I'm trying to set up a warning zone for when my robot enters the clampframe area of the machine. please forgive my ignorance with ABB systems most of my experience is with FANUC robots. i was able to set up my safe zone and clampframe zone and have built the protective bubbles around the arm and TCP and all that was fairly simple to figure out once i found the safety tab and figured out how to use the safemove menu. the only thing i cant figure out is how to link that zone to a DO. i want a DO to be on as long as the entire robot and TCP stays inside the safe zone (which also envelopes the clampframe zone) and a DO to turn on when its in the clampframe zone as an added safety for the PLC logic to block motor commands.
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Jleon89 -
August 6, 2024 at 9:19 PM -
Thread is Unresolved
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With SafeMove2, a zone by itself does not restrict any movement. You need to add a supervision to the zone. In the supervision settings, you have the option to set the activation signal, the function active signal, and violation signal.
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ok I got that added, I created a signal for it but how do I edit the functions of that signal? it's not listed in the function mappings list and on the signal list it auto populated "SC_Feedback_Dev".
also, and this may be something I need to get ahold of ABB for but I don't seem to have permission to write the new safety data to the controller. it tells me I do not have "Safety services" grant, how do I fix that? I tried to add the grant but it's telling me I also don't have the "Manage UAS settings" grant.
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Based on your original goals, if you just need to monitor the signal you don't need to change the function mapping. I haven't had to use it much, but I believe that is just for changing what signals get activated when certain system events happen. The SC_Feedback_Dev is just the generic device that is used. From the screenshot, "InClampframe" will be logical 1 while outside the zone, and logical 0 while inside it (safety signals are inverted).
For your permission issue, it depends. If there are no other users on the system, you can log into the controller as the default user and it will have all permissions necessary to edit SafeMove properties. If someone else has gone in and added specific users, you will need to view the user grants, see which one can edit SafeMove, obtain the password for that user and then log in to the controller.
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For your permission issue, it depends. If there are no other users on the system, you can log into the controller as the default user and it will have all permissions necessary to edit SafeMove properties. If someone else has gone in and added specific users, you will need to view the user grants, see which one can edit SafeMove, obtain the password for that user and then log in to the controller.
Thats what i thought, with the default user i figured i would have access to everything. it is a brand new robot fresh from the factory so it shouldnt have any users unless ABB added one, correct?
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