Hi,
I've started working with a KR C3 a week ago and this whole topic is new to me. When I started working with the robot, I hadn't any experience. So it's hard for me to evaluate the options, I have to solve my problem.
At the end of the day the four cameras are expect to oversee the robot and change his movement if a human enters his working space. So I need to control the robot with an external system. At the moment the results of my research are:("+": Pros ; "-": Cons)
>DeviceNet (existing)
- hardware dependent
>KUKA RoboterSensorInterface (not existing)
-expensive
-hardware dependent
>KUKA Ethernet RSI XML (not existing)
-expensive
+TCP/IP
>KUKA Ethernet KRL XML ( not existing)
-expensive
+TCP/IP
>OpenShowVar (already done a small test)
+TCP/IP
+open source
+All kind of datatypes of the KRC can be used e.g. E6POS
-no official support
>serial interface (not existing, abut USB->serial)
-hardware dependent
That's what I was abled to extract just from the manuals, but I'm sure that I missed a lot of important pros and cons.
I hope you can help me out and add some more points to my list and give me your opinon, what might be the best solution to my problem.
Furthermore I would like to know, what the difference between RSI, Ethernet RSI XML (I assume it's the same as RSI via TCP/IP) and Ethernet KRL XML is?