PROFINET and RobotWare 7

Maurilio

In summary, I am unable to configure PROFINET communication with the Yumi Single Arm (YSA for short) in RobotStudio.
Step1

I create a Yumi Single Arm station from RobotStudio and then I create a C30 controller from Layout.

Step 2

I modify the controller installation by enabling the 3020-2 PROFINET Device option

Step 3

After opening the Controller tab from RobotStudio and selecting Configuration → I/O System, I choose the PROFINET Internal Device option. From the context menu I select New PROFINET Internal Device so that the Instance Editor window appears.
Here I encounter the first problem. I cannot enter a string in the Station Name field. The message at the bottom of the window states that the parameter is read-only.

Step 4

After confirming, from the Configuration → I/O System tab I now choose the Signal option and from the context menu I select New Signal… so that the Instance Editor window appears, which allows you to define a new signal, as shown in the following figure.

The problem is that you cannot assign the new signal to the PROFINET device because it has no name. Also, the Device Mapping field does not appear, which is necessary to correctly map the signals between PLC and Robot.

Instead, in the case of an IRB120 robot I was able to correctly set the Station Name field of the PROFINET Internal Device and then use it.

While, in the case of a GoFa I encountered the same difficulty.

It seems to be an aspect specific to RobotWare 7.