General

24 Mar 2025 23 May 2025 5 minutes deGroot

General information for using the fieldbus board. This is part of the YRCP-MP4P PROFINET quick start guide.

Details

created: 2025-02-28
changed: 2025-10-28
files:
  board:
    firmware:
      version: 2024.0.7.170010 # or newer
      file: yrcp-mp4p-2024.0.7.170010.raucb
  robot_controller:
    system_software:
      YRC1000: YAS5.50 # or newer
      YRC1000micro: YBS4.21 # or newer
    driver:
      version: 1.2.0.47 # or newer
      file: TRITON.DRV
  fieldbus_file:
    type: gsdml
    file: GSDML-V2.43-YASKAWA-YRCP-MP4P-20240126.xml
  engineering_tool:
    name: 2CON
    version: 2024.6.24002 # or newer

Firmware releases

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v2024.0.7.170010

2025-08-07

Fix for bug which could occasionally prevent the board to reach the operational state after booting the robot controller. Remedy was to restart the robot controller another time.
Adds support for EtherCAT slave (SubDevice). This requires at least robot system software YAS5.70.00A for YRC1000 or YBS4.24.00A for YRC1000micro.

v2024.0.4.123413

2025-04-16

Initial release.

Configurations

The board supports any of the following PROFINET configurations:

Master	Slave	PROFIsafe slave	Setup done in	MotoLogix/SRCI (optional)
	X		Robot controller	Supported
		X	Robot controller	supported
X			2CON + Robot controller	Not supported
X	X		2CON + Robot controller	Not supported
X		X	2CON + Robot controller	Not supported

Note

The engineering tool (2CON) is only required for master (not for slave).

Note

There is just one GSDML file for the integration of the YRCP-MP4P as slave in a PLC project.

Note

The slave can be configured as one of the following data packet sizes: 2b, 4b, 8b, 16b, 32b, 64b, 128b, 256b, 436b and 512b*.

* Depending on the type of robot controller and the installed option boards, some of the larger data packet sizes might be available in the robot setup.

Important

The board only supports PROFIsafe profile v2.6.1 (4-byte CRC). It cannot be used with older PLCs which are limited to the previous PROFIsafe profile v2.4 (3-byte CRC).

Mount the board

It is a PCIe (PCI express) board, and can be can be mounted in either the left or right PCIe slot of the robot controller.

Connect the PROFINET cable(s)

Important

In contrast to the CP1616, which has a 1x4 ports configuration (single network, 4-port switch), the YRCP-MP4P board is having a 2x2 ports configuration. This means that there are two physically separated networks (each with 2-port switch).

The functionality for the two networks is defined as follows:

Port X1, X2 (upper ports): PROFINET IO-Device.
These are used for the network where the robot controller is a slave (and connected to a master such as a PLC).
Port X3, X4 (lower ports): PROFINET IO-Controller.
These are used for the network where the robot controller is the master (and connected to slave devices such as welding equipment or remote IO stations).

The board can be used as either slave, master or master+slave. In either case the slave can use the PROFIsafe (safety fieldbus) option.

Set IP addresses

Important

The two networks must use different IP address ranges, e.g. 192.168.a.xxx and 192.168.b.xxx. The subnet mask settings must follow this rule, which means that a 255.255.0.0 subnet mask is not allowed in this example.

Start by adjusting the IP addresses. A convenient (and free) tool for doing this is Siemens PRONETA ( https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/67460624 ), but there are plenty of alternatives.

This is how the YRCP-MP4P with default settings shows up in PRONETA:
YRCP-MP4P with its default networks settings.
For this example we are using 192.168.255.xxx for the slave network, and 192.168.100.xxx for the master network. Also we have adjusted the device names:
YRCP-MP4P with modified IP settings and device names.

Now that the IP addresses are adjusted we can proceed to the next step in which we will use the webserver of the board.

Board firmware

Note

It is advised to use the latest board firmware (see version information at the top of this document).

Check version

Start the robot controller (maintenance mode).
Access the webserver of the board (web based management, WBM) by entering one of the given IP addresses in a webbrowser. As it is not using encryption (using HTTP instead of HTTPS), it might get blocked with a message like this:
Browser security warning.
Proceed by clicking Continue to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (unsafe)
Login using the default credentials (user: admin / password: 00000000).
The actual firmware version is shown (in short notation) in the main screen’s top right corner:
Version info shown on the main screen.
The more detailed notation of the firmware version is shown in Menu Overview » General Data:
Detailed version info.

Update process

Follow above steps for checking the firmware version.
Download the latest firmware here .
Unzip the files.
Open the firmware page using menu Administration » Firmware update
Click Browse to select the new firmware file (.raucb) on your PC. It will then show up:
Firmware selection.
After clicking Start Update, the file will be uploaded to the board.
Firmware transfer (upload) progress indicator.
After finishing the transfer, the board will install the new firmware. During this process, the webserver is not accessible:
Webserver connection lost.
The installation should take no more than five minutes. If everything went well, the webpage will automatically reloaded and display the login screen. Login and verify if the new firmware version is shown.

Tips

Use multiple IP addresses

By adding one or more additional addresses in the IP address settings of your LAN adapter, you can easily reach devices on multiple networks without having to change the adapter settings over and over again.

Troubleshooting

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