FANUC ROBOGUIDE Driver

This driver allows the communication between Simumatik and FANUC ROBOGUIDE to connect to exchange I/O variables and axis values.

Parameters

Aside from the common parameters described in the communication_driver docs, this driver includes:

Parameter	Default Value	Description
hostname	127.0.0.1	This parameter is used to define where the ROBOGUIDE instance is running.
port		This parameter can be used to specify which port to use.
motion_group		This parameter is used to select the motion group number.

Setup data

{
  "parameters": {
    "hostname": "192.168.1.23",
    "port": "60008",
    "motion_group": "1"
  },
  "variables": {
    "Axis": {
      "datatype": "float",
      "size": 6,
      "operation": "read"
    },
    "inputs": {
      "datatype": "byte",
      "size": 1,
      "operation": "write"
    },
    "outputs": {
      "datatype": "byte",
      "size": 1,
      "operation": "read"
    }
  }
}

note

The setup_params in the generic PLC components for fanuc_roboguide will need the following format:

{ "hostname": "192.168.1.23", "port": "60008", "motion_group": "1" }