
B-63364EN/03 5. SETTING AND REGISTERING DATA FOR EACH CNC MACHINE
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Item name
Set the name by which the character of this monitoring item is shown.
The item name becomes the key word for referring to the output item
on the registration auxiliary screen of the logging output item.
Condition
Set the condition formula to acquire the monitoring data of this
monitoring item from the CNC machine. When the condition is set,
the data acquisition is executed if the condition formula is satisfied
(=TRUE).
When the condition is not set, the data acquisition is executed at every
sampling interval of that CNC machine.
The format of the condition formula follows to the grammar of MS
Excel. For instance, when the monitor data is acquired only when the
value of cell F6 is larger than 0, set the following condition formula.
= F6>0
Refer to the manual and help of MS Excel for details of the format of
the condition formula of MS Excel.
NOTE
When in the DNC operation mode, the correct main program number
cannot be acquired at item type "O Number(Main)".
In case of the following item types, the Machining Status Monitor
Package cannot acquired the correct monitoring data unless the CNC
machine has the proper options and ladder program.
Refer to the manual of CNC machine for details of these data.
• Item type
Parts Total, Parts Required, Parts Count, Power On, Operating Time,
Cutting Time, Free Purpose, Cycle Time
• Necessary options and ladder program
Options
Machining Time, Parts Count
Ladder program
Ladder program to count the total number of the processed parts
and the number of the processed parts.