option 841-1 EtherNet/IP Scanner/Adapter

daniel72

the ABB manual on Ethernet-IP says;
In order for the internal EtherNet/IP scanner to be used, the
IRC5 controller with option 841-1 EtherNet/IP Scanner/Adapter must be installed

I have two robots (RW 6.14.x) here that were provided by IKEA. They have ABB DSQC1030 I/O units installed wich are preconfigured as Ethernet IP device:

#
ETHERNETIP_DEVICE:

      -Name "GRIPPER" -VendorName "ABB Robotics" -ProductName "DSQC1030"\
      -Label "ABB Local I/O Device" -Address "192.168.125.100" -VendorId 75\
      -ProductCode 29 -DeviceType 12 -OutputAssembly 100 -InputAssembly 101\
      -ConfigurationAssembly 102 -InputConnectionType "POINT2POINT"\
      -ConnectionPriority "SCHEDULE" -OutputSize 2 -InputSize 2\
      -ConfigurationSize 8\
      -ConfigurationData00 "01 02 09 10 01 08 10 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"\
      -O2T_RPI 40000 -T2O_RPI 40000

The I/O units work without any problems.
In the System.xml I can't find the 841-1 EtherNet/IP Scanner/Adapter option or any other Ethernet IP option!?
In RobotStudio/System/change options: 841-1 EtherNet/IP Scanner/Adapter  ist not active in options list

It seems that to operate the robot as an EthernetIP scanner/adapter the option 41-1 EtherNet/IP scanner/adapter is not required?
So EthernetIP device seems to be free of charge - that would be interesting for further projects.

Questions:
Why is there the option 841-1 if you don't seem to need it?

Does it only work for free with ABB device (DSQC1030)  or are there any other limitations?

Thank You

Daniel

seggan

Hello Daniel,

Only ABB devices such as the DSQC1030 can be used without the EthernetIP Scanner/Adapter option i.e. to use third party devices it must be present in the system.