Emulated Camera + Virtual Controller | Not visible despite .xml in HOME

ProfBunsenHoneyDew

Hi,

We are about to start using ABB products in my company for the first time, although we have not yet made any purchases and so don't have access to the ABBportal for documentation.
I am trying to get to grips with the dev ecosystem in advance. 

I therefore wanted to create a Solution with a Virtual Controller mated with an Emulated Camera. 

I downloaded the latest version of RobotStudio 2019, and created a Solution with the following:

IRB1200FGL_7_70_STD_01
IRC5_Control-Module
Integrated Vision Cam00x which I renamed MyCamV. 

I then placed "vc_network-definition.xml" at  C:\.....\Documents\RobotStudio\Solutions\Solution5\Virtual Controllers\IRB_1200FGL_7kg_0.7m\HOME

<VC_NETWORK_DEF>

<PORT name="SERVICE">

<IPaddress>127.0.0.1</IPaddress>                  [also tried my actual IP address]

<SubnetMask>255.255.255.0</SubnetMask>

</PORT>

</VC_NETWORK_DEF>

In File | Option I see it is emulator 4.10.5 and I have restricted myself to using ABB supported cameras like 7402. The emulator definitely starts in the RobotStudio Console. 

After a warm restart / appReboot I was still unable to see an emulated camera in | Camera | Connect | Add Sensor
[ this is how I should add an emulated camera, yes? ]

The .xml file has a comment "...To take effect, the file must be named vc_network_definition.xml and placed in the HOME-directory of the virtual controller. 

     From RobotWare release 6.05 a copy of the file is placed in the HOME/IV directory  at startup of the virtual controller. The file could be placed in the HOME 

     or in the HOME/IV directory. The HOME directory precedes the HOME/IV directory."

I don't have a HOME/IV directory in my solution, or anywhere else in my installation as far as I can see. Does this indicate a problem?

I also tried adding a folder IV in HOME above, and placing a copy of the file there - still can't see the emulated camera. 


What am I doing wrong/missing please? 

 

nomad5t5

Right click on the Vision System menu item and select VC configuration.  Select a valid IP address from the list and reboot the controller when prompted 

Then right click on the Vision System menu item and select connect.

Then right click on the Vision System menu item and select rename.  Change the camera name and reboot the controller again

Then you're good to go!

PetrB

Thanks. You forgot one step, which is to add that IP which showed up in VC config (192.168.0.20 in your case) to "vc_network-definition.xml" file and restart controller

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<VC_NETWORK_DEF>
    <PORT name="SERVICE">
        <IPaddress>192.168.0.20</IPaddress>
        <SubnetMask>255.255.255.0</SubnetMask>
    </PORT>
</VC_NETWORK_DEF>