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Getting Started (en)
Date: 01/2021
Revision: v.1.5

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  • Page 1 Getting Started (en) Date: 01/2021 Revision: v.1.5...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2019-2021 by Mobile Industrial Robots A/S. Contact the manufacturer: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S Emil Neckelmanns Vej 15F DK-5220 Odense SØ www.mobile-industrial-robots.com Phone: +45 20 377 577 Email: support@mir-robots.com CVR: 35251235 MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5.4 Importing a site file 5.5 Activating a site 5.6 Setting up mission schedules 5.7 Creating groups 5.8 Setting up elevators 5.9 Setting up fleet dashboards MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 4 5.12 Using Limit-robots zones 5.13 Using Evacuation zones 5.14 Resource handling 6. MiR Fleet API 6.1 Authentication 7. Maintenance of MiR Fleet PC 7.1 Updating MiR Fleet 7.2 Updating robots MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 5: About This Document

    1. About this document 1. About this document This guide describes how to set up MiR Fleet PC and get started with the MiR Fleet interface. MiR Fleet is used to organize the operation of multiple robots, ensuring that they are all executing missions.

  • Page 6: Version History

    Updated for 2.10.0 software 2.10.0 higher 2021-01-15 Added sections: Removing robots from the 2.10.3.1 fleet and Using Limit-robots zones higher Updated section: Using Evacuation zones MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 7 1. About this document Revision Release Date Description General improvements throughout the document MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 8: Warranty

    Robots cannot be held responsible for any damages caused to MiR Fleet PC, accessories, or any other equipment due to programming errors or malfunctioning of MiR Fleet PC. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 9: Host And Network Requirements

    MiR robots through their robot interface. All devices that need to communicate with MiR Fleet must be on the same network as MiR Fleet. Figure 3.1. MiR Fleet network architecture. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 10: Network Requirements

    MiR Fleet PC must be connected to the network through Ethernet and must be in the same physical location as the connected robots. Geographical distance will cause delay between the fleet and the robots.
  • Page 11 Antenna The small antenna shipped with the MiR robots is used for connecting the robots to your in- house wireless network. It is designed for 2.4 GHz, and it does not have a powerful gain. If you experience issues, consider replacing it with an antenna that suits your network.

  • Page 12: Getting Started

    4. Getting Started 4. Getting Started This section describes how to prepare your robots to join the fleet, start up your MiR Fleet PC for the first time, and activate your license. Before activating MiR Fleet, you must complete the following actions: Update the fleet robots to software version 2.7.9 or higher.

  • Page 13: Updating Robot Software

    Once the software is uploaded, turn the robot off and then on again. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 14: Exporting A Site File

    Connect the NUC to a power socket, to your network via the Ethernet cable, to a screen, and to a keyboard. You will be greeted by the following image: MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 15 In the following frame, use the command: mir_fleet_tool A menu is displayed on a blue background. Choose Display Network connection information to see your MiR Fleet’s IP address. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 16: Signing In For The First Time

    4.4 Signing in for the first time You sign in to MiR Fleet by typing the fleet’s IP address in a web browser on a computer on the same physical network as the robots and the fleet.

  • Page 17: Installing And Activating Your Fleet

    4.5 Installing and activating your fleet You are now ready to activate the MiR Fleet interface. It is only necessary to activate your license the first time you sign in to MiR Fleet. After activation, the license is tied to the hardware of the host and can only run on that host.
  • Page 18 If the download does not start automatically, select the link Download it here. Transfer the request file to a computer with internet access, for example, via a USB pen. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 19 The web page now generates a response file Select Download and save the response file on a USB pen. Then bring it back to MiR Fleet. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 20 Upload page. Upload the response file to MiR Fleet and select Next. Once your MiR Fleet license is successfully activated, restart your host device. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 21 4. Getting Started Once MiR Fleet has started up, open a web browser, and go to the sign-in page by inserting the IP address of your MiR Fleet in the address bar. Enter a username and password. The default usernames and passwords are the same as for robots.

  • Page 22: Commissioning

    (green frame) and what is not synchronized (red frame). The items in the red frame are fleet specific and must be set up in the fleet interface. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 23: Adding Robots To The Fleet

    5.2 Adding robots to the fleet The first robot you should add to your MiR Fleet is the model robot where you have created a complete site. Once you add it, MiR Fleet synchronizes data with the robot and retrieves all the site data.
  • Page 24 To add a robot to MiR Fleet, follow these steps: Pause the robot you want to add. In the robot interface, go to System > Settings > Features and set Fleet to True. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 25 Active in MiRFleet. You can use the default robot group or create new groups for different types of robots. See more in Creating groups on page MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 26 > Maps. Ensure that the active map on the robot is a part of the active site on MiR Fleet—see Activating a site on page 30 activate a specific site on MiR Fleet. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 27 When the robot is correctly positioned on an active fleet map, sign out of the robot interface. We discourage further use of the robot interface. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 28: Removing Robots From The Fleet

    Pause the robot you want to remove. In the fleet interface, go to Setup > Robots and select Show info on the robot you want to remove. Select Deactivate. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 29: Importing A Site File

    If some of the site data created on your model robot is missing after you added your robots to MiR Fleet, import the backup site file you exported from the robot before adding it. If all of the data appears to have synchronized correctly, you do not have to import the backup site file.

