# External start of stored UR-scripts **URL:** \ **Category:** Robot Communication\ **Created:** [January 27, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/external-start-of-stored-ur-scripts/11878 "2021-01-27T13:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon70343979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anon70343979](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon70343979)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/external-start-of-stored-ur-scripts/11878/1 "2021-01-27T13:29:05Z")
_UR5e, URSoftware 5.5.1_ Hey everyone, can the UR-API be used to load and start programs that are located on the robot(stored UR-Scrips)? Thank you in advance ---
**Author:** ![anon87732236](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@anon87732236](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon87732236)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/external-start-of-stored-ur-scripts/11878/2 "2021-01-27T17:34:58Z")
The dashboard server can be used to do this using a combination of the _load, start, stop_ commands. You can find a PDF file with the list of available commands [here](https://www.universal-robots.com/articles/ur/dashboard-server-e-series-port-29999/). In the case where you need to load .script files you can create a robot program containing a Script node and have it linked to the script file you wrote. FYI. The robot must be in remote control mode for this to work. ---
**Author:** ![anon19565564](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@anon19565564](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon19565564)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/external-start-of-stored-ur-scripts/11878/3 "2021-01-28T11:43:51Z")
I´m doing like this and work ok! And I update the script by the SFTP! Works well