AlexV

Thanks for all the quick replies! Well, our employer just bought six of them

Hi, First off I'm new to the world of A-B, I come from a Siemens (only) background but this project for work requires me to work with A-B plc's, so... I'm trying to connect a camera-based barcode reader (MV420) by Siemens together with A-B PLC's. After some digging I've found that A-B works with EtherNet/IP with on it's application layer the CIP protocol. So I can't use the MSG function from in rslogix 5000. I've read somewhere that there are products that support "bare" TCP/IP packet sending/receiving (sockets), but I'm having trouble finding such hardware. In the production environment we're using a 1769-L35E, and the documentation doesn't say a word about TCP/IP communication, only about EtherNet/IP. So, I basically have three questions: - Is there a way to send tcp/ip packets on the 1769-L35E? - Is there a guide somewhere or function blocks I can use, to program with TCP sockets on an A-B PLC? - If the 1769-L35E doesn't support sockets, which PLC('s) or even expansion module for the 1769 does support it? Thanks in advance for any advice and help. Alex.

Thanks for the quick replies, splicer and panic mode! Yes splicer, the gripper is pneumatic, the tubes stick about 40cm out from the end of the gripper. And I didn't know world coordinates had X,Y and Z axis locked to their positions, might come in hand some time soon. Well, to be more precise about the problem, what I do is: 1. set first point 2. move to second point 3. set second point repeat over the thing is, I have little maneuvering room, and when I move the tube forwards, it goes up and down, making it a tedious task to get to my second point. Maybe I don't know of a trick you guys use, or I'm missing something obvious about robots. And yes, the robot moves in a linear fashion once the points are set, so that's not the problem (yet ). Next time I'm there, I'll give you guys' suggestions a go, will also get the details of the controller .

Hi, first post First, I'd like to say thanks to all the people who have contributed to this forum, this might be my first post, but it surely isn't the first time I've looked for (and found) an answer here. It is however, the first time I'm working with a robot, and I haven't had any training (yet), so if this strikes you people as being a newbie question, I apologize beforehand. I do have a quick start manual for the robot (not by fanuc though) and the karel reference manual. So, I'm doing a project that (amongst other things) requires my robot to fit a tube, into another tube. The robot I have is a rather old one: Fanuc S-420S (6 axis), used to work in a vehicle production plant, but is now used by me (I am quite excited by this opportunity). So, fitting a tube into another, I figured that's a linear path I need to teach, set the two points and make the program go from a to b. Well, I don't know if I did something wrong: I set the sysvar $MOTYPE to linear (in my case value: 7), and when I use the teach pendant, the tube stays horizontal but it goes up and down. And for the training I really need it to stay horizontal on a fixed height from the ground. Does anyone know if I can lock one or more axis', so that it doesn't go up/down anymore when I try to teach? thanks in advance for any replies. Alex.