{"id":25767,"date":"2016-04-26T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/blog\/25767\/how-to-use-fanuc-pc-developers-kit-pcdk\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:48:19","slug":"how-to-use-fanuc-pc-developers-kit-pcdk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmcinfo.com\/blog\/25767\/how-to-use-fanuc-pc-developers-kit-pcdk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use FANUC PC Developer’s Kit (PCDK)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FANUC offers an easy way to command and configure a robot from a PC using their PC Developer’s Kit (PCDK<\/a>).The kit allows a PC to access variables, registers, IO, programs, positions, and alarms on the robot. Most of the help documentation already covers Visual Basic, so I’ll explain how to get started with C#.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First step is to install Visual Studio. Visual Studio Community<\/a> is free and works perfectly for this application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After installing Visual Studio, go through the PCDK installer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting Started with FANUC PCDK<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Next, start up Visual Studio and create a new Console Application. I called mine “FanucTest”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After clicking OK, right click on the “References” in the solution, and click “Add Reference”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under COM, find FANUC Robotics Controller Interface. Select it and click OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now to begin writing code!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting to a Robot<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Add the following highlighted lines to your code to connect to your robot. If this runs, you’ve successfully<\/b> installed PCDK and you’re ready to communicate with your robot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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