Communicating to a robot program through an Ethernet

connection (Hyperterminal application)

1. Set controller Comm settings
a. F[6] SET - F[5] Set Comm – F[4] Address
b. IP Address 192.168.0.1 (Actual address must match your network server)
c. OK

2. Set the robot controller Server settings

a. F[6] SET - F[5] Set Comm – F[11] Server
b. Select the Delimiter cell and press F[5] Change
c. Select the CRLF option
d. OK
e. OK
f. Cancel out to Main Screen of Teach Pendant.

3. Robot program
a. Enter a robot program similar to the one below

'!TITLE "MONITOR Ethernet port"

PROGRAM IO_MONITOR

*LOOP1:

PRINT #4, "ENTER A NUMBER"

INPUT #4, I[1]

PRINT #4, The number you entered was “ + Str$(I[1]) & “…..”
PRINT #4, “ “
GOTO *LOOP1

END
b. Save and download the program

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 4. Hyperterminal program settings

a. Create a New Connection

b. Connect using TCP/IP (Winsock)

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 c. Enter the Host address to match the robot
controller. In this example, the robot
controller IP address is 192.168.0.1

d. Enter the Port number as shown (5001)

e. Select Properties from the Files menu

f. Select ASCII Setup

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 f. Select the options displayed to the right and
click OK

g. Connect using the connect icon. The status bar

below will display connected

ENTER A NUMBER
25
The number you entered was 25
h. Start the robot program ....

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