Setting up robot communication

When you create a profile, you must also select the robot with which to establish communication. This topic explains how to locate the robot in the system network.

If you have more than one Direct Drive Robot in the system

Every device in the system must have a unique IP address for proper operation. All Direct Drive Robots are assigned the same IP address at the factory. Therefore, if you have more than one Direct Drive Robot installed in the system, you must make sure each is assigned a unique IP address. You can do this when creating a profile for the robot.

Procedure

To set up robot communication:

In the Robot Identifiers area, click Find Available Direct Drive Robots.

In the Discovered BioNet Devices dialog box that opens, locate the Direct Drive Robot to which you want to connect:


Step	Instruction
1	Select the correct Ethernet card for the device connection. A list of devices appear in the dialog box.
2	Select the Direct Drive Robot. You can use the MAC Address to identify the robot in the list. To successfully communicate with the robot, the device must show New or Matched in the Status column. To correctly identify a robot by its MAC address, you might need to turn off all devices and all but one robot in the system. After you have correctly identified the robot in the list, double-click the Device ID box and type a name for the robot.
3	If you have more than one Direct Drive Robot in the system, make sure each robot has a unique IP address. To do this, turn off all but one robot in the system, select the robot in this dialog box, click Change IP, and then assign a new IP address. The IP address should have the same network and subnet address as the controlling computer, and have a unique host address. Repeat for each robot in the system.

When you are finished, click OK to return to the DDR Diagnostics dialog box. Notice that the Device ID, MAC address, and IP address of the robot appear in the Robot Identifiers area.

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