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ABB IRC5 and Omnicore

octoplant supports the management of ABB IRC5 and Omnicore projects and enables the automatic creation of backups as well as the cyclic monitoring of the robots.

Info

In this tutorial, the term IRC5 is used for both IRC5 and IRC5P robot controllers.

Device Support Level

Figure: ABB IRC5 and Omnicore Device Support Level

Key features

Figure: ABB IRC5 and Omnicore Key features

Workflow

Figure: ABB IRC5 and Omnicore workflow

Supported versions

From version RobotWare version
octoplant 101 5.x to 7.x

Supported devices

  • ABB IRC5 robots configured from RobotStudio 6.0 and higher

Requirements

  • To carry out uploads and comparisons for ABB IRC5 and IRC5P, a compatible version of the editor must be installed on the same computer on which the server or an agent is running.

    For Omnicore, the installation of the editor is not required.

  • To use the ABB Robotics PC SDK connection type for IRC5 jobs, the following requirements apply:

    • Robot Communication Runtime must be licensed and installed on the server.
    • DotNet Framework 4.8 must be installed on the server.
    • The 616-1 RW-PC Interface option must be enabled on the robot.

  • The internal connection paths for the ABB Robotics PC SDK type depend on the firmware used.

    • RobotWare 5.x to 6.2 > FTP
    • RobotWare 6.03 and newer > Http
    • RobotWare 7.x and newer > Http (Https)

Configuration

To get the basic workflow for intergrating the device, open General workflow.

Device-specific settings for this device, such as job configuration, can be found on the following pages: