Communicate with ABB Robot (IRC5 Controller) via LabVIEW & OPC Server

[AbbyIRB]

We are attempting to export coordinates (from the LabVIEW Vision Module) to our ABB Robot (IRC5 Controller).

We need to establish the connection between LabVIEW and our Robot (RAPID). Do we need the LabVIEW DSC module to accomplish this? Currently we have LabVIEW 2009 - would LabVIEW 2010 have further options/code blocks to communicate with an ABB Robot? We believe communicating through Datasocket and OPC is the best way for us to do this. We are not very familar with LabVIEW external communication (datasocket/OPC, .NET, constructors).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[siva_usic]

Hi,

     The NI OPC Server supporting device and drivers are here. Labview and third party device communication through OPC Server web cast avalable on here.

     Datasocket/OPC Server Example avalable on following link. \Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2009\examples\comm\datasktx.llb

Siva

[Philippe_RSA]

For ABB robots, use the ABB "PC SDK"

This uses .net

Downloadable from http://developercenter.robotstudio.com/landing