Fanuc P250iB Paint Robot to be used as Pick and Place Robot

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    Hi all,

    there is a requirement of the customer where he has fanuc robot P250iB available in his shop. He wants to use the robot in the machine shop for pick and place application.

    I have not physically checked the robot but received the backup and some images inside the robot controller.

    I have the following questions.

    Can this paint robot be used for the pick and place application?

    If yes then how can I communicate the IOs with Siemens PLC? (I need 32 or 48 IOs for the application). In the version screen, the robot shows the package 1A05B-2400-J713 Profibus is installed. The controller image shows that there is IO module installed inside the controller.

    Can I use the profibus protocol for soft communication with the PLC? or do I need to use hard wired communication with PLC?

    I have attached the images for the reference.

    Thank you!

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    DI DO configuration is done as follows:

    Rack Slot Start Status

    DI [1-1] 0 0 1025 Active

    DI [2-2] 0 0 1026 Active

    DI [3-3] 0 0 1027 Active

    For UI, rack 0, slot 1 start 1 is used. So I assume that UIs are mapped on the IO board on the slot 1.

    But for DI-DO, how are these signals transferred to PLC? Also, in the teach pendant, I can't see the option of Profinet/Profibus in the IO screen.

    Please help.

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    A paint robot can be used as a pick and place. I would be careful with the load, as their wrists are not meant for anything very large.

    Check your setup menus for setting the profibus ID.

    For setting the IO, profibus is rack 67, assuming it is a slave. The IO rack list definitions are discussed here.

    Since you are running from a PLC, I would map the UOPs to that rack as well.

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