FlexPendant SDK Getting Started

How to program a simple FlexPendant application

How to deploy your application to the FlexPendant

Links

Do-it-yourself robotics ABB Review (ABB’s corporate technical journal, written for a worldwide audience).

Klöckner Desma, see how a FlexPendant SDK application can be perfectly adapted to the needs of the end-users and make it much easier for them to carry out their daily tasks.

Product Specification, find out exactly what is required to start application development using the FlexPendant SDK.

User’s Guide, learn the basics about programming .Net applications for the FlexPendant.

To try programming with the FlexPendant SDK the following is required:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 is the development environment you use. It is required on your PC before the Robot Application Builder installation.
• Some knowledge in Windows programming, object orientation and a .NET programming language, such as C# or Visual Basic.

Recommended steps to get started:

• Read through the Product Specification, especially section 1.6 Working with RAB and Virtual IRC5 and 1.7 Software and Hardware Requirements.
• Go to the Download Page and install RobotStudio and Robot Application Builder.
• Open the User's Guide in Windows Start Menu at Programs\ABB Industrial IT\Robotics IT\Robot Application Builder 5.11\User’s Guide. To create your first applications for the FlexPendant refer to:
Using the FlexPendant SDK: Setting up a new project
Building the user interface - Introduction to visual design support .

There is a reference application for download in the Content Sharing section (3D Models – Video – Other).