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5.3 Configuring the IRC5 controller
Description
This configuration example uses the PROFINET configuration file, ippnio.xml ,
created in section Creating the PROFINET configuration file on page 42 . It shows
how to use the PROFINET configuration file and how to add the configuration
definitions to the system parameters.
Internal controller configuration
Use this procedure to configure the PROFINET controller in the IRC5 controller,
using the
Configuration Editor in RobotStudio.
Note Action
Start RobotStudio and connect to the IRC5
controller. Request write access. 1
Use the File Transfer tool in RobotStudio,
or an external FTP client.
Download the ippnio.xml configuration file
to the HOME directory of the currently used
RobotWare system.
2
Click Configuration Editor and select I/O
System .
3
For more information about the parameters,
see
System parameters on page 49 .
In the type list, click Industrial Network
and then right-click in the workspace on
the PROFINET item and select
Edit Indus-
trial Network .
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Enter the parameter values for the industri-
al network.
• Connection , select the used Ether-
net connector.
Note
The Connection value is configured
in
Communication topic. A default
connection is created for
PROFINET. For information about
IP address configuration, see
Tech-
nical reference manual - System
parameters
, section 2.2 Communic-
ation, Use case 2: isolated LAN 3.
• Configuration File , the path to the
ippnio.xml file.
• PROFINET Station name , the ro-
bot's PROFINET name id on the
PROFINET network.
Click OK .
5
Restart the IRC5 controller. 6
In this example, the et200_test device
(found in the example file ippnio.xml) is
added.
If needed, change the signal names on the
added I/O device. 7
Restart the IRC5 controller to connect to
the configured I/O device. 8
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