Problem in EGM implementation for virtual controllers

RobotStudio
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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to implement EGM in robotstudio with virtual controllers but i’m facing a problem.

Until here I followed the steps in the EGM Manual :

  • I set up the EGM protocol by building an EGM sensor communication : I have a ConsoleApplication.sln in C++ in Visual Studio 2019 where I put the code that you can find in the file attachment.

  • I set up the RAPID code for Position Guidance. (I just copied the example on the manual), I triep to put it in the “string messageBuffer” variable in the ConsoleApplication.cpp.

  • In robotstudio I set up the virtual controller IRC5 with EGM and the transmission protocol are like this :
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And now I’m quiet confused about what I have to do. When I compile mi consoleApplication a window opens but their are error message as if it can’t read what I put in the messageBufffer.

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Hi @emelineb,

there are some examples from the abb-libegm ROS-industrial repo, which might be useful to setup a first EGM program to communicate with the (simulated) robot Create code samples · Issue #18 · ros-industrial/abb_libegm (github.com), they are in ROS C++ but converting what you need to standalone C++ should be straightforward

hope you find this useful