8. The configuration menu#

The configuration menu can be accessed from the top left corner of the MecaPortal window, ../_images/burger.svg. It features the following sections:

  • Robot information, such as the serial number and the complete version number of the firmware;

  • Help, primarily links to documentation, the support website, and to the legacy web interface;

  • Network configuration, such as entries of the IP address of the robot or the netmask,

  • Joint limits, for reducing the joint ranges;

  • Work zone limits and collision configuration, for preventing self-collisions and defining a work zone;

  • Variables management (creation, deletion or modification of robot persistent variables);

  • Update firmware, for upgrading (or downgrading) the firmware of the robot;

  • Get logs and backup, for downloading a complete backup (robot logs, persistent configuration data, programs, etc.) or the latest robot logs only;

  • Keyboard mapping, for listing all and changing certain keyboard shortcuts;

  • Joystick mapping, for assigning robot jogging directions to joystick axes.