Posts by eureka

Did you make the fine calibration with level meter ??

I am using this method on my project and there is no any problem. Put devicenet side of anybus converter to robot with EDS file. You can see below :

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EIO_UNIT_TYPE:

-Name "AnyBusX" -VendorId 90 -VendorName "HMS" -DeviceType 12\
-DeviceDriver "DNGeneric" -ProductId 12 -ProductName "ABX DeviceNet"\
-MajorRev 2 -MinorRev 25 -MaxDigin 20 -MaxDigout 20

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EIO_UNIT:

-Name "anybusData" -Type "AnyBusX" -Bus "BASE" -Address "3" -Digin 20\
-Digout 20 -PollRate 500

and then put ethernet / IP side of anybus converter to computer. download OPC server software of anybus from website of anybus.

thats all

then you can create digital output signals or group output signals to send to OPC server which inside of your PC or digital input or group input from PC to controller.

I know it works because I am using this method for s4c and s4c+ robots.

If I were you I would use anybus devicenet - ethernet converter.. its really easy to communicate eachother and also its fast. there is an eds file to define to s4c and also there is OPC server software for computer. I am using this method for old robots.

check your smb battery, if it is empty your rev. counter information is gone.

It looks like you have error similar two channel fault. probably your safety two channel has problem. I guess you need to check your channels. Did you use safety plc??

yep I have got an example but I used c# to communicate with robot.

Our project was camera application. Camera sends the information to computer and computer sends the information to robot.

There are two different port in abb robot, one of them is service port and another is application port. You can change the ip address of your robot and computer. It must be in same network and then you can easily send and recieve ping. My before answer includes robot program and if it is work with c# language, I can also share my project code in here.

tcp/ip (send - recieve) communication is really good working in abb robot

this method is quite enough to understand home position but if you want you can put some tolerance with pTestPoint.trans.x - 5 < phome.trans.x and ptestpoint.trans.x + 5 > phome.trans.x

just you need to do it with all axis ( x, y and z )

communicate with pc by tcp/ip is possibly if you have correct options.

you can see my example below :

status := SocketGetStatus(ethernet);
IF status <> SOCKET_CONNECTED THEN
SocketCreate ethernet;
SocketConnect ethernet, "192.168.0.10", 8500;
ENDIF
SocketSend ethernet\Str:=strSend{2};
SocketReceive ethernet\Str:=strRcv{2};
SocketSend ethernet\Str:=strSend{3};
SocketReceive ethernet\Str:=strRcv{3};
XData:= StrPart(strRcv{3},4,11);
YData:= StrPart(strRcv{3},17,11);
matchdata:= StrPart(strRcv{3},30,6);
ok:=StrToVal(XData,CamXPos);
ok:=StrToVal(YData,CamYPos);
ok:=StrToVal(matchdata,CamMatchVal);

send and recieve the datas and then string parse process then convert to numeric value.

I had the same problem and I did re-instal the software and also check the cable of controller then I worked

You can create a task for communication ( rs 232 ) if you have multitasking option.
Rs232 is also can be used for this but the communication speed won't be so fast and also Its not so easy to do it.

Anyway Ill do my best to explain with example:

PERS num data1;
PERS num data2;
PERS num data3;
PERS string dataToSend;

PROC main()

dataToSend := NumToStr(data1) + "-" + NumToStr(data2) + "-" + NumToStr(data3);
Write connectionName, dataToSend;

ENDPROC

Nevertheless you need to check serial communication on manual.

You can use one normal signal for "processing" or "on path" for plc. When the path starts the signal turn on and when the path finish signal turn off. Maybe there is a special signals on some options in abb ( path recovery or something ). But the best solution is this imo.

What about the access level of your signals?? Please make it "All" and test it again

hmm the subject is 5.15, but your post is 5.14? so which version do you want ??

I have 5.13 and 5.15.02, if you want I can upload??

Could you check your signal is zero before pulse command?

Nop unfortunately installing system to s4c and s4c+ totally different. You can ask the ABB in your country

You can find the system output signals under control panel and easily manage from this page.

You can find below which signal you can find from system output :

Auto On
simulated I/O
Cycle On
emergency Stop
Execution Stop
Motors Off
Motos On
Motion Supervision On
Motion Supervision Triggered
Power Fail Error
Path Return Region Error
Run Chain Ok
TCP Speed
Mechanical Unit Active

Open the controller count until 360 and then close and open again, Controller will open like I start and then you can re-install your system with robinstall.. It's generally working but If it doesn't work you need to upload the image file to your harddisk

Your dc link has some problem, change and test it again if you have one more robot

yes you can do it but If you don't have multitasking, you need to write these compare codes to the main task and you can not check all the time the position.. For example :

:control lines
movej
movej
movej

Lets say that you check the position of robot on the "control lines". You can understand the position of robot and send signal. But after this line you will go to movej and then you will never have chance to check position of the robot until control lines.

If this method works for you, It's easy to make it i can explain

Your system has been down, you need to just re-install the system it is really simple process but first you need to contact with the company which donate the robot or you need to contact with your local agency of abb to get system files