Fanuc RRS Servers

When prompted during the installation, accept the default suggested choices. Reboot the machine at the end of the installation. The Fanuc RCS module can be run license-free for 30 days. After 30 days, you must get a license from Fanuc by performing the following steps:

1. Run the Start | Fanuc Robotics | License Manager application,
2. Select the line corresponding to the RCS module version,
3. Send Software Code 1 and 2 to Fanuc,
4. Enter the Registration Key 1 and 2 that you receive from Fanuc and click Register,
5. Exit the License Manager.

1. Ensure that the vrim.exe process is running by default. This process should automatically start when you log in to the Fanuc RRS Server machine.
2. Perform the following in a command shell:
   1. cd into Fanuc RRS Server’s FANUC_RJ3__5.XX\bin folder.
   2. Run: .\rcssrv_FANUC_RJ3__5.XX.exe –tcp 3700 (or any other unused TCP port number).
   3. Ensure that the 3DEXPERIENCE rrs.servers file has a corresponding entry for this Fanuc RRS Server. If not, edit this file and add a new RRS server line for it with the matching Fanuc RRS Server machine name/IP address and TCP port number.

During this process, you are asked to select a robot category, RCS version, robot model, servo gun parameters (for a robot with servo gun), controller options, and a virtual robot or personality name. You may also be prompted with questions that you can respond to by clicking in the white area, entering the appropriate option number, and pressing the Enter key. After receiving confirmation that the virtual robot or personality has been successfully created, you can exit the Virtual Robot Setup Wizard application and proceed to the next step.

The difference between a virtual robot and a personality is as follows:

• virtual robot:
  • Is created as a new folder (whose name you entered when you ran the wizard) under C:\Program Files\FANUC\Shared\Off Line\Virtual Robots.
  • Only one robot can be RRS connected at any time. If you want to connect multiple robots to the same virtual robot, perform a copy/paste to create new copies of the virtual robot folder in C:\Program Files\FANUC\Shared\Off Line\Virtual Robots with different names (for example, providing “_2,” “_3,” etc. suffixes).
• personality:
  • Is a template that allows multiple temporary Fanuc virtual robots to be created as “Temp Robots” using this template (in the folder C:\Program Files\FANUC\Shared\Off Line\Virtual Robots\Temp Robots). When RRS is disconnected, these temporary virtual robots are removed by the RCS module.
  • Using personalities requires updating the 3DEXPERIENCE Fanuc RRS Manipulator list using a FANUC_RJ3.manip file as follows:
    1. In the 3DEXPERIENCE RRS$LIB Directory folder (by default, win_b64\code\bin, but can be changed in RRS Preferences), create a text file named FANUC_RJ3.manip.
    2. Using a text editor, edit this file and add the line where these two fields are based on selections made when creating the personality using the Virtual Robot : <RCS version>,<personality name> (for example, "V8.30, MyFanucPersonality").
    3. During RRS connection, lines added to the FANUC_RJ3.manip file appear at the end of the Manipulator list.

1. If connecting using a “virtual robot”:
   1. Relative Robot Path=<virtual robot name>
      Note: This is not the full path, only the virtual robot folder name. For example, if your virtual robot’s full path is C:\Program Files\FANUC\Shared\Off Line\Virtual Robots\v820d_r2000if_165f_with_servo_gun, you would enter Relative Robot Path=v820d_r2000if_165f_with_servo_gun
   2. Manipulator=<RCS version> (for example, V8.20)

2. If connecting using a “personality”:
   1. Relative Robot Path=* (meaning N/A)
   2. Manipulator=<RCS version>,<personality_name>