Signal Analyzer Online - not displaying signals

jay_c

Hello,

I'm having some trouble working with Signal Analyzer Online. The signals do not display in the Signal Analyzer view nor plot any graphs. The procedure I'm using is to first connect to the controller via one-click, then select the signals I'd like to use, start the recording, and then finally run the real routine. Am I potentially overlooking a step here? 

I've read on the forum that this functionality to display signals online was disabled due to a vulnerability for version 5.05 or so, has it been enabled on the newer releases? 

I'm using RobotStudio 6.05 and RobotWare 6.05. 

-jay

Adnan

Hi Jay C,

This is some general information about how Signal Analyzer Online is/should work. Remember that you only get signal updates when signal changes and if their hasn't been any change there will not be any new values.

In order for the Signal Analyzer Online to work do the following:

- Establish good connection with controller (if connecting over network doesn't work try connecting directly through service port and make sure no errors are shown)

- Make sure that chosen signals are active and changing in values (you are allowed to record max 12 signals at the same time)

- Make sure that you use the latest RobotStudio version

- Make sure the robot program is running/executed

- In some cases when the network is overloaded/congested the Signal Analyzer Online will not work

Best Regards,

Adnan

Daper

I have also been confronted to the same problem. Signal Analyzer wouldn't plot anything and recording sizes were systematically 00:00:00.
Connection was well established, signals were active, latest RS version, program running, no apparent network congestion and stilll did not work.
The problem was that in my Robotstudio session, I had the virtual controller opened (sometimes shutdown sometimes active) and the real controller. When I opened a new session only with the real controller in the tree bar, that worked perfectly.
In the Robotstudio operating manual (https://library.e.abb.com/public/4b4d0a7f1e14fcdac1257c13004f1121/3HAC032104-en.pdf), page 368 it is stated the following
 "The Signal Analyzer command in the Controller Tools group is enabled only if the selected controller is a real controller, or if the controller tree has only one real controller." 

I feel like it should have no other controller in the tree bar and not "only one real".