad would, but with an external digital input? Like, does the popup count as a “pause”, so an external digital input configured to “Start” the program would also close the popup?

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1. zacopressadmin Post author17 - February - 2018 at 11:10
  
  Hello Kristian
  
  Thanks for the question.
  
  I am not aware of a possibility to close a popup with an I/O signal, but it is possible by sending a command to the dash board server on port 29999. More informations about the dash board server at this link.
  
  https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/dashboard-server-port-29999-15690/
  
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Erwin 17 - January - 2018 at 21:25

HI!

Is it possible to close a textbox automatically after 3 seconds?

Thanks!

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1. zacopressadmin Post author18 - January - 2018 at 09:20
  
  Hi Erwin
  
  Thanks for the question.
  
  Maybe consider to use the Dashboard server at port 29999 that has a close Popup – more informations at this link
  
  https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/dashboard-server-port-29999-15690/
  
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Osiris 17 - October - 2017 at 22:50

Hello,

We want to send a message to the Variables Tab without moving the robot, sometimes it works and sometimes not. Below I copied the short program. Could you please advise why the Polyscope behaves like that?, thanks.

Program
Robot Program
to_test_tab≔100
varmsg(“test”,to_test_tab)
Halt

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Osiris 17 - October - 2017 at 22:11

Hello,

We want to send a message to the Variables Tab without moving the robot, sometime it works, sometimes not. Below you can see a screenshot of my program. Could you please advise why it behaves that way?, thanks.

Program
Robot Program
to_test_tab≔100
varmsg(“test”,to_test_tab)
Halt

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1. zacopressadmin Post author23 - October - 2017 at 22:47
  
  Hi Osiris
  
  Thanks for the question.
  
  Maybe consider to make the program do some more thing e.g. move the robot or insert a wait statement – maybe such a small program without robot action is too fast.
  
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tali 8 - March - 2017 at 16:37

Hi,
I’m running two programs in parallel,
1. Read full state message from 30001
2. Send a small program:
textmsg(“starting”)
textmsg(“ending”)
via port 30003.
I can see the “ending” on the screen, but I never get “ROBOT_MESSAGE” package in the first program.
(I get cartezian info, robot_mode_data and other packages)
Why is that?
Thanks.

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1. zacopressadmin Post author8 - March - 2017 at 16:49
  
  Hi tali
  
  Thanks for the question.
  
  If you only run the first program to read from port 30001 – do you then get the message ?
  
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  1. tali 9 - March - 2017 at 23:41
    
    Hi,
    Although I fixed my mistake, I still don’t see all the debug messages I sent.
    I sent the program:
    
    $ 1 “messaging starting”
    textmsg(“starting)
    $ 2 “messaging ending”
    textmsg(“ending”)
    
    In polyscope I see
    
    Program textmsg started
    ending
    Program textmsg stopped
    
    In my program I sometimes get the same, sometimes only “ending”
    
    If I remove the textmsgs from the program, , then I get the label messages.
    
    Is there a way to use the lables or the textmsgs in order to debug a program? It seems that only part of the debug messages are sent by the controller.
    
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2. tali 8 - March - 2017 at 16:35
  
  Found my mistake, I was trying to read it from state message
  
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GANESH P 3 - December - 2015 at 02:27

Hi Lars,
Thanks for your valuable suggestions,here in the below program i am getting the following error in this line Receive_Data = socket_read_ascii_float(6) and the error is function did not find a solution.

Init Variable
Robot Program
Move_To_Pos = Move_To_Pos
Receive_Data = Receive_Data
Point = Point
socket_open(“192.169.100.101″, 30000)
socket_send _string(“UR10″)
wait:2.0
Receive_Data = socket_read_ascii_float(6)
wait:3.0
Loop 6 times
Move_To_Pos[Point] = Receive_Data[Point]
Point = Point+1
movej(Move_To_Pos)

Thanks in Advance

Regards
GANESH P

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1. zacopressadmin Post author3 - December - 2015 at 10:48
  
  Hi Ganesh
  
  There are two things that come to my mind.
  
  1.
  Are the format of the data you are sending from the host as six floats ?
  
  2.
  I assume you are trying to send cartisian cordinates as data for the robot to move. If the current position and the data for the next position involves a move the robot cannot do or if the data is an invalid pose then the robot cannot move. You can verify if the data is valid by inserting them to the pose editor in the GUI and see if the robot can move there. Also if the positions are far away from each other then you can considder to have more positions in between.
  
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Jake Konrad 23 - November - 2013 at 00:56

Thank you for the response. Using the assignment works the only problem is a user can still cancel the program operation if they are not paying attention but I guess that is just something that will have to be dealt with if it happens.

Thanks,
Jake

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Jake Konrad 19 - November - 2013 at 23:08

I was wondering if there is a way to create a third button on the popup to do a task other than continue or stop program?

Thanks

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1. zacopressadmin Post author22 - November - 2013 at 09:07
  
  Hi Jake
  
  Thanks for your question.
  
  You might consider to use the ”Assignment” of variable and choose ”Operator” input and then make the logic in your program react to the user input.
  
  Regards
  Lars
  
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