Master-Control Communication Setup (Collaborative Robot)

This guide shows you how to set up Master-Control communication with a ROKAE Xmate7 collaborative robot.

Preparation

Connect to the Robot

Open the ROKAE Xmate7 control system software and connect the robot as shown below. If an alert window pops up, showing that the current control system is not compatible with the robot model, please upgrade the system according to the instruction.

Set up the Network Connection

Connect the Hardware

Plug the Ethernet cable of the IPC into the F port as shown below.

Set the IP Addresses

The default robot IP address is 192.168.0.160, please set the IP address of the IPC to 192.168.0.222. After configuration, you can check the connection by entering the command ping 192.168.0.160 in the Command Prompt window.

Load the Program Files to the Robot

Switch the Level

Go to Basic Settings User Group and select Admin as the user level, enter the default password 123456, and then click Login to finish setting.

Load the Files to the Robot

Please follow the steps below to load the Master-Control program to the robot.

Go to Project ‣ Project Configuration.
Open the program file (Xmate7.zip file) to be imported, and then click Next Step. You can find the Xmate7.zip file in the Mech-Center-1.6.0/Robot_Server/Robot_FullControl/rokae path of the folder where Mech-Vision and Mech-Viz are installed.
An “Import Success” message will appear in the lower right corner.
Select the project to be loaded.
Click Reload and then click Yes in the pop-up window.

Configure External Communication

Click Robot.
Go to Communication Socket. Then follow the steps as shown in the figure below to open Enable and configure the socket.

Test Master-Control Communication

Create a Mech-Viz Project.
Click Master-Control Robot on the toolbar of Mech-Viz.

Input 192.168.0.160 in Robot IP address and click Connect the robot.

Mech-Viz will wait for the master-control program to run before establishing connection. By default, the waiting time is 120s.

With the following steps, you can load and run the master-control program. Note that the operation should be finished in 120s. Otherwise, you’ll need to click Connect the robot in Mech-Viz again.

In Mech-Viz, the current status shows “connected”.

After finishing the above operation, please move the robot.