wjreeve Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 I have almost no experience with programming PLCs, I am still waiting for my Unitronics PLC to be delivered, I have taken on a new project to control a Mecademic Meca500 industrial robot using the Unitronics stand alone PLC via ethernet, Although I do not have the PLC, I do have the Meca500 operating via its web interface, As a newbie I need guidance on creating the needed communication settings within the UniLogic software, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Joe Tauser Posted January 18, 2021 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 This will be a quite a challenge for your first PLC project. Start by downloading UniLogic and the separate example programs collection. Watch the UniLogic training videos at https://www.youtube.com/c/UnitronicsProgrammablecontrollers/videos Post a link to as much information as you can about the robot's communication protocol and interface type. Take the leap and start to build a UniLogic program based on what you understand. When you run into a wall, post the program with your questions. Joe T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjreeve Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 If I understand correctly then since the Meca500 receives communications using null-terminated ASCII strings over TCP/IP From what I read the first step appears to be create a Struct type of ASCII String?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Joe Tauser Posted January 19, 2021 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 That sounds reasonable. In UniLogic we can stuff a string with whatever we want, and then pump it out Ethernet port either as a TCP Server, TCP Client, or as a UDP packet. But we need to know the details of what we're trying to do. On 1/18/2021 at 12:12 PM, Joe Tauser said: Post a link to as much information as you can about the robot's communication protocol and interface type. Please. Joe T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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