PendantReader - an open-source PDF reader for PolyScope X

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Hi everybody.

I have recently begun exploring URCap development for the new PolyScope X platform.
As part of that learning process I have created a URCap that can open and show PDF files inside an Application Node (equivalent to the old installations nodes in PolyScope 5 & 6).

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Please see: PendantReader

While I am still happily working with robots in my professional career, I unfortunately am working less and less with UR robots. Because of this my access to testing it on a real system has been nonexistent.

I hope that some of you guys out there would love to try my URCap on a real robot and provide me some feedback. This of course require a e-series or UR20 robot with PolyScope X installed preferably version v0.14 as this is the version of my simulator.

Questions I would love to get an answer to:

  1. how does the file chooser work, does it work at all on a real robot?
  2. does the “page number” integer-input work fine on a the teachpendant, as virtual keyboards does not show in the simulator. Have I even choosen the right virtual keyboard?
  3. I experience “screen overflow” when opening a PDF on the simulator resulting in scroll bars appearing in the bottom and to the right of the screen. Does this also happen on a real system?

Hope to hear back from you!

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Hi cg1,

awesome work! Thank you for sharing that!
Selecting a PDF works fine, Prev/Next Buttons work as expected. The Input of Page Number works as expected, so no issues here either.

All the way to the right below the page numbers you see the small scrollbar. This one does not work. Would be nice if it would for a PDF with a lot of pages when you want to quickly scroll through them, but it’s not a deal breaker in my opinion. :slight_smile:

I don’t see any overflowing happening. So bottom line: Everything works on the real robot. Thanks for sharing your project with us!

// Florian

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Hi Florian.

Thanks you taking out time to test it for me.
And I’m truly grateful for the picture.

Knowing that it can run on a real interface with only minor bugs, is really comforting.

I have recently updated the slider to a much bigger size so its easier to hit, and added some CSS that suppose to improve the scrolling experience on touch screens.

I hope this will help, with the issue you where experiencing.

Kind Regards