
1.SETTING AND DISPLAYING DATA OPERATION B-63944EN-2/02
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Fig. 1.1.3 (c) Tool length compensation measurement screen for tool
compensation memory C
NOTE
Pressing the
RESET
key resets the displayed T and M
addresses to 0. Once MEM or MDI mode has been
selected, however, the modal T and M codes are
displayed.
4 Use the numeric keys to enter the distance from the base
measurement surface to the measurement surface, then press soft
key [HM INPUT] to set the distance. For details of the
measurement surface and base measurement surface, see
Explanations, below.
5 Select the tool for which the tool length compensation value is to
be measured.
While "OFST" is blinking at the bottom of the tool length
compensation measurement screen, a T code or M code can be
specified in manual handle feed or jog feed mode (manual
numeric command). First, enter Ttttt (where tttt is a T code
number), then press the cycle start button on the machine
operator's panel or MDI panel. The Ttttt command is executed,
thus selecting the tool to be measured. Then, usually, enter the
M06 command to move the tool to the spindle position. Once the
tool for which the tool length compensation is to be measured
has been selected at the spindle position, position the cursor to
the tool offset number with which the tool length compensation
for the selected tool is to be stored. The positioning of the cursor
to the offset number is usually done by the operator. Some
machines, however, automatically position the cursor to an
appropriate tool offset number upon the completion of tool
selection, if bit 5 (QNI) of parameter No. 5005 is set to 1.