Connection With A Robot Controller; Control Concept - WEISS ROBOTICS GRIPLINK-ET4 Operating Instructions Manual

7.4 Connection with a robot controller

Ready-made GRIPLINK PLUGIN solutions
WEISS ROBOTICS provides ready-to-use tested software modules for robot controllers of leading manufac-
turers, with which the GRIPLINK technology can be quickly and conveniently integrated into your own robot
application .
A continuously growing list of supported manufacturers and control models can be found at
www.griplink.de/plugins
For further information on the operation of the GRIPLINK controller with the respective software modules,
please refer to the documentation of the respective GRIPLINK PLUGIN, which can also be downloaded from
the aforementioned address.
Operation on controllers without GRIPLINK PLUGIN
In addition to the ready-made GRIPLINK PLUGIN integration solutions, the GRIPLINK controller can be used
with any robot controller capable of sending and receiving text-based data via TCP/IP network connections
(socket connections) due to its open communication protocol.
For self-integration, the communication protocol is described in the separate document
"GRIPLINK Controller Command Set Reference Manual".

7.5 Control concept

The GRIPLINK controller provides the functions of the connected devices via a generic command set. A text-
based communication protocol via Ethernet TCP / IP is used for this purpose. The generic commands are
converted into device-specific commands via a "command unifier" located on the GRIPLINK controller. The
command unifiers are part of the scope of delivery and already pre-installed.
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