Controlling additional devices with KCWin

[SoftwareMonkey]

We have a Kawasaki robot which we plan to control using the AS Language. We also have another piece of equipment on the same network which we need to send a command to (using TCP/IP) once the robot is in position. Is it possible to (a) know when the robot when it is in position and (b) construct and send TCP/IP commands to other equipment using AS?

Or is there a better way to control the two devices together?  

I thought that I might use the I/O commands to trigger the othe device but it does not appear to have any discrete inputs - only an ethernet connection.

Tony

[rdixiemiller]

 Does the other device accept commands through the ethernet port?

[SkyeFire]

Well, the first task is to ensure your Kawasaki has Ethernet functionality.  Not all controllers come with it. 

The second thing to check is just how your remote device accepts commands over that Ethernet connection.  Sending raw strings over a Telnet-style socket connection from a Kawasaki controller is easy.  Sending some special non-ASCII control coding may or may not be possible.