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Chapter 11 - Dual Robot Systems
134 Adept Cobra s600/s800 Robot User’s Guide, Rev H
A Dual Adept Cobra robot system consists of the following components:
• Two standard Adept Cobra s600 or s800 robots
• Adept SmartController CS or CX
• Multiple Adept robots License
• V
+
Extensions License
11.2 System Configuration
If you purchased both robots at the same time as part of a Dual Robot system, then the
two robots will be configured at the factory for the correct software setup.
If you are setting up a system that was not configured at the factory, then you will need to
do this process. Go to the Procedures section of the Adept Document Library, and open
the
Dual Cobra S-Series Robot Configuration Procedure .
The main steps in the configuration procedure are:
1. Install the robots and controller as per the diagram in Figure 11-1 on page 133 .
NOTE: The procedure below is only required if your system was not
configured for dual robots at the factory.
2. Use the CONFIG_C utility to determine if the Cobra s600/s800 device modules
are already installed in the V+ system. If not, use the CONFIG_C utility to load
the “ASN” device-module file, and to select the device modules for the two
robots.
3. If changes to the configuration were made, save the data and reboot the system.
4. Use the DC_SETUP utility to configure each robot as a unique node on the
SmartServo network.
5. Use the DC_SETUP utility to assign the correct digital “logical” IO blocks to each
robot. Robot 1 uses block 1 and block 3; robot 2 uses block 2 and block 4. See
Figure 11-3 on page 138 and Figure 11-8 on page 142 .
6. If you are adding digital IO to the system, go to the next section for details on that
process.