Arc Tool setup

[krzychugg]

Hello,

I can't change the Arc Tool setup in controlled start. Menu that should appear after selecting Exit -> Yes doesn't appear. Can anyone help me with this problem ?

[hagsy]

switch on while holding prev and next, select control start and enter, wait until it ends and menu should give you all the options including arctool setup

[krzychugg]

I did exactly as written in manual. Still I can't reconfigure Arc Tool, a can't even change AO an DO signals that gives WSF, voltage and starts welding.
On the start-up of robot there is ARC-009 errer - Missing I/O board.
How can I fix this error?
Does anyone have system variables description for RJ2 controller?

[Lerak]

With Arctool, you should use Process i/o board, not standard i/o.

With the alarm you got, i looks like this process board is not detected.

[Napierian]

Arctool does require a process IO board, and you cannot change the IO assignment if the process IO board is missing.

[krzychugg]

Instead of Process Board there is profibus card. Is it possible to reconfigure I/O signals to profibus, or manually change some system variables, so that ArcTool will work?

[Frenky]

i ithink yes, but you have to "play" with many variable.
wich brand of welder you have?

[krzychugg]

Kemppi. I used distributed I/O to connect with it.

[Industrialrobotix]

Correct me if I am wrong here....I am not sure Profibus will recognize the analog I/O...?  Arctool uses digital I/O and also analog out/in for sending analog +/-10vdc for wfs and voltage...

Does the kemppi welder also accept devicenet?  Or easier yet old school discreet I/O?  Using the process I/O module will be the simplest way to go if the welder can take analog signals...

However you can use a Wago module to convert the analog I/O to digital devicenet...same module Lincoln uses in their analog interface for converting analog signals to their arclink / devicenet requirements on their newer Powerwave 455 units....  Check w/ Wago - you might find they have a module that converts analog signals to Profibus as well...

[krzychugg]

Profibus recognizes digital and analogue signals.

In my station, I've used distributed I/O (digital and analogue) that communicates with controller by Profibus.

Kemppi welder has 2 analogue inputs: WFS an Voltage, and one digital input: weld start.

I've configured Profibus so I can adjust WFS, Voltage and start welding manually form the teach pedant.

Now I have problem with setting up ArcTool. I want to reconfigure ArcTool so it will use AO3 instead of AO1 and DO/DI signals instead WO/WI, but the configuration menu that I can change it doesn't appear.