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OMRON TM Cobot TCP communication with a NJ/NX PLC
Published March 28th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You need to connect an Omron TM robot to a Omron NX/NJ PLC. This connection is setup using the TCP socket config, where the Cobot sends a string based message to the PLC and receives a response back. Reference documents https://assets.omron.eu/downloads/manual/en/v3/w506_nx_nj-series_cpu_unit_built-in_ethernet_ip_port_users_manual_en.pdf ht
Logging on the NB HMI
Published October 1st, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You want to Log information from your NB HMI using a USB. Solution Using the Data history component located on the project library window, you can use this function to read a series of date in consecutive memories from the specified word memory(s) inside PT, PLC or word memory(s) of the controller periodically and display them in the
Using RoboDk to program a Omron TM robot
Published February 16th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Introduction The Omron TM cobot has a number of ways it can be programmed. The most common programming method is using TM flow. Other methods that can be used include RoboDk offline programming and real time programming. Pre-Requisites Completed RoboDk simulation Knowledge of Tm Flow Full RoboDK license Further Reading The full RoboDk manual can be
MX2 Timer application using Drive programming
Published October 2nd, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Task: Turn on a motor using a drive, run it for a set time, and stop after a condition is met. Functionality: Input1 turns the motor on. The motor accelerates for X seconds. If Input2 is pressed, the motor immediately turns off. If Input2 is not pressed, the motor continues accelerating for the full X seconds, then decelerates and stops in X seconds
LVS V275 printer Network setup and configuration
Published August 23rd, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
System Requirements • 3 Ethernet cables 1 for Inspection Server PC – Cat 5 or better 1 for V275 Print Inspection System – Cat 6 or better Zebra Setup utilities Zebra designer 3 Minimum system Requirements • OS: Windows 10 64bit • CPU: Quad Core > 2.4GHz • RAM: 8GB min. • 500GB storage • Fully tested browser for V275 UI: Google Chrome™ (78.0.39
Downloading and opening CX-One
Published March 8th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario Where to download CX-One software after purchasing a CX type OMRON PLC. This article also talks about how to download CX-One after the download is complete. Solution To download the CX-One software package go to the following website.https://automation.omron.com/en/mx/forms/cx-one-software-download-request-form Complete the request for dow
KM-N3 Power monitor setup
Published October 1st, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario Setting up of a KM-N3 power monitor and CT's Solution To correctly setup a KM-N3 Power Monitor to monitor the power coming from your mains power supply, the following wiring and parameters need to be setup. Wiring the KM-N3 Ensure terminals 8 and 4 are shorted to a create a terminating resistor if Modbus communication is required. Conne
NX CPU safety program synchronisation
Published March 29th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Transferring program To Transfer the PLC and Safety PLC program to the controller the following steps need to be followed. Select Online from the controller menu or press the Go Online Button. Press the Synchronize button After pressing the Synchronize button, the comparison window will pop up, click on 'Transfer To Controller' Delete Validating
Connecting VSD to Cx-Drive
Published September 7th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You are wanting to program an OMRON VSD that does not have the EIP ethernet option board. Solution There are two methods to connect the VSD with cx-drive, including creating a new drive project or autodetect method. To physically connect the vsd to your computer, you will require a usb to mini-usb connector. as depicted below. Auto-d
Setup of Historical and Active alarm viewer on the NA HMI
Published October 2nd, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Introduction The NA series has an alarm feature to display the status information about alarms, both live and historical information. To use the Alarm Viewer the following steps needs to be taken. On the HMI Sysmac page, under ‘HMI Controls’ you will need to use the ‘User Alarm Viewer’ to receive a log of the alarms. There are two object display
Manual/ Auto mode using the TM cobot
Published August 18th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario TM robot has two operational modes, Manual mode( reduced speed and high speed) and Auto mode. The modes are distinguishable by the colour of the light ring indicator and the mode colour on the robot stick. The robot is in auto mode when starting up. You need to enable auto mode to control the cobot without a computer near by. In auto mode
Default screens for an NB screen
Published November 1st, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You need to configure the default screen for each page to ensure if the HMI goes to sleep or turns off, it doesnt change the ‘home’ screens for each. Solution to set the default pages, complete the following steps. open your NB designer project. right click on the HMI image and go to properties 3. when the PT properties window open
LVS V275 service not responding.
