Freely Definable Tables; Creating A Prototype - HEIDENHAIN TNC 426 PB/M Technical Manual

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6.13.21 Freely Definable Tables

As of NC software:

You can adapt tables to suit your own applications:

Define the number and names of the fields as prototypes.

You can interrogate and edit the entries through PLC modules or through the

FN functions FN26, FN27 and FN28 (see User's Manual).

With the exception of pallet tables and cutting data tables, freely definable

tables are given the file name extension .TAB.

Switch to PLC mode.

(See "Selecting the PLC Mode" on page 7 – 3)

In the PLC:\PROTO directory, create a table with the extension .TAB.

If you have not yet defined prototypes, you will be given a standard prototype.

If you have defined more than one prototype, a menu will appear when you

create a table:

Select an existing prototype and change the format by using the soft key

EDIT FORMAT.

If you have selected a prototype, the structure commands of the individual

columns are displayed:

Heading of the column. Maximum 8 characters, no longer than WIDTH. Do

not use any blanks.

N = Numerical input (with "$" in hexadecimal and "%" in binary format), C

= alphanumerical input.

Width of the column. For TYPE = N includes algebraic sign, decimal point

and decimal places.

Number of decimal places; = 0 for hexadecimal or binary format input. Has

no meaning for TYPE = C.

ENGLISH to RUSSIAN:

Language-specific messages that are shown in the dialog line during editing

of the column. Maximum 32 characters per language. Dialog entry is

Press the "Insert line" soft key and enter your structure commands in the

respective column.

With the END key you exit the display of the structure definition. The table

you have just created is displayed with the newly defined columns.

A table can have a maximum of 30 columns and a maximum width of 200

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