2.1.1. Overview of equipment installation

2.1.1. Overview of equipment installation

 

The basic equipment includes the robot, Pick-it equipment, and a PC for setting the Pick-it equipment. The robot and Pick-it equipment send and receive commands and variable via Ethernet communication. However, the Hi5a controller supports the UDP protocol only, and the Pick-it equipment supports the TCP protocol only. To solve this problem, we provide software and a converter for UDP2TCP protocol conversion. To connect all the equipment mentioned above, users need a UDP2TCP converter and an Ethernet switch in addition to the robot and Pick-it equipment. Figure 2-1 shows the configuration of all equipment connected via Ethernet communication.

 

Figure 2-1 System configuration for interoperation between the robot and Pick-it equipment