KUKA KRC2 external HMI

    KUKA KRC2
    KSS 5.2.14
    Rob. KR200 comp3

    Hello to all readers!

    I want to connect the separate operator panel to the KUKA KRC2 robot

    What is the panel for? Use the panel to select SRC programs

    Is it possible to connect an additional HMI operator panel to the robot, if so, I have several questions:

    - Through which bus can you connect the HMI to the robot?

    - How and where to configure the robot files so that it can successfully communicate with the operator panel
    ( Select SRC programs and execute them )

    My gut answer is it is not possible to have 2 HMI's going at the same time. If you RDP onto the controller, it kicks out the pendant viewer and vice versa.

    Mirroring on the other hand might be possible? I'm not an expert at this.

    The more advanced way to do what you want is to use the C3 bridge.

    Quote from work_BR

    My gut answer is it is not possible to have 2 HMI's going at the same time. If you RDP onto the controller, it kicks out the pendant viewer and vice versa.

    Mirroring on the other hand might be possible? I'm not an expert at this.

    The more advanced way to do what you want is to use the C3 bridge.

    The C3 bridge is really interesting... but I don't know if it will be suitable for the task at hand.


    If I can't use 2 HMIs at the same time, that's not a problem. The main thing is to connect the second custom HMI.

    The main thing is that he can correctly communicate with the robot and run SRC files (that is, give a command to run a certain file)

    If I'm wrong, please correct me, because I'm just a beginner in this field :smiling_face:

    So the Kuka is set up to ideally run Main.SRC.

    Kuka sells packages like DirectoryLoader so you can change What the contents of the file is from an external PC.

    If you never have to change the contence of the .SRC file you wana run, a traditional PLC connection is perfect.

    If you want to change programs from the PLC, you need a different approach.

    Quote from work_BR

    I should say, If you only want to toggle between a handful of .SRC files, you can set up Main.SRC as a switch case, and toggle through what you want through some I/O.


    Yes, I completely agree with you. I have already considered the PLC as an SRC switch.


    Tell me how many programs can be switched using this method?


    It would be perfect if you could just choose the program and run it


    Approximately 50+ programs

    I don't think there's a limit to the number of cases you can add. With over 50 however; it might get unruly to trouble shoot / change in the future.

    Kuka has a pretty good documentation on how to handle their PLC handshake. If you key word search the manuals for $EXT_START that's basically the value (among others) that will start the robots.

    I don't know how familiar you are with how the robots are supposed to function with a PLC, so i would say a good call would be to reach out to Kuka technical support. They're honestly great. They can help with manuals too.

    Quote from work_BR

    Kuka has a pretty good documentation on how to handle their PLC handshake. If you key word search the manuals for $EXT_START that's basically the value (among others) that will start the robots.

    There may be some other methods of connecting the operator panel, for example through the port RJ48, RS232, RS485 or others. I found a YouTube video with what I need (link -

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    But referring to this video, there they use EIP configuring KRC through workvisual, but in my case KSS 5.2.14 does not support WV.

    If you know how to setup EIP on KRC2 KSS 5.2.14 please advise

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