
PROGRAMMING2. CONTROLLED AXES
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The names of three basic axes are always X, Y, and Z. The name of an
additional axis can be set to A, B, C, U, V, or W by using parameter 1020.
Parameter No. 1020 is used to determine the name of each axis.
When this parameter is set to 0 or a character other than the valid
characters is specified, an axis name from 1 to 8 is assigned by default.
In two–path control, the basic three axis names are fixed to X, Y, and Z
for either path, but the name of an additional axis can be selected from A,
B, C, U, V, and W by parameter 1020. Duplicate axis names cannot be
used in the same path, but the same axis name can be used in different
paths.
When a default axis name (1 to 8) is used, operation in the MEM mode
and MDI mode is disabled.
If a duplicate axis name is specified in the parameter, operation is enabled
only for the axis specified first.
NOTE
In two–path control, axis information displayed on the CRT
screen, such as the current position, may contain an axis
name with a suffix indicating the related path (X1, X2, etc).
This is intended to provide a comprehensible indication of
the path to which the axis belongs. The suffix cannot be
used in a program ; the axis name should be specified as X,
Y, Z, U, V, W, A, B, or C.
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AXIS NAME
Limitations
D Default axis name
D Duplicate axis names