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Using RobotWebServices to access a remote Virtual Controller

Maxim Riabichev
Maxim Riabichev admin
edited March 2022 in Developer Tools
Hello,

WARNING: Performing the steps below allows access to the whole filesystem on the PC that hosts the VC and not only the files in the VC.

To access a remote VC with RWS successfully, please perform the following steps:

On the PC which is hosting the remote VC:
1) If it doesn't already exist, create a file called "vcconf.xml" in "C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\ABB Industrial IT\Robotics IT\RobVC\"
2) Put the following content in it:

<VCConfiguration><RemoteVCConfiguration PublicationEnabled="true" /><hosts><host ip="192.168.125.55"/></hosts>
</VCConfiguration>
3) Change the ip address (bold above) to the ip of the local PC from which you will be accessing the remote VC resources.

That should do it.

You're basically white-listing the IP of the client.

If you don't, you'll get either:
1. "RAPI Unidentified Error" when trying to access resources on the remote VC.
2. "401 Unauthorized" error if trying to access the VC via RWS.

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Maxim Riabichev
PC Software Support Engineer
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  • Markus Näslund
    Markus Näslund ✭
    Perfect, I was just about to ask why it didn't work remotely! Thanks!
    //Markus Näslund
  • kkNielsen
    kkNielsen ✭
    Is it possible to white list multiple ip addresses?
  • Maxim Riabichev
    Maxim Riabichev admin
    edited December 2021
    Yes, it's possible to white list up to 10 IP's:

    <hosts>
    <host ip="10.11.125.1" />
    <host ip="10.11.125.2" />
    <host ip="10.11.125.3" />
    ...
    <host ip="10.11.125.10" />
    </hosts>

    Wildcards are not supported.

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    Maxim Riabichev
    PC Software Support Engineer
  • jcalt
    jcalt ✭
    edited March 2022
    Hello Maxim 

    I don't have this directory on my PC when RobotStudio is installed ? 
    "C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\ABB Industrial IT\Robotics IT\RobVC\"
    Neither "C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\ABB Industrial IT\Robotics IT"

    Post edited by Maxim Riabichev on
  • Maxim Riabichev
    Maxim Riabichev admin
    Hello JC,

    Yes, if the path doesn't exist, it needs to be created and the missing file put into the necessary folder.

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    Maxim Riabichev
    PC Software Support Engineer
  • KennyJiang
    KennyJiang ✭
    Hi Maxim,

    I followed your instructions and created vcconf.xml under RobVC. Still, the remote VC cannot be found neither by RobotStudio (2021.4 is used) nor by PCSDK. What could possibly be the problem?

  • Maxim Riabichev
    Maxim Riabichev admin
    Hard to guess without knowing more details regarding your setup. Firewall maybe? Are you on the same subnet as the VC? Could be many reasons.. :)

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    Maxim Riabichev
    PC Software Support Engineer

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