Hi all, I am working on KUKA KR210 R2700-2, KRC4 controller (KRC version- 8.6.7). I need to monitor some large number of DI-DOs using WorkVisual. I can go online with the controller using WorkVisual but how to monitor DI-DO status in the workvisual environment? Thanks in advance.
Monitoring DI-DOs in kuka WorkVisual
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Ninad Joshi -
April 5, 2023 at 8:03 AM -
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Thanks for the reply. I checked, debugging is not possible in workvisual in Auto or AutoExt mode. I wanted to monitor DI-DOs in workvisual in AutoExt mode.
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why use WorkVisual? for that you may want to use another product that is lighter, faster and less fussy...
an OPC comes to mind if the right option is installed on the controller. then just browse and pick variables to monitor in your OPC client.
other things can also be used like EKI but this is not very handy as it requires configuration and programming on the robot side.
but very convenient is to have suitable client for servers like C3 Bridge or KukaVarProxy or KukaVarProxy for KRC4. all three are free and do not need any KUKA options installed (OPC or whatever), and they work with any KRC4 or KRC5. for monitoring the last of the three is rather handy since it does not need any changes on the robot (no options, no installs, no adding port in KLI config) and you still get read access to pretty much anything.