Hi all,
I am just wondering if anyone has tried connecting a Kuka Profinet to the Anybus AB7650 module?
If yes, it would be helpful if you could advice what IO we might need to map between the robot controller and the Gateway module?
While the robot will be in auto mode, what controller IO registers do we require to start and stop the robot operation?
And what digital IO signals need to be sent to operate the robot?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Nar
Kuka KRC4 Compact Profinet with Anybus X Gateway?
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Documentation AB7650
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HI vilsonarantes,
Thanks for your response.
But I'm wondering how the controller IO could be mapped with the gateway?
All our Byte type Controller IOs are used by the A7 Mig Welder RT Standard?
But the Anybus only has the option for reading/writing Byte type to IOs?
Please advice.
Thanks
nar -
I don't really understand the question -- it is very vague. The Gateway has a certain number of I/O bytes. You map those bytes to blocks in the KRC4's internal I/O table using WorkVisual. This is all documented in the KUKA configuration manuals, and in the KUKA ProfiNet manual, which should be on the robot under D:\KUKA_OPT\Profinet\Docs\
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Hi SkyeFire,
Thanks for your response.
Please correct me if I'm wrong? I look at the IO Mapping for KRC to the Fieldbus components in Workvisual and all the Byte type variables are connected/used by the A7 Kempii Welder and rest of the KRC IOs are of Type BOOL and I can't see a way how I could map Byte type IOs from the HMS Anybus X - Gateway to BOOL in the KRC ? Please find the attachments for the IO map and advice what could be done.
Regards
nar0909 -
WorkVisual has help file and manual.
take a closer look at your screenshot and notice pencil icon in lower right corner..
if you click on it you can separate or group signals before mapping -
Hi panic mode,
Appreciate your response.
I have tried using that before and it only shows me the IO mapping for the Xgateway and not the Controller?
I checked the help in workvisual but doesn't seem to show any IO mapping related information i was looking for.
So if i try disconnecting an IN[] or an OUT[] from my Welder then it allows me to connect to the IO of the gateway but this would disrupt the functionality of the Welder-Controller so can someone let me know how it would be possible to change the IN[] or OUT[] type from BOOL to BYTE?
Regards
nar -
Yes figured out.
If I drag and drop, then it asks for a mapping alert to connect both signals and now they seem connected as bytes at both ends.
Apologies for the noob question.So what digital IN[] and OUT[] numbers should i be using if i wanted to control the robot start and stop while running in auto mode?
Can i randomly choose any or are there specific numbers reserved in the controller IO mapping?Regards
nar -
yes, pretty much...
there are two special inputs (1025 and 1026) that have permanent value as true/false, rest is all the same
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