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Setting up Master/Slave Controllers

Configure each controller as master or slave.Once a master controller is configured, register slave controllers in the master controller.

Setting up Master/Slave Controllers

Operation path : Basic screen - [F2 Arm] - [F6 Aux] - [F11 Exclusive Control]

Press [F2 Exclusive Comunication] to open the screen.

Select [Exclusive control controller configuration] and press [F5 Edit], and you can select a master or slave controller.

Enter 1 to set the controller as Master, or enter 2 to set the controller as Slave, and then press [OK].

No. Item Name Unit Default Description
329 Exclusive control controller configuration -

0

Set a robot to a master or slave controller.
0 : No setting
1: Master controller
2: Slave controller

Configuration Required only for the Master Controller

For a master controller, configure communication settings as well.

Operation path : Basic screen - [F2 Arm] - [F6 Aux] - [F11 Exclusive Control] - [F2 Exclusive Comunication]

Press the [F5 Edit] button to open the ten key. Enter the IP address of a target controller for the exclusive control function, and press [OK].

When you enter the IP address of "0.0.0.0", the controller can be excluded from the exclusive group.

Parameter List

No. Item Name Unit Default Description
330 Exclusive control IP(0)[IP Address] - 127.0.0.1 To include the master controller into the exclusive group, use the default value. To exclude it from the exclusive group, enter "0.0.0.0".
331 Exclusive control IP(1)[IP Address] - 0.0.0.0 Enter an IP address of slave controller.
332 Exclusive control IP(2)[IP Address] - 0.0.0.0 Enter an IP address of slave controller.
333 Exclusive control IP(3)[IP Address] - 0.0.0.0 Enter an IP address of slave controller.
362 Exclusive control slave connection timeout[sec] sec

30

Set the latency time of slave controller’s start-up. Master controller will wait the startup of slave controllers by this period.
367 Exclusive control waiting timeout [sec] sec 300 Specify the upper limit of the time for the robot to wait during exclusive control. If the waiting time exceeds the specified value, the error [0x83201567:Exclusive control wait timeout.] occurs.

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