Any tricky way to remove PMC program quickly so that it is not taking over UIO, or is FAPT Ladder III (on HT v7.70 ) absolutely required to blank out the PMC program? I own a copy, and I'm sure it's somewhere, but it's likely out of date version-wise (very old) and Fanuc doesn't appear to have a way to download updates.
Remove PMC program
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Jaycephus -
September 17, 2015 at 4:22 PM -
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Have you tried to stop the PMC from the pendant? That should do the trick. I'll get back to you tomorrow if you need more specific instruktions. But i think it is under the io page "(F1)type --> PMC"
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It's not running, but the problem is that you can't setup UOP UIO when they are linked to the PMC. So the file needs to be blanked out, and it's a bit silly that you need a $1800 program to do that.
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Have you tried removing the UOP from the PMC internal IO assignment? Clear the table in IO>PMC>Internal.
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You got my hopes up, but there is no "Internal" selection in HT 7.70P/46.
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BTW, I did find my old copy of FAPT Ladder III, and installed it, but it fails to connect, timing out. On the robot, I get a PRIO-98 PMC error, but it's not listed in the Fanuc error manual. I'm now on day 7 of no call back or email from Fanuc after contacting them twice on the issue. It could certainly be that my old copy is too old versus HT 7.70P/46, but you'd think they could mention that pretty quickly.
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from the 8.3 error reference manual, In there Engrish.
3.15.7.41 PRIO-098 PMC communication error
Cause: Failed to PMC Ethernet communication.
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Jaysphus,
I did not notice you are working on a R30iA instead R30iB. Sorry. Otherwise I would have replied you earlier.
Try these:
1. Backup system so you are safe.
2. Insert a formatted Memory card into the controller.
3. Menu => IO => PMC => F3 (Function) => Save STDLDR => F4 (Yes)
4. You will see "STDLDR.PMC is saved to MC:\." on pendant display.
5. Use a PC to rename the file on memory card STDLDR.PMC to LADDER.PMC.
6. Menu => FILE. Load the LADDER.PMC to controller. (Controlled start or E-Stop pressed in cold start).
7. Cold restart. Menu => IO => PMC display. You will see your PMC level one handle the standard UIO and level two is empty. No other ladder programs. This should make your regular UIO works just as those without PMC option installed.
I did it in WeldPro. Please try it on your controller and let me know if it works. -
Thanks.
Another thing I needed to do was set SYSTEM, Config, and set UOP Auto Assignment = NONE. (Or $IO_UOP_AUTO = FALSE.) Maybe that was the only thing I needed to do.
Now I can map UIO to EtherNet/IP for control from my PLC.
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You can load the LADDER.PMC in the previous backup into the controller to verify.