PLEASE HELP??? I purchased a used Fanuc 100iC arm with R30iB controller and need to hook up the existing CRM2A & CRM2B cables for PLC communications. The operation manual only lists (2) compatible process I/O boards to facilitate communications but the boards now label them as CRMA5A & CRMA5B sockets. The interface pin-outs appear to be the same with older controllers (RJ3iB & R30iA) so I think we are good to go if we can find the proper communication card: A20B-2101-0560.
A. Does anyone have experience with this? Can I use an older card that features the CRM2A & B sockets which I have a card for?
B. It seems these new cards are rarer than hens teeth with none to be found in the USA. Does anyone know where we can get one? Fanuc says months for a new one...
Unfortunately, I assumed that this was an easy integration with the system but it looks like the change from R30iA to R30iB was kind of an big change in hardware so I assume that the chipsets & drivers are incompatible with the old 2A & 2B sockets. Thanx, Tim