Hello robotsinarchitecture community,
We solved the issue explained in the previous posts.
1. The external Beckhoff EtherCat field bus was not running because the internal coupler in the Kuka Cabinet was not powered. It needs to get powered via two bridges on the X55. The wiring you can find in the manual.
2. After that, in WorkVisual all used field buses need to be defined. If one is missing, you need to import the specific DTM file (can be found f.i. on the Beckhoff website)
3. The new order of field busses needs to be defined via WorkVisual. Under topology the order needs to be the same as the hardware.
4. The issue that the designated WorkVisual is not opening is bypassed for now with using a virtual machine and running Win 7.
Best,
Sina Mostafavi & Benjamin Kemper
We solved the issue explained in the previous posts.
1. The external Beckhoff EtherCat field bus was not running because the internal coupler in the Kuka Cabinet was not powered. It needs to get powered via two bridges on the X55. The wiring you can find in the manual.
2. After that, in WorkVisual all used field buses need to be defined. If one is missing, you need to import the specific DTM file (can be found f.i. on the Beckhoff website)
3. The new order of field busses needs to be defined via WorkVisual. Under topology the order needs to be the same as the hardware.
4. The issue that the designated WorkVisual is not opening is bypassed for now with using a virtual machine and running Win 7.
Best,
Sina Mostafavi & Benjamin Kemper