Hi @josh_mckay
you are using bits from ur PLC that u send to the “boolean input register” of the UR, right?
Just keep in mind, that if u have a Safety - Stop you still have to go to the Robot HMI to activate the Robot and release its breaks.
If you communicate via Dashboard Server, you can send a String from your PLC to the Robot to power ON and Release the Breaks.
So basically you don´t have to go to ur UR HMI at all.
You can Start/stop/pause, load/ open UR Programs, Power ON and OFF the UR and many more things directly from ur PLC.
Attached the link to my forum entry (just did it moments ago). I can operate the UR from my PLC. That´s a very nice “feature”.
I´m only struggline to get a “readable” answer from the UR.
Kind regards from Luxembourg.