communication FX5U - FANUC

[monstercat]

Hi,
I am trying to communicate via ethernet / ip with mitsubishi plc (model: fx5u), I have an ethernet-ip module.
Right now I can ping the plc from fanuc (r30ia), but there is no way to see i/o on the plc.
Has anyone done similar work?

thanks

[AndreasW]

Hi,

as far as i know the normal fx5u ethernet port doesn't support the Ethernet/IP Fieldbus. To use Ethernet/IP you'll need the FX5-ENET/IP module.
and the EtherNet/IP Configuration Tool for FX5-ENET/IP. See the manual
https://eu3a.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/dl/13358/FX5-ENET_IP_Users_Manual.pdf

If you want to use the normal Ethernet-Port (CPU) you can use the the MC Protocol to read/write data from/to the PLC.
In this case you have to write a program for the FANUC r30ia to poll the IO-Data from the PLC. I don't know FANUC r30ia, but it should be possible
to send ASCI-Data via Ethernet. Have a look at the Melsec Communication Protocol Manual for details.

https://electrobit.ee/web/file_bank/Manuals/kontrollerid/mitsubishi/iqf-series/fx5u/FX5-users-manual-melsec-communication-protocol_ENG_ver_A.pdf

If you wan't to try out the MC Protocol maybe the Hercules-Setup Utiltiy is usefull. It's a small utility with an simple TCP/UDP Terminal
and its well suited for a quick test.

https://www.hw-group.com/software/hercules-setup-utility

Hope this helps

 

 

 

 

[monstercat]

14 minutes ago, AndreasW said:

Hi,

as far as i know the normal fx5u ethernet port doesn't support the Ethernet/IP Fieldbus. To use Ethernet/IP you'll need the FX5-ENET/IP module.
and the EtherNet/IP Configuration Tool for FX5-ENET/IP. See the manual
https://eu3a.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/dl/13358/FX5-ENET_IP_Users_Manual.pdf

If you want to use the normal Ethernet-Port (CPU) you can use the the MC Protocol to read/write data from/to the PLC.
In this case you have to write a program for the FANUC r30ia to poll the IO-Data from the PLC. I don't know FANUC r30ia, but it should be possible
to send ASCI-Data via Ethernet. Have a look at the Melsec Communication Protocol Manual for details.

https://electrobit.ee/web/file_bank/Manuals/kontrollerid/mitsubishi/iqf-series/fx5u/FX5-users-manual-melsec-communication-protocol_ENG_ver_A.pdf

If you wan't to try out the MC Protocol maybe the Hercules-Setup Utiltiy is usefull. It's a small utility with an simple TCP/UDP Terminal
and its well suited for a quick test.

https://www.hw-group.com/software/hercules-setup-utility

Hope this helps

 

Thanks for the reply, yes i have a  FX5-ENET/IP module , and configured with fanuc eds. but the NS led is flashing, manual say that  "Failed to establish connection "

So I'm not sure, if I need to start the communication from gxworks or it is for some parameter that does not match between the robot and the module. 

14 minutes ago, AndreasW said: