Posts by Florida

  • coordinate upgrade syntax

    if you overwrite XP1_E1_old with the last position of the calculated E1, your point will deviate a lot.

    Always keep a Start value that never changes and do your calculation.

    I don't know your application, so is it a linear slide, and endless running external axis or a spindle kind of thing? It is like Google maps, to calculate the direction to a target you need to know the origin, your start-point

  • Robot and sheet bender

    If they don't offer it anymore, you would have to write your own math....

    Complicated, as you need to consider, grip position top or bottom, robot follows part, material thickness, radius, bend location, speed, angle and a lot of other details.

    Easy if you just bend the same part from start to end without following, then you just touch-up 2 points!

  • coordinate upgrade syntax

    assuming XP1.E1_old is the original retained value, it would be like

    XP1.E1 = XP1.E1_old + ( i * 360.0)

    Calculation need to be done inside the local src file, before you have the motion to P1.

    Unless you work with Global positions and variables.

  • KUKA KR 210 / KRC2 set up questions ...

    Change the variable for the software limit switch in the machine data menue.

    Or change the variable $Softp_end[1] and $Softn_end[1] for Axis 1.

    If you have Safe Range Monitoring or Safe Operation installed on your robot you can limit the A1 Range in addition to the previous step.

  • KCP Could not set IP address KRC4

    Turn off your controller, open the door. If the door mechanism fell apart, good luck with that task.

    Use a monitor to troubleshoot the internal PC. Might be a software issue, might be bad RAM. Requires PC troubleshooting skills, maybe a mouse, a keyboard, but for sure a monitor.

  • is KRC4 controller model specific?

    You mean drives...

    Contact KUKA with your Cabinet Serial number, but more likely you current wire size and connector won't fit the KR500.

    And even if you update your controller, you might not be able to use the KR270 again, because currently you only have one Motor connector X20, while a KR360 up needs 2 Connectors X20.1 and X20.4

    One way OR the other :thumbs_down:

  • is KRC4 controller model specific?

    For example a drive configuration for KR270R2700 (using a KPP3-20 and a KSP-40)

    On the other side a KR360R2830, need a KPP, a KSP-40 and a KSP-64. The smaller size KPP3-20 is not able to supply the KR360.

    Long story short your existing cabinet needs at least a KSP-40 and a KSP-64 (or 2x 64) and any KPP.

    Same applies to a KR500

  • Directory Loader 3.0

    You need a Digital Input/Output card connected to your Robot field-bus. You connect the Output straight to the Input. Map that to your Directory Loader Interface and control it using the Submit-Interpreter.

    In the very same way, you can also run Automatic-Extern over the sps.sub!

  • Controlling robot speed during PTP motion

    Quote from LouisH

    Thanks, I will look up TIME_BLOCK. I just find it weird that the only way to specify robot speed during PTP is a %.

    To me, % is an "incomplete" representation of a robot speed. It is a parameters that can be easily tweak when testing on the robot, but not really useful for offline programming.

    Most robot manufacturer allow to specify motion duration/speed with deg/s or a duration (s,ms), I thought I missed something when glancing through the kuka docs.

    It is not duration, it is distance over time eg. 15 inch/min or 1.2 meter/second

  • KUKA KR C4 Test smartPAD

    I have some question, comments about smartPAD-1 vs. smartPAD-2.

    smartPAD-1, shortcut CTRL+ALT+F10 (User Expert) opens the Windows Level (Windows Embedded Standard 7). What is the shortcut for smartPAD-2?

    smartPad-1, powered up, but no connection to X42, the Windows-Logo key opens the Windows Level (Windows CE V6.00). What is the shortcut, procedure for smartPAD-2? Different OS?

    No matter what smartPAD, what is the proper procedure to re-image the smartPAD (NAND-Flash)?

    I use the Windows CE to run the keyboard test. But haven't figure out all functions, like all hardware buttons eg. deadman, keyswitch, estop etc.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

    And yes I try to fix some smartPAD connection errors...

    KSS V8.3.xx to V8.6.xx

    KR C4 Robot controller

  • Correct shut down on KR C1 and HDD clone

    So normally, the Primary Master and Slave are set to Auto in BIOS.

    And on KR C1 the HDD was Primary Master, and the CD-Rom primary Slave. Take pictures of your current BIOS Settings, remove the CD-ROM and the Floppy, check the Jumper on the HDD and start the PC. Check BIOS and by selecting the primary Master you should get a sub-menue with more details. If you don't see your HDD check cable, check HDD compatibility to Win95, replace HDD if necessary.

    At least that is the way I would do it. Once you got your system running, you can add CD-Rom and Floppy as needed, but more likely they are fried already.

    And

    << To confuse me further, on start up there is no master drive found but windows boots regardless without any other drive being shown to be found.>>

    means Windows is starting of your cloned Slave HDD

  • Comparing two strings

    $OUT[4000] = ($ACCU_STATE==#CHARGE_OK) ; Output 4000 is on if Charge is ok

    $OUT[4000] = ($ACCU_STATE==#CHARGE_OK) OR ($ACCU_STATE==#CHARGE_UNKNOWN) ; Output 4000 is on if Charge is ok or unknown

    $OUT[4000] = NOT (....) ; Not will invert the status

  • Workvisual project on newer KSS version

    If a different WorkVisual Version has been used, it is possible that you get issues like that.

    Extract your project right click on the wvs file and select information.

    This will come up with project name, version, description, creation tool, modification tool and option packages.

    I run in this issue where someone modified a project that has been created with V4 has been modified with V6 and till then V4 was pretty much useless.

  • Can not share folder with PC

    Quote from Catalin Pop

    I did, but I had the same issue even before changing the name. Same with the SmartPad issue.

    Please explain in detail how you changed the name. Did you perform the Reset SID of KUKA or did you just changed the name?

    During all your modifications, you may have messed some things up. A lot of actions like Computername. Shares, User and Rights have been changed and potentially made it worse. You have had a fully functional robot system before you started, right?

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