
FANUC Series 16i/18i/21i-MA/MB/TB TOOL MANAGEMENT FUNCTION A-78614EN
2002.08.08 Edition 04
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•Tool life state
Item Content
Data length 1byte
Details 0: Tool is not managed
1: Unused tool
2: Enable to use
3: Life is over
4: Tool is broken
(Notice)
Machine (PMC) judges tool breakage and informs CNC through PMC
window. Tool management in CNC treats a broken tool as a tool which
life is over.
•Tool information
Item Content
Data length 1byte(flag data)
#0 RGS 0: Tool management data is void (-)
1: Tool management data is valid (R)
#1 TIM 0: Tool life is specified by count (C)
1: Tool life is specified by time (T)
#2 BDT 0: Normal tool (N)
1: Big tool (B)
#3 LOC 0: Data accessable (U)
1: Data locked (L)
#4 SEN In case the tool life state is "tool not managed"(0)
0:Search enable (-)
1:Search disable (S)
#5∼#7 Reserved
If RGS = 0, tool management data is treated as it is not registered yet.
•Tool length compensation number (H) (Machining and
Lathe(compound) system)
Item Content
Data length 2byte
Valid data range 0 to 999
•Cutter compensation number (D) (Maching and
Lathe(compound) system)
Item Content
Data length 2byte
Valid data range 0 to 999