Installation and Commissioning

Description2.9 External AxesThe robot can control up to six external axes. These axes are programmed and movedusing the teach pendant in the same way as the robot’s axes.The external axes can be grouped into mechanical units to facilitate, for example,the handling of robot carriers, workpiece manipulators, etc.The robot motion can be simultaneously coordinated with a one-axis linear robotcarrier and a rotational external axis.A mechanical unit can be activated or deactivated to make it safe when, for example,manually changing a workpiece located on the unit. In order to reduce investmentcosts, any axes that do not have to be active at the same time can use the same driveunit.Programs can be reused in other mechanical units of the same type.2.10 Inputs and OutputsA distributed I/O system is used, which makes it possible to mount the I/O units eitherinside the cabinet or outside the cabinet with a cable connecting the I/O unit to thecabinet.A number of different input and output units can be installed:- Digital inputs and outputs- Analog inputs and outputs- Remote I/O for Allen-Bradley PLC- InterBus-S Slave- Profibus DP SlaveThe inputs and outputs can be configured to suit your installation:- Each signal and board can be given a name, e.g. gripper, feeder- I/O mapping (i.e. a physical connection for each signal)- Polarity (active high or low)- Cross connections- Up to 16 digital signals can be grouped together and used as if they were asingle signal when, for example, entering a bar codeSignals can be assigned to special system functions, such as program start, so as to beable to control the robot from an external panel or PLC.The robot can work as a PLC by monitoring and controlling I/O signals:- I/O instructions can be executed concurrent to the robot motion.- Inputs can be connected to trap routines. (When such an input is set, the traproutine starts executing. Following this, normal program execution resumes. Inmost cases, this will not have any visible effect on the robot motion, i.e. if a limitednumber of instructions are executed in the trap routine.)Product Specification IRB 1400 M98/BaseWare OS 3.1 17