Hello I am somewhat new to the PLC integration of the robot side of things I know about the DCS and programing but the issue that I have currently is the controller cab. was connected in with the PLC and wasn't fully programed the HMI has software for who knows what and I have lost control of my robots due to a external Estop I have made sure that I am in local control not remote and uop is disabled. is there something else that i am missing. i am running a IB30 mate plus any help would be appreciated
Estop after PLC
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July 20, 2023 at 7:03 PM -
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Lemster68
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How is your safety circuit wired? Are you using DCS for external emergency stops to the robot, or the standard external emergency stop (EES) circuit?
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we are using a ESS
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There is no way to disable/clear it through the robot software, you have to satisfy the EES circuit.
If you're just doing testing/programming and it will only be running under your control, you can temporarily jumper the EES circuit. But you absolutely cannot do this if you are intending to allow the robot to run while you are not there with the teach pendant in hand.
Is the safety circuit reset through the HMI? If that is the issue with just resetting it, you could add a physical button and modify the PLC program to allow the reset to be done through that button.
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There is no way to disable/clear it through the robot software, you have to satisfy the EES circuit.
If you're just doing testing/programming and it will only be running under your control, you can temporarily jumper the EES circuit. But you absolutely cannot do this if you are intending to allow the robot to run while you are not there with the teach pendant in hand.
Is the safety circuit reset through the HMI? If that is the issue with just resetting it, you could add a physical button and modify the PLC program to allow the reset to be done through that button.
I've jumper mine before for testing and stuff like that. (EE circuit)
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Do you have any drawings? Who is the integrator?
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we have 2 locations one is for production and the other is storage / build group the cell that I want to work on is still in the build group and not all the walls for the cell are up i was just hoping to get some of my programing done as there is enough there for me to do so the HMI still has demo software on it and the build group has been informed to change tasks to a different priority
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If your only problem is that you are getting an alarm for External E-stop, then either fix the root cause (maybe the PLC that's connected to the EES is not outputting the correct signals) or just make a jumper connection for the EES-signal.
According to the manual, it's the TBOP20 connector on the E-stop board:
So make a jumper as showed:
But as stated before me, be careful when making alterations to the safety circuit!
Also, punctuation is really cool. You should try it! 😉
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If you jumper these you should bypass it be very careful and only for testing! MAKE SURE TO ADD THE E-STOP AND GATE LATER! It's like a orange block (on ours) Should be labeled in the controller
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If your only problem is that you are getting an alarm for External E-stop, then either fix the root cause (maybe the PLC that's connected to the EES is not outputting the correct signals) or just make a jumper connection for the EES-signal.
According to the manual, it's the TBOP20 connector on the E-stop board:
So make a jumper as showed:
But as stated before me, be careful when making alterations to the safety circuit!
Also, punctuation is really cool. You should try it! 😉
I'm just going to wait for the build group to finish last thing I want is them blaming me for their mistakes. The last one of their mistakes cost a safety board. I have other things that I could be working on as I wait. Yeah, I am horrible for punctuation and grammar I tend to just type and run.