Siemens SINUMERIK 828D Programming Manual page 670

Additional functions
14.3 Axis container (AXCTSWE, AXCTSWED)
Further Information
Axis container
Can be assigned via the axis container.
● Local axes and/or
● Link axes
Axis containers with link axes are a NCU-cross device (NCU-global) that is coordinated via
the control. It is also possible to have axis containers that are only used for managing local
axes.
References:
Detailed information on configuring axis containers, see:
Function Manual, Extension Functions; Several Control Panels on Multiple NCUs,
Decentralized Systems (B3)
Enable criteria
AXCTSWE( )
Each channel whose axes are entered in the specified container issues an enable for a
container rotation if it has finished machining the position/station. If the enable signals of
allchannels for the axes of the container have been received in the control, the container is
rotated with the container-specific increment saved in the SD41700
$SN_AXCT_SWWIDTH[<container number>].
Example:
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