QBSOFTHAND RESEARCH USER MANUAL —
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INSTRUCTIONS
2
Connect the main cable (C1) to a power supply unit
(A) (
Not connected to the power
).
3
If you have purchased our external power supply,
connect the power cable (C3) at the power supply unit
(A).
4
Connect the USB cable (C2) at
the RS485-
USB
converter (B); then connect the other
end to
a USB
type-
A port
on your PC or robots' control box.
If you have not required the external
power supply, the C1 cable has two
unconnected red and grey ends. These are
used to power the device, so connect the
red wire to the negative (V
-
)
and
the
grey wire to the positive connector (V
+
)
.
For example in UR CB series robots you
can connect the device to 24 V sockets
inside the Digital Inputs panels.
If the qb SoftHand has to be used through
C++ APIs or ROS packages, then the USB
communication cable has to be connected
to the workstation PC.