  • Page 30: Activating A Site

    Maps, find the site you want to activate, and select Activate site. User group permissions apply to this action. You may need to sign in as a higher level user to change this. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 31: Setting Up Mission Schedules

    Set the mission parameters to specify which robot group should run the mission and at what time the mission should be initiated. High priority puts the mission to the front of the queue. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 32: Creating Groups

    Mission groups that all robots in the group are able to execute. For example, you can use robot and Mission groups to restrict a group of MiR Hook robots to only perform missions for transporting carts.
  • Page 33 5. Commissioning In the Group type dropdown menu, select Robot group. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 34 If you want to add a more limited number of Mission groups, deselect this option, and select the Mission group(s) you want to add. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 35 The list of available robots is shown. Assign a robot to the Robot group by selecting Show info for the robot you want to assign and then Edit under Robot group. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 36 The robot is now assigned to the group. Charging groups In MiR Fleet, Charging groups are used to assign a certain set of charging stations to any number of robots. This is useful if you have enabled Auto charging—see Enabling automatic charging and staging on page 45—...
  • Page 37 5. Commissioning In the Group type dropdown menu, select Charging group. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 38 Each charging station can only be added to one Charging group. Chargers that are gray are already part of a Charging group. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 39 The list of available robots is shown. Assign a robot to the Charging group by selecting Show info for the robot you want to assign and then Edit under Charging group. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 40: Setting Up Elevators

    • How to set up elevators in MiR Fleet • How to set up an OPC UA elevator server MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 41 Name the elevator, enter its IP address, select which driver it uses, and choose if the robot should turn inside the elevator. When you are done, select Create elevator. Select Floors to set up the floors for the elevator. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 42 If the elevator has only one door, select 1. Select the checkmark when you are done. Keep adding floors until you have the required number for your building. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 43: Setting Up Fleet Dashboards

    To set up a dashboard, follow these steps: Go to Dashboards > Dashboards and select Create dashboard. Name the dashboard, and select Create dashboard. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 44 Select one of the widget groups and select a widget. Available widgets are shown in the top bar. Keep adding widgets until the dashboard is as you want it. You can move the widgets around and resize them as needed. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 45: Enabling Automatic Charging And Staging

    Staging positions must be equal to the number of robots plus one or there must be at least one charging station per robot. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 46 System > Settings and select Charging and staging. Auto charging Auto staging to True. MiR Fleet now handles charging and staging automatically, using the default settings. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 47 If an obstacle is blocking a charging station or Staging position that the robot has been sent to, MiR Fleet sends the robot to another charging station or Staging position. If all stations and positions are occupied, the robot remains idle wherever it stops.

  • Page 48: Enabling Collision Avoidance

    MiR Fleet provides the footprint of that robot, which is then added to the purple obstacle cloud, ensuring that the robots' footprints do not collide.

  • Page 49: Using Limit-Robots Zones

    A Limit-robots zone is one of two fleet-specific zones you can use. They are used to limit the number of robots in a certain area. Only a set number of robots connected to MiR Fleet can be in a Limit-robots zone at the same time.

  • Page 50: Using Evacuation Zones

    Evacuation zones. You evacuate the zones by selecting EVACUATE ALL ZONES in the upper-right corner in the MiR Fleet interface. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 51 By default, all users with administrator permissions or above have permission to trigger or end an evacuation. You can restrict which user groups are allowed to control evacuations. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 52: Resource Handling

    Figure 5.5. Evacuation zones placed on a map. 5.14 Resource handling Resources in MiR Fleet is an umbrella term for map features that can only be occupied by a limited number of robots and where it is the responsibility of MiR Fleet to manage which robot has priority.
  • Page 53 The robot is following a new plan where the goal is no longer the assigned position resource. • The distance from the center of the position to the center of the robot is more than one meter. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 54 When a robot docks to a marker or undocks from a marker, it first checks that it does not enter any occupied Limit-robots zones by doing so. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 55 Figure 5.10. The robot releases the zone when its center reaches the edge of the zone. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 56 Elevator position when it occupies the Entry position. • The robot does not release the Elevator entry position until it has occupied the linked Elevator position. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 57 Once the robot occupies an Elevator position, it also occupies all the other Elevator positions linked to that elevator. Only one robot can be in an elevator at a time. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 58 Figure 5.15. Once Robot 2 releases the Elevator position, Robot 1 may occupy the position and can now enter the elevator once it reaches floor 3. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 59: Mir Fleet Api

    In general, the MiR Fleet API has possibilities for integration directly through the API, and you can try the API calls directly from the MiR Fleet interface help menu, the same way as in the robot interface. Make sure to check the parameters in the API documentation.

  • Page 60: Authentication

    BASE64 (<username>:SHA-256( <password> )), where BASE64 is applied to the entire authentication, and SHA-256 is only applied to the password inside the authentication. For example, a header could look like this: MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 61 If necessary, contact your distributor for the guide How to use MiR v2.0.0 REST Interface using Postman or ARC for additional information regarding the use of REST API.  MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

  • Page 62: Maintenance Of Mir Fleet Pc

    7.1 Updating MiR Fleet The MiR Fleet PC software can be updated by uploading a .mir file through the interface. Contact your distributor for the latest .mir software file. See the MiR Fleet Reference Guide for instructions on updating the MiR Fleet PC software.
  • Page 63 A Docker container is a runtime instance of a Docker image. Launching a Docker container from a Docker image will execute the processes defined by the Docker image. For more information, see Docker documentation. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.
  • Page 64 This can for example be V, VL, L, or Bar- markers. MiR Fleet License The product license you received with MiR Fleet PC. This license is used to activate your MiR Fleet. A license can only be used to activate one MiR Fleet. MiR robot interface The robot interface is the web-based interface that enables you to communicate with your MiR robot.
  • Page 65 WISE modules WISE modules are wireless IoT devices that enable MiR robots to communicate I/O data to other devices. MiR Fleet PC Getting Started (en) 01/2021 - v.1.5 ©Copyright 2019-2021: Mobile Industrial Robots A/S.

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