# RTDE - Read Robot State and Safety State

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/rtde-read-robot-state-and-safety-state/1634>\
**Category:** Java\
**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/rtde-read-robot-state-and-safety-state/1634 "2018-02-15T16:38:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/rtde-read-robot-state-and-safety-state/1634/2 "2018-02-16T00:04:01Z")

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Update:  
A bit of an ugly solution but I created a couple of java classes and tied the external device execution while loop into discrete calls to the Dashboard server that loop in the execution program and it appears to work well.  
So question withdrawn, thanks for taking a look.  
Jerry

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