So I am configuring a new M-710 to communicate with an Okuma lathe, which I have never before tried. My previous experience has all been communication with the A or B rack, or to Allen Bradley PLC via Ethernet. This Okuma came with an Anybus X gateway which converts the Okuma Devicenet to Ethernet IP, and the particular gateway I have is a slave. I have the robot Ethernet IP configured so that slot 2 is a scanner (not adapter), and I believe all my configuration settings are correct. For whatever reason, I’m instructed that the Okuma DI/DO all must start at 1101 so after expanding my available I/O to 1152*, I configure my DI/DO and everything looks great, till I restart the controller. Every time I do, it adds the configuration DO[65-96] and I can’t figure out why. Please see screenshots of how it’s configured. It will work as is, but I gotta admit that I’m annoyed that this seemingly appears for no reason.
*So I needed DO up to 1148, and when you cold start to change the Digital I/O sizing, I can put 1148, but it always gives me 1152, and will stay at 1152 as I decrease the number till I get go 1142, then I only have 1142 DI/DO. It appears to only work in increments of 8. Am I correct in this? Also, can anyone point me to a manual which goes into all the DI/DO configurations? I've taken the Fanuc class which details Allen Bradley configuration, but outside of that I'm pretty well lost.
Thanks
