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Tool Operation
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As the positioning unit RTEX can activate without a ladder program in the tool operation, the operation
can be checked quickly.
Select [Online] → [Tool operation] in the menu bar, and click the [Tool operation] icon in the
toolbar. The following dialog is shown.
Clicking [Yes] displays the following tool operation dialog.
The followings are the operations that are selectable in the tool operation.
Servo On/off
Control the on/off state of the servo.
Home return
Move to the home position in the machine coordinate.
Positioning
Operate from the starting table number according to the settings of the data stored in the positioning unit
RTEX.
JOG operation
The specified axis can be moved to the specified direction with the specified speed, while the operation
command is on.
Teaching
Control the axis manually using the same operation as the JOG operation, and reflect the resulting
positioning address on the data editing screen.
Note:
It is not possible to change the mode to the tool operation mode during the ladder operation of PLC.
If any communication error occurs during the tool operation, the positioning unit RTEX detects the error
and stops automatically.
If the previous tool operation did not finish properly due to a communication error, etc., the tool operation
mode will be cancelled forcibly when the next tool operation starts.
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