Run Robot

This component supports the Run Robot step. This step passes the specified ProvisioningRobot (custom-created program code) located in the Supervisor station to the ProgramService on each station in the job. The station’s ProgramService runs the custom code in the remote station.

It is available in the New Job Step menu when adding a step in either the Niagara Network Job Builder or Niagara Network Prototype View.

For any Run Robot step, you use the Select a Robot window to specify a provisioning robot on the Supervisor. The ProgramService of each station in the provisioning job runs the robot.

Usage is expected to be infrequent, perhaps as a temporary measure for some misbehaving third-party software module. This job step fails if a station’s Software device extension is disabled or in fault.