Hello,
I am about to purchase a KR150 Robot w/ KRC1 Controller. The goal of this machine is to be used as a large format 3D printer. As such I will need to be able to stream a long set of positions to it from a PC (roughly 30,000). When we did this on a modern Fanuc we were able to update postition registers over TCP/IP but on this older controller that is not possible (from my reading). My question is: What is the best manner to be able to run to a nearly infinite number of positions given that each position is about 2 seconds apart in travel time?
Based on research my options are:
RS-232
Unreliable and has potential to through unclearable errors (based on other posts).
Device Net
I don't know what additional hardware would be required or where to buy that hardware. Appears to be more reliable.
I would appreciate all advice, potential reference material, or even locations to order parts from.
Thank you all for your time.