Simulation Error

tim

I'm new to RobotStudio, so I hope what I am about to describe is a simple problem to avoid and/or fix.  If it helps, I am using R5.13.

I've worked through the conveyor tracking demo successfully, but twice now I've done "something" where the simulation doesn't seem to completely successfully and cannot be restarted.  The conveyor cannot have its joint jogged, and simulation and mechanism reset don't work.  The robot has locked at step 5 of the program.

To debug this problem, I have managed to shutdown the VC and that frees up the conveyor, but then the simulation obviously won't run. When I restart the VC, it returns to the locked state described above. 

Playing the simulation results in the following error:
RobotStudio .NET exception: Unknown Error: Play
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Base exception: COMException
Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
   at ABB.Internal.RobotStudio.API.APIHelper.ThrowApiExceptionIfBadHr(Int32 hr)
   at ABB.Robotics.RobotStudio.Stations.Simulator.Start()
   at ABBInternal.SimulationCommands.SimulationPlay.cmd_ExecuteCommand(Object sender, ExecuteCommandEventArgs e)
   at ABB.Robotics.RobotStudio.Environment.CommandBarButton.RaiseExecuteCommand(ExecuteCommandReason reason)

Any help would be very appreciated so that my fix isn't just restart from scratch.

Cheers, Tim.

Henrik Berlin

Hi Tim,

 

I think you need to get in touch with our support about this one. Please get in touch with your local ABB service representative that can forward your issue to our tech support. However, they will ask you to upgrade to 5.14 first to see if that helps. Please do so for a start.