Systems and methods for configuring an automation station

An automation station comprising:

• a plurality of servos;
• one or more actuators;
• a controller configurable for controlling the plurality of servos and the one or more actuators;
• a computing device configured to configure the controller according to one or more configuration files, the computing device configured to perform a method comprising:
• generating one or more position cam objects of servo controlled axes of the automation station, each of the one or more position cam objects comprising one or more motion segments specifying a position of the respective servo controlled axis at one or more time intervals;
• displaying a representation of at least one of the one or more position cam objects on a graphical display;
• generating one or more output cam objects by, for each output cam object:
• identifying a motion segment of the one or more motion segments of one of the one or more position cam objects;
• defining a latching condition and an unlatching condition, at least one of the latching and unlatching condition based on the identified motion segment;
• and
• generating the output cam object including the defined latching condition and the unlatching condition;
• displaying a representation of the output cam objects on the graphical display;
• generating one or more configuration files based on the one or more position cam objects and one or more output cam objects, the one or more configuration files specifying control information for the automation station at a plurality of time intervals of a cycle of the automation station;
• and
• controlling the automation station according to the generated one or more configuration files.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon instructions which when executed by a processor configure the processor to perform a method comprising:

• generating one or more position cam objects of servo controlled axes of the automation station, each of the one or more position cam objects comprising one or more motion segments specifying a position of the respective servo controlled axis at one or more time intervals;
• displaying a representation of at least one of the one or more position cam objects on a graphical display;
• generating one or more output cam objects by, for each output cam object:
• identifying a motion segment of the one or more motion segments of one of the one or more position cam objects;
• defining a latching condition and an unlatching condition, at least one of the latching and unlatching condition based on the identified motion segment;
• and
• generating the output cam object including the defined latching condition and the unlatching condition;
• displaying a representation of the output cam objects on the graphical display;
• generating one or more configuration files based on the one or more position cam objects and one or more output cam objects, the one or more configuration files specifying control information for the automation station at a plurality of time intervals of a cycle of the automation station;
• and
• controlling the automation station according to the generated one or more configuration files.