Fanuc Ros Noetic Driver with R636 Socket Messaging

[anu120]

Hello,

My LRmate 200ic currently has R636 socket messaging. I want to use the ROS industrial driver (ROS noetic) with this robot controller. It currently has R636 but the prerequisites [https://wiki.ros.org/fanuc/Tutorials/hydro/Installation] direct to use R648 User Socket Messaging. Has anyone tried this driver with R636? or R648 is a must?

[gavanderhoorn]

As far as I know you'll need R648, as that's User Socket Messaging.

There is some conflicting information on the internet suggesting R636 can also work, but I've never been able to verify that.

If you can use MSG_*(..) functions in a Karel program on your controller, you should be able to run the driver. But again, AFAIK, those functions are only part of R648.

[anu120]

Thank you for the clear response.