Hello,
Title basically says it. I have the backups of a few welding robots (with WeldPro package) that I would like to look at. Unfortunately I don't have the WeldPro license. Other than creating a non-welding license and importing the TP files (can I even do that?), is there any other way to open these up with standard Roboguide/HandlingPro?
Well... while waiting for a response to my problem from ABB I figured out a way to make it work. In case someone else has a similar issue I will put up the basic process here for posterity:
1) Create the standard IO device as shown in ABB manual "RW6.0 841-1 EtherNetIP ScannerAdapter_SlaveToPLC". First with this I set up a standard IO module in the PLC and verified that I had a connection. In my case this was 64 SINTs both I and O using assembly instructions in manual. This may require deleting the safety internal device that came with the robot, created by safemove, since 2 internal devices are not allowed.
2) Once created, I made a backup of the controller to modify (of course make 2 backups, 1 for changing and 1 for just-in-case)
3) In SYSPAR>EIO.cfg go to the Internal device section of the code and modify the name to be EN_Internal_Device_Safe (as this matches what was set in the safemove IO config) and add a "safety enabled" to the end. Below are the before and after
Before:
ETHERNETIP_INTERNAL_DEVICE:
-Name "EN_Internal_Device" -VendorName "ABB Robotics"\
-ProductName "EtherNet/IP Internal Adapter Device" -OutputSize 64\
-InputSize 64
#
After:
ETHERNETIP_INTERNAL_DEVICE:
-Name "EN_Internal_Device_Safe" -VendorName "ABB Robotics"\
-ProductName "EtherNet/IP Internal Adapter Device" -OutputSize 64\
-InputSize 64 -SafetyEnabled
#
4) Save file and restore controller from the new backup. This allowed me to use the Standard-Safe Ethernet module (using the ABB assembly instances in the documentation) in RSLogix giving me both standard and safe IO.
Good Luck!!!
Hello!!!
I'm having an issue that seems as if it should be really common, but ABB support seems to be having a lot of trouble coming up with a solution for me. Maybe someone hear has dealt with this...
I am commissioning a newer IRC5 (RW6.12) to replace a only slightly older IRC5 running (RW6.07). I believe I have the correct options, EI/P Scanner/Adapter and CIP Safety Adapter. All communication (Safe and Standard) is to be over Ethernet/IP talking to an L33-ERMS safety plc. I am able to communicate with the plc just fine either by creating a safety internal device (EN_Internal_Device_Safe) or a standard internal device (EN_Internal_Device) and using either the generic standard or the generic safety modules in Logix. But, obviously I need both (for basic cell control and for safemove stuff). On the robot it is replacing I am able to create 2 internal devices which communicate with the generic standard-safe module, however... and this is what screws me up, apparently on RW6.08 and beyond you are limited to only 1 internal device on the controller.
While ABB seems to have no idea how to fix this, I can not believe that I'm the only person to come across this problem. Maybe there is a safety/standard internal device template/eds that I could add to the system? Maybe there's a nifty way to modify a cfg file so that two are permitted or that creates a safe/non-safe internal device.
One option I tried but couldn't make work was to downgrade to RW6.07, however for some reason my controller wouldn't let me take it below 6.08.
Hopefully someone a lil more smarter than me has already come up with this and I'm just the first goober to ask the question.
As a long-time lurker I really appreciate this site and have my fingers crossed that one of y'all might know something.
Salud!
