• What the export is for
• Starting the export
• Export options
• Structure of the archive
• Loading the archive on the robot

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▲ What the export is for

The export creates a ZIP file with the folder structure of a KUKA archive (KSS 8.x): KRC/R1/Program/..., KRC/R1/System/..., C/KRC/..., am.ini. Every program keeps the path it has in the archive of the robot, so all changed programs can be loaded on the robot in one operation (restore of an archive) instead of copying them one by one.

▲ Starting the export

KRC » More » Export to KRC archive. The option is active when a KRC program (*.src) is the current window.

The same export is started with the button in the Robot toolbar (next to Compare files). It exports for the robot type of the current program; if no robot program is open, for the active robot project in the project tree. Without an open program and without an active robot project the editor asks to set a robot project as active (context menu Set active robot) or to open a program. For every open KRC program the editor looks for the archive folder of the robot: going up from the folder of the program, the first folder that contains am.ini or the subfolder KRC/R1. The path of the program inside the archive is taken from there, e.g. ...\Robot_R01\KRC\R1\Program\Test\cell_a.src → KRC/R1/Program/Test/cell_a.src.

• If programs of more than one robot are open, the editor asks which archive should be exported - one ZIP always contains the programs of one robot. Programs of the other robots are skipped.
• If no program is open, the archive folder of the active KRC project is used (only the folder options are available).
• The name of the ZIP proposed in the save dialog is the robot name from am.ini ([Roboter] RobName).

▲ Export options

Option	What is put into the archive
Programs open in the editor with matching *.dat	every open *.src together with its *.dat (found in the same folder, regardless of upper/lower case), under its path in the archive
All files from KRC/R1/Program	the whole KRC/R1/Program folder of the robot with subfolders
Archive information file am.ini	a copy of the original am.ini of the archive (robot name, KSS version, tech packages). Note: it describes the complete archive the files come from. Off by default
Entire archive directory (full backup)	the complete archive folder of the robot; all other options are disabled

Special cases while exporting the open programs:

• Machine data - files from Mada folders or KRC/STEU are added only after a confirmation (default No).
• Programs outside a KUKA archive (e.g. a single .src in a work folder) - the editor asks whether they should be put into KRC/R1/Program/ in the archive.

After the export

The editor shows a summary with the number of files in the archive. Show Details... lists every file of the archive with its path, the files that were skipped and why (another robot, machine data, file not found) and the notes of the export.

The archive is written to a temporary file first and replaces the target file only when it is complete - if something goes wrong (disk full, file open in another program), no half-written ZIP is left on the disk. Two different files that would end up under the same name in the archive stop the export with a list of the conflicting files. The same file selected twice (e.g. open in the editor and part of a selected folder) is simply added once.

The selected options are remembered for the next export.

▲ Structure of the archive

Example - two open programs, option Programs open in the editor:

Robot_R01.zip
 └ KRC/R1/Program/Test/cell_a.src
 └ KRC/R1/Program/Test/cell_a.dat
 └ KRC/R1/Program/Gripper/gripper_open.src
 └ KRC/R1/Program/Gripper/gripper_open.dat

▲ Loading the archive on the robot

1. Copy the ZIP file to a USB stick (or to the network archive path configured on the robot).
2. On the smartPAD log on as Expert (or higher), select operating mode T1 and deselect / cancel the selected program.
3. Main menu » File » Restore and choose what should be restored:
   • Applications - the user programs (KRL modules) and their folders; the right choice for an archive with programs only,
   • Configuration - configuration files (e.g. from KRC/R1/System, C/KRC/...),
   • All - everything contained in the archive.
   Select the archive on the USB stick (depending on the KSS version the archive is chosen in a file dialog or read from the configured archive path) and confirm the security question.
4. Wait until the restore is finished; the configuration may require a cold start of the controller.
5. Check the loaded programs before starting the robot.

See also the export for the other controllers: VKRC, VFanuc, ABB, Yaskawa