New to Fanuc Control R-30ib

    Hello All,

    New to Fanuc Robots and literally found Fanuc doesn't like to share ( should have known via their CNC Machine Tool).

    That being said....

    Bought a Used Robot with a Fanuc R-30ib Control with Teach Pendant.

    Watched enough videos to feel confident to program movements.. but.. I need a CNC to shoot a CYCLE Start to it... and I need the control to shoot some open/close signals to pneumatic vises.

    If anyone has some simple I/O direction.. would be great.

    Need basic signal shots and finishes. More than willing to read any information.

    Thank you.

  • HawkME May 18, 2021 at 11:19 AM

    Changed the title of the thread from “New to Fanuc Control F-30ib” to “New to Fanuc Control R-30ib”.

    I just did basically this exact same thing last month; I purchased the following parts from Radwell for $475 and they worked perfectly in my new (used) RJ3iB:

    A03B-0807-C003 ABU05A Backplane
    A03B-0807-C011 AIF01A Interface Module
    ZA03B-0807-K801 K1X 5 m I/O link cable
    A03B-0819-C104 AID16D input module
    A03B-0807-C161 AOR16G output module

    You'll also need a power connector; the following parts from Mouser worked for me:

    SMS3PNS5 Socket
    RC16M-23T Pin

    https://www.onerobotics.com/posts/2016/sta…robots-in-auto/ is a great quick reference for UOP signals; as always read the manual and search the forum if you have questions.

    I just looked a little closer at the picture of your main board, that's the one on the back of the door. You're missing two incredibly important connectors.

    The one for TBOP6 on the bottom needs to be there to either jumper the internal power to the estop board, or to supply it from an outside source.

    The one for TBOP4 on the the top is for is for supplying dual channel safety inputs for the external estop, the fence circuit, and for the external servo disconnect circuit. Normally these would all be jumpered out by the factory and the end user would be responsible for hooking them up properly.

    They are wago connectors, I just don't remember the series. You should be able to find them on digikey or mouser.

    Have you ever powered this thing up?

    Edit: just googled orange wago connector; they're series 231. Get the little white hook tools that go with them, trust me😉

    Thank you for the info. Yes.. for whatever reason the jumper plugins didn't ship with the robot from the Broker. He sent them out the other day... should be here any day...

    The electrician will be here any day to hook it up.... it's 460V and my shop is 230V 3-Phase.. we need to bump up a circuit and plug it in.


    So.. hopefully the jumpers will be here before the electrician gets here. We also need to fabricate a riser and figure out end of arm tooling yet too.

    Again, this is my first go at a robot.. so it will be a learning curve. Excited to play with it and just figure out how to interface a bit with the CNC.

    If nothing else.. I can always use the robot to physically push the start button and possibly just tie in the robot cycle start button to an open relay on the M-Code board. It would be crude... but could work.

    Thank you!

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