Lensmaster Help

CB3 UR Usage

This article goes over the steps needed to connect and operate your CB3 Series UR robot from Lensmaster.

Before you start

Connecting Your CB3 Universal Robot To Lensmaster

To connect and control your robot from Lensmaster, you first need to enable the drives on the robot. You'll then be able to simply connect to it from the Lensmaster Connection Manager

Powering on the Robot Drives

  1. Go to the Run Program interface.

    UR_CB3_Run_Program.png
  2. Hit the Red Circle in the top-left corner to bring up the Initialize Robot interface.

    UR_CB3_Init_off.png
  3. Before powering on the robot drives, you need to specify the weight of the payload (in this case the camera) that is mounted on the robot. You can do so by editing the Active Payload field.

  4. You can now hit the ON button to power on the motor drives. Robot status should now say Idle.

  5. Next, hit the START button to release the axis brakes and enable robot motion. You should hear the brakes click and the robot status should now say Normal.

    UR_CB3_init_on.png
  6. Finally, hit OK at the bottom right of your screen to close the Initialize Robot page. The robot is now ready to connect to Lensmaster.

Initiating the Lensmaster connection

  1. In Lensmaster, go to the Connection Manager widget.

  2. Next right-click on the robot card and hit Connect.

  3. The Status indicator should turn green and say Connected.

    Lensmaster_Connection_Manager_UR_Connected.png
Last modified: 29 March 2025