I have a workvisual project (v4.0) where a Profinet configuration is done.
There is robot <-> plc communication (robot = device) and robot <-> remote IO (ET200S Siemens) communication.
IO-mapping is done.
Now I want to export this Profinet configuration and import it in another project.
Problem is that if I select 'PROFINET' in the hardware structure I do not have the ET200S device in my export.
If I select the ET200S in the hardware structure, I don't have the general Profinet configuration.
So how should I export this : a Profinet configuration that also has ET200S devices?
Workvisual : export - import profinet configuration
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SimotionD410 -
January 10, 2018 at 11:04 PM -
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Are you trying to export the I/O configuration from one robot, for import into another robot's WorkVisual project? In that case, you should use the "Export I/O Connections" option under the File>Import/Export.
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I have a project in Workvisual that I tested on Office Lite. I started with a blank project (never did an upload from the real robot).
The robotype in Office Lite and Workvisual is however the same as the one I will commission onsite.
I also prepared complet Profinet configuration (robot <-> plc communication (robot = device) and robot <-> remote IO (ET200S Siemens) communication) with the specific IO-mapping of signals I need.
When I come for the first time to the real robot, I don't want to lose my preparation, but I also rather restart from an upload of the real robot, where I then import the code files, and also the Profinet configuration.
The problem I face is that when I do the export when 'PROFINET' in the hardware structure is selected, I do not have the ET200S device in my export. If I select the ET200S remote device in the hardware structure and from there do an export, I do not have the main settings for Profinet.
If I export - import the I/O connections, and then import after import of the Profinet configuration I get errors that some hardware does not exist.
So, in my situation, I have profinet controller/device, with communication to plc and to ET200S, specific IO mapping is done for both.
I want to export this and import it into an upload of a complete new robot. How do I succeed? -
several ways... i would probably just do partial project export
btw, i don't see this as a task worth exporting/importing. one can recreate configuration in minutes.
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As Panic Mode said, the solution will be a partial project export / import.
I did this a lot of times.
Select what You need, export the partial project, and import it in the new robot.