[dpd9000]

I am working with a FANUC LR Mate 200iD and R30iB robot controller. I got the license for RoboDK and it is awesome. We are able to write scripts in python, simulate the movements, connect to the robot and run the script on the robot. 

I am failing to see the next steps to getting this to run on a standalone system. My experience is with PLCs. Integrating everything using a PC based system is new to me and I dont see exactly how RoboDK integrates into everything else i need our system to do. For example:

- We plan to have an Industrial PC run our system. Does RoboDK get installed on this system and run the simulation while connected to the robot? Or is there some process where I am satisfied with the python scripts we developed in RoboDK and then these turn into an exe that I call from my own program on the IPC? 

- If I have light curtains, proximity sensors, other actuators controlled by the IPC, are these integrated through RoboDK or do I need to have a separate program that can coordinate the interactions between RoboDK and all the other stuff? With a PLC, I just did everything on the PLC. Can I Program EVERYTHING on my python scripts in RoboDK? 

I think my biggest hurdle is just understanding how information gets passed around and where different programs should live on an IPC vs PLC. 

Thank you,
-DPD