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*Power on the Robot, disengage emergency stop.
 
*Power on the Robot, disengage emergency stop.
 
*Wait until the Green LEDs of the stepper motor boards at the back of the robot start blinking.
 
*Wait until the Green LEDs of the stepper motor boards at the back of the robot start blinking.
*Start CPRog and click Connect, reset, enable. The robot should now be ready for referencing, which can be done via the Teach Pendant. However, since CProg is already running, I would now [[Referencing_robolink|reference the Robot in CPRog]] (but that's just personal preference).
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*Start CPRog and open the correct project file for your robot. Currently there are two versions in the field:
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click Connect, reset, enable. The robot should now be ready for referencing, which can be done via the Teach Pendant. However, since CProg is already running, I would now [[Referencing_robolink|reference the Robot in CPRog]] (but that's just personal preference).
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Revision as of 14:18, 14 August 2018

To establish a connection between Linux embedded control (DCi Robot) and PC, the Networkadapter of the PC has to be configured for an IP in the address range 192.168.3.0/24. I usually chose IP address 192.168.3.1 as shown below.

PC IP 192.168.3.1, subnet 255.255.255.0
  • Power off the robot. Disconnect the power supply from mains power.
  • Plug the LAN cable into the right LAN socket at the DCi robot and into your Windows computer on the other end.
  • Power on the Robot, disengage emergency stop.
  • Wait until the Green LEDs of the stepper motor boards at the back of the robot start blinking.
  • Start CPRog and open the correct project file for your robot. Currently there are two versions in the field:
    • DCi with
    • DCi with Motor Encoder
click Connect, reset, enable. The robot should now be ready for referencing, which can be done via the Teach Pendant. However, since CProg is already running, I would now reference the Robot in CPRog (but that's just personal preference).