Posts by ScottS

  • ESM options

    Robot : LBR iiwa 7 R800

    Flange: Touch electric

    Software: (Supplied by Kuka with robot)

    Sunrise Workbench 1.17

    Work Visual 5.05 Build 0600



    We recently bought our second Kuka iiwa --it was supposed to be the same specs as the first one we bought about a year ago with exception of being a touch electric flange instead of touch pneumatic. I went to configure an ESM for collision detection as I had with first one but collision detection was not an option. There were not near as may ESM options on the new one. Why would this be? Were some options left off this unit even though it was supposed to be the same spec as the previous one?



    Thanks

    Scott

  • Adjusting the system clock time on a iiwa LBR

    Robot : LBR iiwa 7 R800

    Date: 2020-04

    Flange: Touch pneumatic

    Software: (Supplied by Kuka with robot)

    Sunrise Workbench 1.16.2.16

    Work Visual 5.0




    The date setting is correct but the time is not set correctly on our Kuka iiwa LBR. I searched through several manuals and didn't find anything. How do you change the system clock time setting on these robots.





    Thanks

    Scott

  • Workpiece load and external axis torques

    I have an ESM set up for collision detection. When then the gripper clamps on the workpiece I send the workpiece load data to the safety controller using robot.setSafetyWorkpiece(); If the workpiece load data is sent to the safety controller does it affect the values displayed as external axis torque on the pendant?



    Robot : LBR iiwa 7 R800

    Date: 2020-04

    Flange: Touch pneumatic

    Software: (Supplied by Kuka with robot)

    Sunrise Workbench 1.16.2.16

    Work Visual 5.0

  • Adding a new device in Work Visual

    I am wanting to add a Beckhoff Ethercat I/O module to the X-44 bus. I used Work Visual (5.0.5_Build0600) to add the device to the DTM catalog. The problem I am having is that when l launch Work Visual by selecting the IO configuration from my project and highlight the X-44 bus and select "add" the new device does not show up on the list of selectable DTMs. I can see that the new device is in te DTM catalog. Why would it not show up in the list of selectable DTMs?

  • User I/O on a Kuka LBR iiwa

    We are working on developing a pick and assemble process using a Kuka LBR iiwa robot. We will need to share some interlock I/O signals between the robot and a conveyor and some other equipment associated with the process. There doesn't seem to be any dedicated user I/O built into the robot cabinet (X-11 appears to be for safety related I/O only). I am guessing that we will need to add an Ethercat remote I/O module for user I/O. We just setup X-65 for use with a Robotiq gripper,-- would we just add an I/O module on the same bus or is there a better way to setup user I/O?

  • Robotiq Gripper Configuration in WorkVisual through EtherCAT

    it looks like the Work Visual version we have is correct but we still haven't found the cause of the bus error. The X-44 expansion bus was not being used prior to it being added to control gripper and there are no other devices on that bus but the gripper. There does not appear to be much setup required since EtherCat uses dynamic addressing. Is there some step that is required but not shown in the setup instructions provided by the link in the previous post?

  • Robotiq Gripper Configuration in WorkVisual through EtherCAT

    Robot : LBR iiwa 7 R800

    Date: 2020-04

    Flange: Touch pneumatic

    Software: (Supplied by Kuka with robot)

    Sunrise Workbench 1.16.2.16

    Work Visual 5.0


    Installing a Robotiq 2F-85 gripper with EtherCat control module using information linked in posts above.

    Gripper has been wired and functions correctly using Robotiq software and a USB cable between a laptop and the gripper controller.

    An ethernet cable connects the X65 port on the robot control cabinet to the gripper controller--


    After exporting the new I/O configuration to Sunrise Workbench and syncing with the robot controller I get a Field Bus SYS-X44 error

    (shown in the post above) The photo below shows the Work Visual I/O configuration that I used. Any ideas why I am getting a bus error from this setup?


  • Robotiq Gripper Configuration in WorkVisual through EtherCAT

    i am trying to install a Robotiq 2-85 gripper on a Kuka iiwa robot. I tried to follow the instructions in the link posted above but I am struggling when comes to mapping the inputs / outputs. The work visual screens i am getting look a little different than the ones shown in the instructions and I don't have a Sunrise I/O tab that I can select. ---Did I miss a step or something?

  • New to Kuka iiwa programming---error when I try to run program that i created

    The block diagram that you are showing is what I am using. I believe it creates the Java code based on the parameters defined in the sequence blocks. I am running the software on a laptop, editing and creating programs then synchronizing with the robot controller. If the sequence block programming is part of something called "Toolbox" then I guess I need to try and find a manual for that.

  • New to Kuka iiwa programming---error when I try to run program that i created

    I found the programming manual for SunriseOS 1.16 and got past the first error I was getting but I keep running into other issues trying to make the program I created run. Unless I missed it the manual doesn't talk about creating programs from sequence charts. Is there some other manual that provides information on using sequence charts? My knowledge of Java is not that great and I would like to build the majority of the program from sequence charts if possible.

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