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Using MoveIt! is a great way to do simple tasks like the one you describe. The key thing to understand is that although the MoveIt! package may include calls to start up the robot itself, it doesn't include any of the robot-specific drivers. To make a physical robot move, you'll need to build the robot driver package in addition to the ...moveit_config package (as well as configuring the robot to accept commands from ROS). This page has some info on how to set up the robot itself.
The ABB driver package that you linked is a new one which has a lot of great features, but for something simple like you're doing, you might look at the older version (which is still in wide use). This is the driver that the MoveIt! config package is currently trying to call when this launch file is run with the sim flag set to false (the actual call to launch the driver is in the included launch file).
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