I need the manuals please

[John0909]

Hi everyone!! im new in this forum, i have a problem and i will apreciate any help u could give  to me, my school just recived 2 robots kawasaki UX-120 as a donation from the Ford compañy, but the problem is that we don have the manuals to install those robots, any one can help me whit the manuals??  my email is jrruu0909@hotmail.com

[roboperson]

You are going to have your hands more full than an installation manual. Since you recieved these robots from FMC, you are not only going to need the basic Installation, electrical, mechanical manuals from Kawasaki, but the Interface drawings, and information. Ford has it's own specification and standard depending on application and controller type. If these robots have lost memory,  you would need to find the data sheet to put in the basic robot information to just get it started. Then you run into things like S-logic that controls the I/O. Ford standard also has the PLC firing the clamps and not the controller. The robot only requests the clamps through signaling. I hope you have gotten all the information from Ford as well as what you will need from Kawasaki. Best of luck!

[John0909]

i am just doing my social service in  my school, but i'll like to have all those manuals you mention before, i have already entered the kawasaki page, but they are not answering to my email  ,  i have to get all iformation as i can, and i dont know any other place to find it , can u send me those manuals to my emali please    ??  thank you very much, i really apreciate ur help.

[Mrsymloc]

Hey John,
I bought a UX150 from Ebay a while back. It also came from Ford.  If you look at page 2 of this fourm you will find posts from me detailing all of the trials I went through just to get the thing to move (see External hold ? and UX 150 controller no welder present)
you may want to read all my posts or more to the point the replies from Roboperson and Tdevine. they both saved our #**
Pay special attention to the segment about the "Jumpers" disabling the Ford interface
Go to the Kawasaki site and register as a client using your unit's serial numbers after that you can get most of the manuals free on their retired models setion via PDF and order parts as needed.
Whatever you do make good and sure that all persons and the control cabinet are well out of reach of the bot before enabling !!
I won't tell you why I know that

The very best of luck to you

[SkyeFire]

For a UX-series robot, I'm guessing that this is a C-model controller cabinet. 

What you'll see on the front of the controller is certain lights/buttons/switches that come "built in" from Kawasaki, and a separate removable panel that has additional lights/buttons/switches.  That second panel will be specific to the application that Ford bought the robot for, and will be part of the Ford Interface.  This panel should have a sticker on the inside with a long alphanumeric code that specifies exactly what interface and revision it is.  Contacting Kawasaki with that number (Kawasaki USA is your best bet, they do all the Ford interface stuff) should allow you to obtain the drawings and "stock" software listings that match that interface.

If you're lucky, there will still be a print inside the cabinet with the electrical drawing of the interface.  If not, you should be able to get it from Kawasaki.  This drawing will be very helpful in setting up the hardware side of your safety/enabling circuit.

There's also some software safety interlocks that'll need dealing with.  You'll want to download the manuals that are available in this sub-forum, especially the AS-Lanugage reference manual.  Ford tends to avoid ASL, but it's the best way to learn advanced programming on a Kawasaki.  You'll also want to go through the menus on the robot and make a full backup.  That backup will be a text file with a .AS extension.  Get to know this file -- it'll really help you understand what's going on.  Plus, you can make edits to this file offline and re-load changes into the robot.

Also, get a copy of the KC-Win software (there's a download in this forum somewhere).  That'll let you connect a computer to the Kawasaki via a serial cable rather like an old VT100 command terminal, and let you make backups, restores, edits, etc from a regular computer.  This could be important if the controllers came without any SRAM cards (those are hard to find these days).  KC-Win will let you make backups straight to a PC, bypassing the missing memory cards.

[Mrsymloc]

What controller do you have ?

[John0909]

I think that it is a AD model, but i really dont know, can u tell me how i can get, or were i can see that information?
tank you very much

[John0909]

Srry, it is an AD controller Thx

[John0909]

Any one know if i have to put the base plate for an UX-120?
is it extremely rigorous?
thank you very much

[rdixiemiller]

 UX is the series, 120 is the payload. 120 kg payload is a fair amount. I would put it on a baseplate if your floor slab is not 6" thick or better. a 4'x4'x1" thick baseplate would be enough, with bolts on 16" centers around the plate. If your slab is thick enough, use anchors that are as large a diameter the holes in the robot base, less 1/8". Use epoxy in the holes to help the anchors hold. Having a robot go over with a load on it can be a really loud, expensive thing!