hi, we have a used RX 160L and CS8C coming and I am tasked with getting it up and running. I am familiar with Kuka and have commissioned several of them. But this is my first Staubli. We need to add an ethercat card, configure it to be an ethercat slave to be driven by our own controller. Here are some of my questions.
1. Do you use SRS to configure the ethercat options once we add the card into the CS8C?
2. We are going to purchase a Hilscher Cifx card for Ethercat, do we need the PCI or PCIE version for the controller? Do we need to pay Staubli for a software enable of the card?
3. How can we get a copy of SRS? We have requested access to the technical library with Staubli, but we are waiting for entry. Is it kept there? For the basic version needed to configure the CS8C, is it free?
Are there any watchouts or gotchas with Staubli robots we should be aware of? Are they generally reliable?