Morning everyone, I had some a few basic questions regarding I/O. I am using a R-3J Weld Controller on 120i Arc mate. I'm going into this field on a entry level basis in Robotics, this is my 3rd week. I have many years in Welding, but Robotics is new to me. I've been trying to get as much reading information as I can. The manual I have is for connections, and maintenance. Although helpful, not what I need at this time. I've also searched on the forums a bit, not really finding what I am looking.
At the moment I have programmed a test run on the robot, jogged through it, all is well. Unfortunately I can not get it to strike an arc. I am sure this is somewhere obvious but I am trying to not change what I don't know. So far I have enabled the weld through "Weld ENBL", changed Equipment 1 ARC enable to True. I have verified the welder is on and properly connected. The arc not striking is most certainly I/O related.
So my first question is "what is it to simulate"? I see there is a OFF/ON to the right. Is simulation the process of enabling the I/O to turn ON or OFF?
Secondly, almost all the I/O Weld In for the G1 Robot is Un-simulated, and OFF.
Weld Signal Type # SIM STATUS
1 [Avg Voltage ] AI [ 7] U 0.0
2 [Avg Current ] AI [ 8] U 0.0
3 [Actual WFS ] AI [ 9] U 0.0
4-11 is empty
12 [Arc detect ] DI [ 153] U OFF
13 [Gas fault ] DI [ 155] U OFF
14 [Wire fault ] DI [ 156] U OFF
15 [Water fault ] DI [ 157] U OFF
16 [Power fault ] DI [ 158] U OFF
17 [Wirestick ] DI [ 154] U OFF
18 [Arc enable ] [****] * ***
I/O Weld Out
1 [WFS ] AO [ 3] U 0.0
2 [Volts ] AO [ 4] U 0.0
3 [Pinch ] AO [ 5] U 0.0
4-11 is empty
12 [Weld Start ] DO [ 153] U OFF
13 [Gas start ] DO [ 154] U OFF
14 [Inch forward ] DO [ 156] U OFF
15 [Inch backward ] DO [ 157] U OFF
16 [Proc select 1 ] DO [ 161] U OFF
17 [Proc select 2 ] DO [ 162] U OFF
18 [Wire stick alarm] [****] 8 ***
I just posted that to give a visual of what I am looking at. Everything is U, and OFF.
Does this (my assumption) cause my robot to weld?
Sorry for the basic question, any help would be appericated. I'm a fairly tech savvy guy, but really
don't want to go changing things without some proper input. I took this challenge on because I love
difficult tasks, and I feel so far I've been doing pretty well. A lot to learn I know, and I'm ready in all
my spare time. Thanks for taking time to read, and help in advance. Cheers :beer chug:
- D