Omnicore virtual controller and RW7 communication with virtual codesys PLC

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I wanted to experiment with virtual commissioning with RobotStudio. The ABB manual says to use the OPC UA Client smart component to communicate with a PLC set to function as an OPC UA server. I’m using the virtual PLC Codesys Control Win v3 x64 systray to simulate the PLC.

I have a 5710 robot in my station that uses an Omnicore controller with Robotware7. When I created the new project, I added the 3020-2 PROFINET Device option, the only one available for PROFINET devices.

The problem is that when I go to Controller → Configuration → I/O System, PROFINET Internal Device doesn’t show up. Consequently, when I create a robot signal, I can’t map it to the PROFINET device.

Using a robot with an IRC5 controller instead, I can add the 888-2 PROFINET Controller/Device or 888-3 PROFINET Device option, in which case I can map the signals and use the OPC UA Client smart component to communicate with the PLC.

Why isn’t this possible with Omnicore and Robotware7? Is there a different way to achieve the same?

Thanks.

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Hello,

With new version, you have to define your network device using I/O Engineering tool.

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Thanks for your reply. I’m trying to use the Engineering Tool. If I select PROFINET from the Configuration menu on the left, from the Device Catalog it allows me to choose PN OmniCore Device or PN OmniCore Device with SLEEP module. I choose PN OmniCore Device and then it forces me to choose a DO module. After choosing this, it forces me to choose a DI module. Then some modules appear that I can’t select (they have a yellow bar on the left, I guess they’re safety modules) and at this point I can’t do anything else. I can now add my input/output signals but if I go back to Controller → Configuration → I/O System, I still can’t see the PROFINET device and the signals created in I/O Engineering