RoboDK Driver

This driver allows the communication between Simumatik and RoboDK to connect to exchange I/O variables and axis values in degrees.

Parameters

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

Parameter	Default Value	Description
controller		Name of the RoboDK robot. If left blank, will use the first one that is found.

Setup data

The setup data will give values to the parameters required and will specify the I/O variables info.

{
  "parameters": {
    "controller": "Robot"
  },
  "variables": {
    "sensors": {
      "datatype": "byte",
      "size": 1,
      "operation": "write"
    },
    "actuators": {
      "datatype": "byte",
      "size": 1,
      "operation": "read"
    }
  }
}

note

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

{ "controller": "Robot" }