FANUC, VISION and MATLAB

    Hi all,

    I was interested to control a LR MATE 200iC, R30iA using the software MATLAB or LABVIEW or SIMULINK.
    The main objective that I want to achieve is
    1) show drawing path to the robot using 2DiRVision that is already installed.
    2) Capture the image and process it in MATLAB.
    3) Send back the motion path to the robot from MATLAB.
    4) Robot should follow the path.

    Can anyone of you help me with the communication modules I would need to do it?

    Thanks
    Sid

    Hi skalactic,

    I read through your posts. So basically I have socket messaging R636, (is it the same as user socket messaging) and there is Karel cmd. Language (J650) Karel Run-Time Env (J539) option intalled as well. I have access to roboguide. So it seems possible right? or do I need something called ethernet adapter option which I dont have for TCP/IP? i can purchase it if needed.

    This is what you said
    I've used TCP/IP protocol to communicate between client application and robot controller. This application is designed in C++ but we used Labview application in the past to emulate part of the interface (including TCP/IP communication).
    To do that, we used a purchasable option from Fanuc called "User Socket Messaging". This option allowed us to send and receive custom format messages to our client application, thus creating a custom communication protocol to communicate with the robot.
    TCP/IP is natively supported in labview so you will not need any additionnal plug-in.

    1) what is the the client application you are referring to? Is it a software you created in C++ to communicate from labview to controller?
    2) I have never created any application but would definitely want to learn and do it. Could you guide me to someplace to read from and get started?

    Thanks a lot
    Sid

    Hello,

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    I read through your posts. So basically I have socket messaging R636, (is it the same as user socket messaging) and there is Karel cmd. Language (J650) Karel Run-Time Env (J539) option intalled as well. I have access to roboguide. So it seems possible right? or do I need something called ethernet adapter option which I dont have for TCP/IP? i can purchase it if needed.


    If you have all this 3 options installed on your controller plus roboguide then you have everything needed to establish a TCP/IP communication with your robot.

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    1) what is the the client application you are referring to? Is it a software you created in C++ to communicate from labview to controller?


    This client application is a Software i made with Labview to communicate with the controller. An other version was made (not entirely by me though) using C++ and Qt.

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    2) I have never created any application but would definitely want to learn and do it. Could you guide me to someplace to read from and get started?


    For the robot side of your application, i would advice you to read the Client/Server exemple programs from the R-30iB_Ethernet_function_[B-82974EN03] or KAREL Reference Manual B-83144EN-1. manuals
    For the Software side, this will be highly dependent on your needs and what you're using to make it. For my particular application in Labview, i used a Queued Message Handler architecture to handle Sending and Receving of the message from and to the robot and update an UI on a PC.

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