Plugin configuration

1. Connect the robot to your EYE+

Connect an Ethernet cable between the FANUC controller Ethernet port #1 and the EYE+ robot port.

2. Setup TCP/IP protocol

You have to specify the TCP/IP configuration of your EYE+ to the robot. From the Tablet TP, go to MENU > SETUP > Host Comm. Select the TCP/IP protocol. Set the static IP address and subnet mask of the robot to be on the same subnet as the robot port of your EYE+.

Note

You can try to ping EYE+ by creating a local host with the same IP address as your EYE+ controller and clicking on PING. The following message should appear Ping ... succeed.

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Fig. 2 Configure the EYE+ host

Note

To check the robot port settings, under CONFIGURATION in EYE+ Studio, go to Communication > TCP/IP Communication > TCP/IP Communication. To get more information about network configuration, please refer to communication_network.

3. Network configuration

Configure the client services

Open the network configuration page from MENU > PLUGINS > EYE+ Network Config.

  1. Network settings of your EYE+: Input the network information of your EYE+. You can test the settings using the button Ping.

  2. Communication settings: Chose the clients to be reserved for your EYE+. Client 1 must be different than client 2. Validate the settings with the button Configure. If everything goes well, the following message must appear: Status: Succeeded.

    Important

    Once the clients are chosen, consider them both reserved by Asyril.

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Fig. 3 Configure the clients services

Note

The last section Communication status provides information about the running sockets of the plugin. You can manually stop the sockets using the Stop button if necessary (not recommended).

  1. Restart the robot controller.

    Note

    This is only required if the clients you have chosen have never been configured before.

Registers reservation

Three registers will be used by the plugin to save some information. You can chose those registers from the Register reservation section of the network configuration page.

Important

Once the registers are chosen, consider them reserved by Asyril.

4. Check the end of line character

Your robot can communicate with the EYE+ Controller via TCP/IP protocols. To be able to communicate, you must select the correct end of line character: LF in EYE+ Studio under CONFIGURATION, in the section Communication > TCP/IP Communication > TCP/IP Configuration (Fig. 4).

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Fig. 4 TCP/IP Configuration - end of line character