Class ControllerFactory

utility class that creates controller instances from a ControllerInfo instance

Inheritance

System.Object

ControllerFactory

Namespace: ABB.Robotics.Controllers

Assembly: ABB.Robotics.Controllers.PC.dll

Syntax

public sealed class ControllerFactory

Methods

CreateFrom(ControllerInfo)

creates a controller instance

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use Controller.Connect()")]
public static Controller CreateFrom(ControllerInfo info)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ControllerInfo	info	controller info object

Returns

Type	Description
Controller	the controller instance

CreateFrom(ControllerInfo, ControllerFactoryProperty)

creates a controller info from the specified information

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use Controller.Connect()")]
public static Controller CreateFrom(ControllerInfo info, ControllerFactoryProperty property)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ControllerInfo	info	information object about the controller
ControllerFactoryProperty	property	property on the info object to use for creation

Returns

Type	Description
Controller	a controller instance if possible to create

CreateFrom(ControllerInfo, ControllerFactoryProperty, Boolean)

creates a controller info from the specified information

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use Controller.Connect()")]
public static Controller CreateFrom(ControllerInfo info, ControllerFactoryProperty property, bool validateServerCertificate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ControllerInfo	info	information object about the controller
ControllerFactoryProperty	property	property on the info object to use for creation
System.Boolean	validateServerCertificate	Validate the SSL certificate when connecting to a 7.x controller.

Returns

Type	Description
Controller	a controller instance if possible to create

FormatControllerId(ControllerInfo)

Formats a controller id from a controller info string.

Declaration

public static string FormatControllerId(ControllerInfo info)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ControllerInfo	info	ControllerInfo object for controller.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	A correctly formatted string.

FormatControllerId(Guid)

formats a controllerId from the specified guid

Declaration

public static string FormatControllerId(Guid id)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	id	id to format

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	the controller id

FormatControllerId(IPAddress)

formats a controllerId from the IPAddress

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use System id instead of IP address", false)]
public static string FormatControllerId(IPAddress address)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Net.IPAddress	address	address to format

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	the controller id