Siemens SINUMERIK 828D Programming Manual page 515

Examples
Example 1:
Define following axis and leading axis values at the start and end of the curve table, along
with the minimum and maximum values of the following axis in the entire definition range of
the curve table.
Program code
N10 DEF REAL STARTPOS
N20 DEF REAL ENDPOS
N30 DEF REAL STARTPARA
N40 DEF REAL ENDPARA
N50 DEF REAL MINVAL
N60 DEF REAL MAXVAL
N70 DEF REAL GRADIENT
...
N100 CTABDEF(Y,X,1,0)
N110 X0 Y10
N120 X30 Y40
N130 X60 Y5
N140 X70 Y30
N150 X80 Y20
N160 CTABEND
...
N200 STARTPOS=CTABTSV(1,GRADIENT)
N210 ENDPOS=CTABTEV(1,GRADIENT)
N220 STARTPARA=CTABTSP(1,GRADIENT)
N230 ENDPARA=CTABTEP(1,GRADIENT)
N240 MINVAL=CTABTMIN(1)
N250 MAXVAL=CTABTMAX(1)
Job planning
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Comment
; Beginning of table definition
; Start position 1st table segment
; End position 1st table segment = start position 2nd
table segment
; End position 2nd table segment = etc.
; End of table definition.
; Following axis value at start of curve table = 10
; Following axis value at end of curve table = 20
; Leading axis value at start of curve table = 0
; Leading axis value at end of curve table = 80
; Minimum value of following axis with Y=5
; Maximum value of following axis with Y=40
Axis couplings
9.2 Curve tables (CTAB)
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