Posts by dieselxj

i can hear the valve relays making noise, but no activation . do the valves get sticky and need oil???

i still don't understand how the IO 's are identified other than what is in the manual. are the valves assigned to a hard value as default, in the arm or the controller? and then what i did just told the other half where they were:???

Now i wish i had also tried to select a actual IO with a low voltage output to run a external relay. Those electrical IO 's are just next to the air manifold on the arm correct?

all the air valves are supposed to be shut when the power is off correct? there was some question about that earlier in that i think DS said the valves stay in their last position at power down???

can strong vacuum help unstick the valves???

i can definitely hear the valve relays clicking , when i manually activate them in the io display. but no change in function. to oil or not to oil that is the question?

well that was a super fun and educational exercise . i feel like i learned a fair amount, had a little scare when nothing would move after the reboot, but i remembered there is a little safety switch that need to be toggled after a power up

so i power cycled again and the robot does not seem to be any the worse for the process, but i still can not get the pneumatic valves to work correctly. I can i think hear them activate, but they are not changing all 3 b side valves are open and passing air from air 1 on the base. even when the valves are selected off.

All of the A side valves never pass air even when activated. i manually selected all IO 7 thru 12 and still no air passes thru the " A " side. i am pretty sure i can hear the valves clicking but no air passes execept thru the b side . also all the b side valves are connected all the time.

i can see the IO 7 i selected in the program is activating, on and off in the program but no air flow.

thanks Panic mode, thanks DS and thanks skyefire for all your help and patience.

panic mode i think i follow what you are saying, but i do not see the name of the project anywhere on the pendant????. and A " cell " program that seems to be stuck in a endless loop like it has a error. I can see it has a line 8 and then line 9 says loop and the program runs but never progressses past linie 8. i am not really concerned about that at this point.

I am much more interested in getting a air valve to work

does anyone have any thoughts on the air valves. if i understand correctly from the base there is air 1 which i going to the valves in the arm and then air 2 which is always on and comes out at the little port above and to the left of the 6 actuated valves ( a1,2 b1,2 c1,2) is this correct?

do the valves ever get sticky, do they need air tool oil???????

all the caps and corks were installed when i received the unit. I don;t think they were ever used, but i dont; know

no going back now looks like i got reboot but i don't see a new program i guess i will see if i have a air on and off

ok no program activation. do i need to disconnect the computer or close wov?

i i clicked pendant yes. and now i get a pretty lengthy pendant request about project managements and changes on the pendant. it will take too long to photo and upload so here is what i got

global 3 actions

configuration 28- changed, 0 add 0 delete

transfer 1 change 0 delete 0 add

ethernet IP " " "

kuka controller bus 1 change 0 add 0 delete

KRC 2 change 0 add 0 delete

machine data 4 change 0 add 0 delete

activate gives me a pendant request to acivate project? so if i say yes, it will move the project from project IN WOV to a program on the pendant? ????

it looks like i still have 2 more moves to make here, next is the delploy and then activate.

what is the activate part

deploy went ok

then i hit deploy and got this

i got this when i try to deploy not necessarily bad

ok i will try thanks

what about saving

i looked up the orange light and that just says data is moving

also is there a way to see if it iis still a active alarm. the time stamp is a hour old

no sign of a problem on the left margin in the tree ( under ethernet)

am i ready to deploy ??

or should i save under a new name and then try and deploy. and will they deploy to all the programs or just the one i worked on in wov.

the Wov project i am currently working on is/was NOT a active program on the control pendant

did it work

it looks ok on my end

my network dongle connector has switched from flashing white on the one side to solid orange onthe other side that seems bad

i will try a screen shot stand by i think i connected output s 7- thru 12 to each other and they turned green

i got impatient, i double clicked the controller icon on the left margin , activated it and the screen split to what i had lasst night, i selected field buss on the right and highlited the em8905, and kcIO on the left.

and now i have a error

2:33:01 PM Error in DTM EtherNet/IP: IP source address configured in the DTM is not available on your system. To be able to go online, please correct this in Settings user interface.

and nothing is green connected on the right?

and how come the address changed for the controller in WOV, but not on the pendant?

how do i get to the mapping screen i still just have the picture of the contrlller and the arm. but

do i still need to activate the controller by double clicking the krc4 on the left?

do i need to activate the hardware on the left side of the WOV

i have to activate the hardware for the mapping to show up correct?

can i just click on the pictures instead?

the picture of the contrller has a green check, and it said connected for a seconde, but not anymore. i hit the + on the left side and expanded twice. i can see the io bus, but there is no green check on the left side margin for any of the componenets

now i am in the main body of the WOV, with a contorller on top with a 0, and then connected by a line to the robot arm with its original ID kr10-sixx

so i don't need to ping anything

ok the pendant flashed a little message about saving, and it was too quick to copy