I'm currently connecting from node-red to Aubobot through TCP in node-red but node-red shows disconnected and connected frequently, and can't get any data out of the AUBO. I am able to ping AUBO IP from my computer and have checked the lan cable connection. I have also tried restarting node-red but the problem still persists. I would appreciate any help!
At first, I thought it was the error connecting to the PLC but I found out that this error is from the other flow, will it affect me from collecting data from the AUBOBOT?
(this is the flow I try on the v1.3.5, but it shows the same result, the connection is unstable and when I debug there is no data shown)
the connection of the AUBO is very unstable for both versions, will this be the reason why no data is shown? I used v1.3.5 and v0.20.3 to try but the result is the same no data coming out and when I debug the node but there is nothing shown
I am not really sure you have this around the right way
Usually you would send a request (TCP/UDP) ) to the PLC and it would then send a response back - either direct to an IP address or on a broadcast address on a set port.
So in the case of my inverters which talk UDP - i send a UDP request to a specific IP address and Port (using the UDP out node) and wait for a response back - which is a UDP broadcast on a specific port from a Specific IP address.
I do not really understand how you have gotten this far with this complex a flow and not come across the problem/issue before now.
The way i would tackle this is as follows
Disable all the current flows on this machine that talk to the Audobot and create a basic flow - that simply sends a request to the unit for a status update and see if you get a response.
If this works then you need to put this on (say) a 10 second loop and see if the packets continue to come in reliably.
Keep on reducing this loop time until you get down to 1 sec and you will then know if you have a throughput issue or some other problem
Once this is done report back and let us know
But as we can not duplicate your environment it is imperative that you simplify what you are doing as much as possible to enable us to understand what you are doing and try to help
Also you need to name your Debug nodes to make it easier to understand which ones are producing the messages and in your function nodes it would be a good idea to look up how to use node.status so you can provide some useful info underneath each function node
Finally a netowkr diagram or description would be nice - you are throwing around terms like PLC - which i assume is your S7 device ? and then Audobot - it would be nice to know where these reside etc
For our network diagram, our robots are connected to two switches, whereby one switch is connected to a power plug and the other switch is connected to the tdce SICK and the tdce is connected to the internet.
the 192.168.0.3:80 I have no idea where it comes from, before this I try to put in port 8899 but the same error came out. I only disable the flow for Aubobot.
does this mean that having the same port number? the port number of Aubo i got it from the robot manual.
