Fanuc Kfloppy
Pompilio Intindola
Hello out there . . . I feel like I'm floating on a vast ocean in a little dingy, few people tread these waters . Well I am trying to troubleshoot the Fanuc LR mate 100i from 1997. Outdated and rather pointless to learn but here I am tasked with learning it. If anyone is out there who knows anything about these robots please send a lifeline. Ok enough with the metaphors. Here is what I'm trying to do . . .
Get the robot controller (RJ2) to talk to a computer via cable RS232C. Fanuc says I need to purchase their Kfloppy software to do this. Is this true? Will the open source ware kde kfloppy do the same?
Or can I speak to the computer via serial communication (ie Putty or hyper terminal).
Is there anyway to avoid giving Fanuc more money?
Next task: connect robot to PLC via CRM5 cable. Does anyone have any type of connection guide (besides the cryptic like Fanuc diagrams) for what cable goes where. I'm not an electrical engineer nor have I used a PLC before and am hitting a steep learning curve.
I don't know if KDE Kfloppy will work.
I would give it a try. The original Fanuc KFloppy work only with windows XP.
Put Kfloppy in a folder, run it. Go in menu, files and save TP program. if it's working, it will be save in your KFloppy folder.
Thanks for the advice. I was able to save/load/print teach pendant programs via Fanuc's Kfloppy software.
Now, I would like to write the programs on my computer and send them to the controller however I cannot open and change the .TP files (these are the files I get when I "save" a program).
I am able to read the files I send to "print" (they show up as .LS files) however, I can not alter and re upload these.
Does anyone know of a program that will allow me to change and load files from my computer?
USB-to-serial adapter - The COM port number depends on which USB port you use. I go to Device Manager after plugging in the adapter to see what COM port it is and then change to that port in the Kfloppy Port Settings. For fun, move to another port and see what the change is.
Did you have any luck? I'm trying to setup a couple Fanuc S-420i robots with R-J2 controller so that I can send program files from my computer to the robot. I will try this as I believe you can send program files through kfloppy from what I have read.. If anyone else has any more info Re the controller end settings that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hello, I would appreciate any help you could give me, I'm dealing with a rj2 controller, trying to load the motion package from files on my laptop running on windows 10 to the controller using an adapter cable serial to usb, what I understand is that I need to run Dosbox and then to call the kfloppy program, my question is this do I need to change the pinout on this cable to the same as 9 to 25 pin cable configuration you posted here?
So I stumbled upon an old fanuc robot, i18 I believe is the model?! With the R2J controller, it has only RS232 port and nothing else, we managed to download programs from the robot with KFLOPPY, but how do we upload programs back to the robot?
Meaning? I havent tried because i havent been around the robot, Menu->Files->Set device->Floppy and that will list the files in the kfloppy directory on the pc and then i just load them, is that how it works?
Okay, now when we download the files from the Robot, they are saved in .PE extension, and when we try to load them back to the robot, the robot doesnt see them, how do we load the .pe files back to the robot? Do we first need to convert them to .TP somehow, if so, how?
I had my Fanuc 420i rj2 connected to the pc (using kfloppy), and it work fine... last week i saw that with a vfd(spindle) on there were interference (electric noise) and the connection brake. But when turning of the spindle of the connection between controller was fine... until this week.
Are you using a cable made to work with kfloppy? You should not use a normal RS-232 computer cable that connects all 25 pins. Fanuc has +24VDC on pin 25 of their RS-232 port that they use to power peripherals like the PS-100 disk drive. Pin 25 on a normal RS-232 is a ground. Connecting a standard computer cable between the robot controller and a computer can do damage to the COM1 port on the computer.
yes i selected floppy drive. There is thirth option in the UTIL menu, that i don't remember the name, when i choose it and make DIR and enter it show the content of another disc or memory with .SV files and some tp. Because it access this third memory like the kfloppy (presents the message - accessing device and in a second present the content of the third memory appears). I guess the hardware on the controller that make the connection is ok.
I bought some ferrite bracelets to increase the shield of the cable. Got the idea from this video External Contentwww.youtube.comContent embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent.Display all external contentThrough the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
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