Robotware Download
Georgina Garding
I have Robotstudio 6.07, licences not valid anymore.
I should want to make offline changes in a robotprogram of robot with robotware 5.14.
I have a backup of the robot. When trying to create a system from the backup I am told that that robotware is not available in this version of Robotstudio.
What can I do to make the offline changes to my old program (simulation is not necessary, I only should want the editing features of Robotstudio, as this is still better then just
editing in text editor)?
If it's just a matter of not being available (which no version other than the matching RW/RS version would be on the fresh install) then you have to locate a download of RW 5.14 and install it manually.
I have an abb robot with an external axis, it works standalone, but I do not have an appropriate option for an external axis. I am looking for any key disks and robotware for any old abb robots with s4c m98 controllers. Also I am looking for any additional software and information about possible configurations of abb robots, for example, arcware (this is the thing I would like to use first with a robot). Found absolutely no keydisks nor software on internet... A long time ago (maybe I am wrong) there was some abb ftp server with old software...
I got in touch with my local ABB tech support, they told me that the support for s4c m98 is over, so they cant generate option- and keydisks for me. Regarding this, I have a next question. I am newbie in robotics, so maybe it will be well-known question. How can I setup additional options or remove unused options from my robot? Right now there are no IOs shown in the service menu. Even a standard DSQC331. Should I manually edit the .cfg files (I saw here at the forum this is the thing everyone tries to do)? Am i right? If so, where can I read any information about configuring basic and extension hardware and corresponding .cfgs and their format?
So the robot boots? You mentioned the service menu, so I suppose it does. You should have taken a backup, or backup files individually. If you can get robinstall, you could remove options, but not add options. You will probably need to have the baseware installed on your laptop also. That will be the difficult part.
RobInstall works with RW 4.0 in the S4C+ which builds the software on the laptop/computer as determined by a key string and then downloaded to the controller. The key string is stored in memory and included in the backup where it can be recovered and rebuild the system if needed.
This is an S4C controller with RW 3.2 where a keyfile located on the Key Disk is loaded in the S4C controller and then the software is loaded by the controller from the RW 3.2 disk pack as determined by the key.id file data. The key disk is specific to the robot, application and options. Like RW 4.0, the RW 3.2 disk pack (10 disks) is generic and contains most configurations & options. External axis and Arcitec come to mind as ones not included.
I thought that Robinstall would let you select 3.0, 3.2, etc., in the system builder. If it does, there is the option to make boot disks. Even with S4C+. I am just not sure if it can if you do not have the older basewares installed, maybe it puts all the older ones on also. It has been a long time. I can tell you one way to retrieve the Keystring if you have a backup:
That would be awesome if it worked. I tried playing with it for a while but didn't get anywhere. Since the backup only has a BACKINFO.TXT in the folder, I assume the correct key.id would still have to come from the Key disk. Then need to figure out how to get RW 3.2 into the media pool.
Lemster, these are good news that you found a backup for S4C+ controler. I found some of backups for different controllers while searching on internet too. Some contain the key.id file, some dont. I suppose ABB did not made major changes to the structure of this file in s4, s4c and s4c+. So, could you share an s4c+ backup too, or maybe other versions?
Any backups or key disks for s4 or s4c or s4c+ systems, as I would like to figure out the structure of a key file and try to generate my own key disk for my system. My robot came with ext axis, cabinet is equipped with ext axis driver and io card, but the robotware does not include these options.
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