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Dual Adept Cobra Robot
Configuration Procedure
Rev A, April, 2007

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  • Page 1 Dual Adept Cobra Robot Configuration Procedure Rev A, April, 2007...
  • Page 2 The information contained herein is the property of Adept Technology, Inc., and shall not be repro- duced in whole or in part without prior written approval of Adept Technology, Inc. The informa- tion herein is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Adept Technology, Inc.
  • Page 3 Adept Technology, Inc. Overview This procedure provides details on how to configure a dual Cobra s600/s800/s800 Inverted robot system. NOTE: This procedure is only required if your system was not configured for dual robots at the factory. The main steps in the configuration process are: 1.
  • Page 4 Adept Technology, Inc. Robot System Installation This diagram below is provided for reference. See the user’s guide shipped with your robot for complete details. IEEE 1394 cable Adept SmartController Adept Cobra *S/N 3561-XXXXX* s600/s800 Robot #1 IEEE-1394 Device Net Eth 10/100...
  • Page 5 Adept Technology, Inc. Loading Device Modules with CONFIG_C This procedure provides details on how to use the CONFIG_C utility to load the Cobra s600/s800 device modules for each robot. 1. Install the robots and controller as per the Dual Robot System Cable Diagram shown in Figure 1 on page 2.
  • Page 6 Adept Technology, Inc. The following will be displayed. Figure 3. CONFIG_C Main Menu 5. Select option 3 “Robots and Device Modules.” The following will be displayed. Figure 4. Robots and Device Modules Menu 6. Select option 5 “Select device modules for robots.” The following will be displayed.
  • Page 7 Adept Technology, Inc. Figure 5. Selecting Device Modules Menu 7. At the “Do you want robot 1 (Y/N)? prompt,” enter Y. The following will be displayed. Figure 6. Device Module Selection 8. Enter 6 at the “Enter selection number” prompt. The following will be displayed.
  • Page 8 Adept Technology, Inc. Figure 9. Device Module Selection 11.Enter 6 at the “Enter selection number” prompt. The following will be displayed. Figure 10. Module Confirmation 12.Enter Y at the “Are you sure you want to select this module (Y/N)?” prompt.
  • Page 9 Adept Technology, Inc. Configuring SmartServo Nodes with DC_SETUP Use the DC_SETUP utility to configure each robot as a unique node on the SmartServo network. 1. Load the DC_SETUP utility by typing the following command at the V+ monitor prompt: load \util\dc_setup 2.
  • Page 10 Adept Technology, Inc. Figure 12. Configure Robot Confirmation 4. For robot #1, identify the flashing LED on the top of robot #1. Press Enter to configure the robot. NOTE: As of V+ 17.0 Edit A, the selected servo node LED could be flashing green/red or amber, based on the product type.
  • Page 11 Adept Technology, Inc. Configuring Digital I/O Blocks with DC_SETUP After you have configured the robots as nodes in the SmartServo network, you are ready to assign the correct logical I/O blocks to each robot. Use the DC_SETUP utility to assign the correct digital logical IO blocks to each robot.
  • Page 12 Adept Technology, Inc. 7. Cycle the power off and on to the controller and each robot. The dual robot system is now ready for use. The following will be displayed after the system has completed the boot-up cycle. Figure 15. Robot 1 and Robot 2 Configured...