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  • Page 1 — RELEASE NOTES RobotStudio 2022.1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    RobotWare 5.05 and 5.06 Compatibility RobotWare 5.07 Compatibility RobotWare 5.08 Compatibility RobotWare 5.10 Compatibility RobotWare 5.11 Compatibility RobotWare 5.12 Compatibility RobotWare 5.13 Compatibility RobotWare 5.15 Compatibility RobotWare 6 Compatibility General Compatibility Limitations © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 2/30...

  • Page 3: Release Notes For Robotstudio 2022.1

    Release Notes for RobotStudio 2022.1 General The release name is RobotStudio 2022.1 and the build number is 22.1.9826.0. The release date is March 29, 2022. User documentation The RobotStudio Operating Manual is available in all languages except Czech, i.e. English, German, French, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish.
  • Page 4 The price level of these are at a much higher range than gaming graphics cards with comparable performance. High-end gaming PCs are very suitable for offline programming with RobotStudio. Such a PC will provide good performance for a limited budget. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 4/30...

  • Page 5: New Functionality

    Added a context command to robots for copying the current coordinates of the active TCP to the Windows clipboard. The coordinates are copied in relation to the active workobject and as a RAPID robtarget declaration. Copy/Apply position and orientation © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 5/30...

  • Page 6: Create Part From Work Envelope

    Added a button in the Work Envelope window for adding the generated work envelope to the station as a part. The part is saved in the station and can be exported as any geometry. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 6/30...

  • Page 7: File - Open Page

    In the File menu, the Open and Recent commands have been merged into a new Open page. IRB 1300-12kg/1.4m The IRB 1300 12kg/1.4 m variant has been added to ABB Library. It is supported from RobotWare 7.6. IRB 920T IP54/Clean Room The IRB 920T IP54/Clean Room variant has been added to ABB Library.

  • Page 8: Sample Stations Available From The Open Page

    The sample stations can be downloaded from the File - Open page. Visual SafeMove: Possible to decouple emergency stop output From RobotWare 7.6, it is possible to decouple the external emergency stop from the emergency stop output in order to not cause dead-locks. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 8/30...

  • Page 9: Improvements

    I/O network interfaces. Visual SafeMove: Support for rotated CRB 15000 robot Visual SafeMove now supports none zero gravity parameters in the Safety Configuration for CRB 15000 (GoFa). RobotWare 7.5 or higher is required. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 9/30...

  • Page 10: Information

    Information Camera Emulator Removed from Integrated Vision in RobotStudio Camera Emulator is removed from Integrated Vsion in RobotStudio. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 10/30...

  • Page 11: Corrections

    Fixed an exception that could happen when using the Adjust Robtargets functionality or when opening a RAPID module. The issue only occurred if there was a RAPID module with an ELSEIF statement having a numeric literal directly followed by a keyword without whitespace in-between. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 11/30...
  • Page 12 SafeRanges are no longer removed after writing to Stand Alone Controller. Visual SafeMove: Wrong corner angle values in error message Error message values for the limit of a corner angle is now shown correctly in Visual SafeMove. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 12/30...
  • Page 13 F1 in RAPID Editor opens IRC5 manual instead of Ensured that the correct RAPID reference manual, IRC5 or OmniCore, is opened when using context sensitive help in the RAPID editor. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 13/30...
  • Page 14 Visual SafeMove: Exception when switching between I/O Engineering Tool and Visual SafeMove When configuring devices in I/O Engineering Tool and switching window to Visual SafeMove an exception was thrown when using RobotWare 6. This has now been fixed. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 14/30...

  • Page 15: Known Limitations

    Only TCP robots and track mounted robots will be visualized in the Online Monitor, no other external axes or positioners. As a consequence, the Online Monitor may show the robot in a non-violating position, even though the safety controller has detected a safety violation and stopped the robot. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 15/30...

