Problem in recognizing S4 Controller with RobotStudio 6.08

Jvperoni

Hello. I'm doing an application for an academic purpose, trying to make a digital twin of an industrial system that uses an ABB IRB 1400 M98 with an S4 controller. I'm trying to use the Robotstudio to acquire the position/joint angles data of the robot via TCP/IP connection with ethernet network while the real system is operating, but I'm unable to connect with the S4 controller. On the software I'm using the IRB 1410 robot because I don't have the IRB1400 M98 available from the library. I have RAP/FactoryWare installed on the robot controller and I have RobotWare v6.08.01 Add-in installed in the Software

1. I have tried to use DHCP (doesn't seem to work), i get the error message "Please make sure your computer is connected to the controller's service port, that DHCP is enabled or that your static IP address is 192.168.125.[2...255]

2. If I try to connect directly to the controller service port or if I use static IP address I can ping the controller from the defined IP address, but when I try the connection I get the message "No controller found on Service Port. Please wait a few seconds and click retry.  Click Cancel to abort."

I have read about the PC Interface Add-in for the controller but I don't know how to check if it's available on the S4 controller that I have (its very old), but since I can ping the controller from a remote pc connected to the Ethernet I think that option is ok. I have also tried to uninstall and use a previous version (5.6) of the RS, but had the same results, so I can't find where the problem is.

Thank you very much, look forward to any reply with help.

graemepaulin

I do not think you will be able to connect to an S4 controller with RobotStudio.

You will probably have to export the data via the robot program:

https://forums.robotstudio.com/discussion/comment/26883

https://forums.robotstudio.com/discussion/10607/

Jvperoni

graemepaulin said:

I do not think you will be able to connect to an S4 controller with RobotStudio.

You will probably have to export the data via the robot program:

https://forums.robotstudio.com/discussion/comment/26883

https://forums.robotstudio.com/discussion/10607/

Thank you very much, I'll take a look at that. I need to do the animation as well as collecting the data. Is it possible to import the collected info to the virtual controller so I can use real data on the animation of my system? (I'm using RS and Vrep)

graemepaulin

Yes the RAPID programing language is the same - commands have been added but for the most part it is backward compatible.

The simplest way would be copy and past the data into the RAPID editor.

You will need to manually add any IO that are used as the configuration files are different.