URCap Sample: Get Controller Time in URScript

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Get Controller Time in URScript

Description of functionality:
This URCap is in functionality very similar to the XML-RPC Math sample. However instead of contributing an XML-RPC daemon to expand math functionality, this URCap enables the user through URScript to access the controller time (respectively as year, month, date, hour, etc.) via an XML-RPC call to a Python daemon.
Script functions to read these values over URScript are added to the Functions list in the Expression Editor.

What topics are covered:
XML-RPC, daemon, Python, controller clock, time, Expression Editor, script functions

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Hi @jbm ,

I have a UR10 with 3.15 software and I am trying to install your URCap.
The installation was successful and the system sees it correctly. Unfortunately, I don’t have any new features added to the function list, neither in the script nor in the assigment.
After installation, of course, I restarted the robot.

Help me, please.

Thanks,
Michał

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Hi @m.wozniak89
There is an Instalation Node added by the URCap.
You need to select the checkbox in this to add the script functions to the Functions-list.

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Now I see :).

Thank you very much, everything is fine.

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Thanks for this, it is pretty amazing. Is there a channel to learn the intricacies that went to make this URCap?

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Hello. Is there an updated UR CAP? I’m currently using 1.0.0… Was just wondering if there us an updated version.