The System Control Panels permit you to monitor and control all of the controller's key functional subsystems, e.g. program execution and error status, digital input and output line states, robot power state and position, etc. These panels were designed to allow you to modify the current settings of key parameters that control each subsystem as well as dynamically display real-time values that permit you to monitor the operation of the subsystems.

If you wish to refresh the displayed values, press the “Update” button in the panel to the left. If you wish to continuously update the display, press the “Auto” button.

Virtually all of the parameters necessary to configure and operate the controller plus those values that are necessary for monitoring the activity of the system are accessible via a unified Configuration and Parameter Database. For example, this database provides access to: the data necessary to define the dimensions and dynamic performance of each axis; the servo tuning parameters for each motor; the IP information for the Ethernet interface; and methods for reading the current commanded and actual position of each motor and joint of any robot. This Setup page provides read and write access to each of these parameter values.

Please note that if you change any value, the value will not be permanently saved until you store the values to the flash disk files. If the new values are not saved, the next time the controller is booted, the old values will once again be utilized

These pages provide a very simple means for defining a robot "teach-and-repeat" sequence of motions without requiring software training. Up to 20 sequential robot positions, MotionBlocks, can be taught. The Control Panels can then be used to repetitively execute this sequence of motions.  For additional instructions on how to teach and execute a MotionBlocks sequence please see the Quick Start Guide.

The controller provides a set of built-in Utilities that assist in maintaining the system and diagnosing problems. For example, these utilities provide the means for backing up and restoring files, datalogging system states and variables, updating the controller's operating system, and monitoring the CPU usage.

If the controller has been loaded with custom web pages tailed to a specific application, this tab will switch to the alternate set of web pages.  Please see the section on Custom Web Page Development for more information if you wish to generate application specific web pages.

The Logout button will return you to the main login screen.