Published August 24th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario If you can’t access the V275 application by clicking on the desktop icon, the V275 Service may have stopped running. This can also be determined by the read sensor not responding when the print button is pressed. The tray app will read in the V275.json file to see the list of nodes that were configured for this system. The tree view is the
LVS V275 Calibration
Published August 25th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario The V275 Imaging Device must be calibrated in order to produce a uniform image and measure reflectance compliant with ISO standards. The calibration card is used to determine the white balance, geometric and photometry. To calibrate the V275, you need an Omron Microscan calibration card for your specific printer shown below with all cali
Connecting to a V460 Handheld Reader
Published October 14th, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Connecting to V460 You will need: 1. Ethernet Cable for V460-H-to-PoE Injector Connection 2. PoE Injector (IEEE 802.3af-compliant) 3. Ethernet Cable for PoE Injector-to-Host Connection 4. Host PC The recommended parts list is as follows. Connect V460 to Weblink Change the IP address of the V460 if necessary from the default 192.168.188.2 Chang
Saving FQ2 scenes to a PC
Published November 1st, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You need to save your scenes and images to your pc to backup the camera. Solution Open Touchfinder for PC on your computer Exit run mode and open the setup menu for the required camera click on the suitcase icon select ‘Save to file’ and select the data you want to save to the pc. 5. When saving to the PC, the files will be located in
Configuring USB drive for Omron TM Cobot
Published March 27th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You need to import files such as global variables, Component files and projects into TM flow. Issue TM flow requires a USB drive to be setup with folder names in a particular order. Files such as projects, components and variables are also required to be in certain file locations. Solution The file structure for importing TM flow files i
Adding images to FH Simulation
Published October 16th, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
T Locating Files To add images to use with the FH Simulator, you need to locate the RAMDisk folder within the computer. This would have been added when FH simulator was installed. The file is found under Documents\OMRON FZ\RAMDisk Opening images on FH/FH7 simulator To open the file on the simulator, follow the below steps. Select the ‘Image
Connect a PC to a CP PLC
Published October 1st, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario Connecting to a CP PLC using your computer. Solution STARTING A PROJECT NEW/OLD ON PC. Open from CX ONE, CX programmer (CXP) From FILE menu at top of CX Programmer, start new, this will change dialogue box, Select from DEVICE TYPE BOX, which PLC you are using Next to right of Device type box, SETTINGS button, select specific model of P
LVS V275 readhead Network setup and configuration
Published August 21st, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
System Requirements • 3 Ethernet cables 1 for Inspection Server PC – Cat 5 or better 1 for V275 Print Inspection System – Cat 6 or better Minimum system Requirements • OS: Windows 10 64bit • CPU: Quad Core > 2.4GHz • RAM: 8GB min. • 500GB storage • Fully tested browser for V275 UI: Google Chrome™ (78.0.3904.97 or later) Setup of readhead Typ
Monitoring safety I/O units
Published March 29th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You need to check the wiring of external devices to the safety I/O units. In this mode you can also confirm if the devices are operating correctly. Reference material https://assets.omron.eu/downloads/manual/en/v3/z930_nx_series_safety_control_unit_users_manual_en.pdf Monitoring the saftety I/O terminals Connect the NX/NJ CPU to Sysmac Stu
LVS V275 hardware setup
Published August 24th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
The LVS V275 has a number of options for printing, including tear off, Rewind, peel and present. The Printer has the option to use labels between 20 and 114mm for the ZT610 and 51 to 180mm for the ZT620. Hardware setup Label setup print modes To load the labels, follow the steps below. load the labels onto the media spindle (1) Feed the m
Increase speed using arrow keys after power up on an MX2
Published September 30th, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You don't want to use the Pot to change speed, but instead use the up / down arrow keys. You don't want the operator to have to go through several parameters to initiate this when required Solution Change A001 to 02. Although for the external display you usually use 00, this value forces the VSD to only run using the POT/volume knob.
Using MX2-V2 drives with CX-drive
Published October 1st, 2024 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You have purchased an MX2- V2 drive and want to program the drive using CX-Drive. You are unable to connect to it. Issue You are required to select the V2 option when creating a new project on CX-Drive but it doesn't appear. Solution To connect the MX2 V2 drive to CX-Drive, you are required to have the latest version of Cx-Drive, vers
Installing USB driver for CX-drive
Published October 30th, 2023 by Luke Ellacott
Scenario You have installed the CX-One software suit and want to use CX-drive to program an MX2 or RX2 drive. However you get an error such as the following, ‘the driver may be corrupted or missing’ . Solution To overcome this issue, the following steps need to be completed. open device manager and go to ‘other devices’. right click on the unkn
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