  • Page 16: Io Configurator 6

    Paint package I/O option is set to Simulated. Online – Integrated Vision Installation error when having previous versions of RobotStudio or Insight Explorer If you have a previous version of RobotStudio or Cognex In-Sight software installed, installing a new © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 16/30...
  • Page 17 HRESULT -2147220472. Contact your support personnel. Workaround: To correct the issue, open Windows Settings -> Apps -> Apps & features, select the current ABB RobotStudio 2019.x, select Modify, and step through the installation wizard and select Repair. Alternatively, uninstall and reinstall RobotStudio.
  • Page 18 >Network settings, it is important to warm start the controller. If this is not done, RAPID instructions will give the error “Communication Error” and the FTP-mounted camera disk is not accessible. If DHCP © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 18/30...

  • Page 19: Offline

    Pack&Go file is opened and FlexPendant applications will start to execute when the user starts the Virtual FlexPendant. A warning message has been added to the Unpack&Work wizard to make the user aware that only Pack&Go files (.rspag) from trusted sources shall be opened. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 19/30...
  • Page 20 Workaround: Create a separate system for the IRB 14000. The Work Envelope function does not support IRB 14000 The function is disabled for the IRB 14000 and cannot be activated. The 2D work envelope fails for certain robot models © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 20/30...
  • Page 21 Conveyor Tracking occurs. A simulation cannot be started when the controller is in this state. Workaround: To reset the controller state, open the Control Panel window and first switch to Manual © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 21/30...

  • Page 22: Conveyor Tracking

    When restarting a system with activated mechanical units the activation state is lost. Then the program can no longer be started from the Virtual FlexPendant, the RAPID Editor or the RAPID Tasks window. Workaround: Reset the program pointer (‘Program Pointer to Main’) before starting the program from © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 22/30...

  • Page 23: Network Drives And Unc Paths

    Workaround: To resolve this, the user must explicitly grant the required permissions: 1. Open the file Virtual FlexPendant.exe.config located in C:\Program Files (x86)\ABB Industrial IT\Robotics IT\RobotStudio 5.61\Bin 2. Add the following lines: <?xml version="1.0"?>...

  • Page 24: Paint

    The current algorithm uses a fixed value for joint five which gives the furthest reach for a given tool. The sweep is not optimized to get the shortest reach on the "inside" of the working area. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 24/30...

  • Page 25: Screenmaker

    Lenovo W540 that has both an integrated Intel graphics device and a discrete NVIDIA card. Open the file RobotStudio.exe.config that is located in the folders C:\Program Files (x86)\ABB Industrial IT\Robotics IT\RobotStudio x.y\Bin64 C:\Program Files (x86)\ABB Industrial IT\Robotics IT\RobotStudio x.y\Bin and uncomment the line: <add...
  • Page 26 With RobotWare 6.0x the controller's restart will no longer reset the FlexPendant memory. This was part of an effort to improve the restart time of the controller. This means that after placing a new © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 26/30...
  • Page 27 If a Picture Box control is created as a widget from a Windows 8 operating system, the control is not shown on the FlexPendant. The behavior is fine with any other operating system like Windows 7. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 27/30...

  • Page 28: Robotware Compatibility

    Linear jogging of a robot across joint values that will cause a change of confdata may fail. For example, if the robot is jogged linearly when joint values is passing 90 degrees for axis 1 may cause the robot to stop or to change configuration. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 28/30...

  • Page 29: Robotware 5.12 Compatibility

    7. Load the backup and restart the system. You are done. RobotWare 5.15 Compatibility Signal Analyzer Online The feature Signal Analyzer Online requires RobotWare 5.15.03 or later. © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 29/30...

  • Page 30: Robotware 6 Compatibility

    The feature Configurations for selecting the robot arm configuration (confdata) may fail, or not present all solutions, in some specific circumstances even when the target is reachable if RobotWare 5.14 or earlier is used. Workaround: Upgrade to RW5.14.01 or later © Copyright 2021 ABB. All rights reserved. 30/30...

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