Siemens SINUMERIK 840Di Function Manual page 1383

Description of formal parameters
The table below lists all formal parameters of the SpinCtrl function.
Signal
Start
Stop
Funct
Mode
AxisNo
Pos
FRate
InPos
Error
State
FRate
The feed rate in FC 18 can also be specified as:
1. Cutting rate with unit m/min or feet/min
2. Constant grinding wheel surface speed in m/s or feet/s
PLC Basic Program Solution Line (P3 sl)
Function Manual, 08/2005 Edition, 6FC5397-0BP10-0BA0
Type Type Value range
I Bool
I Bool
I Byte 1 to B#16#0B
I Byte 0 to 5
I Int 1 - 31
I Real ∓ 0,1469368 I -38
to
∓ 0,1701412 I +39
I Real ∓ 0,1469368 I -38
to
∓ 0,1701412 I +39
Q Bool
Q Bool
Q Byte 0 to 255
Remarks
Start spindle control from PLC
Stop spindle control from PLC
1: Position spindle
2: Rotate spindle
3: Oscillate spindle
4: Indexing axis
5: PosAxis metric
6: PosAxis inch
7: PosAxis metric with handwheel override
8: PosAxis inch with handwheel override
9: Rotate spindle with gear stage selection
A: Rotate spindle with constant cutting rate (m/min)
B: Rotate spindle with constant cutting rate
(feet/min)
0: Pos to absolute pos
1: Pos incrementally
2: Pos shortest path
3: Pos absolute, positive approach direction
4: Pos absolute, negative approach direction
5: Rotational direction as for M4
No. of axis/spindle to be traversed
Rotary axis: Degrees
Indexing axis: Indexing position
Linear axis: mm or inches
Rotary axis and spindle: rev/min
See under table containing info about FRate
1 = Position reached,
or function executed
1 = error
Error code
Detailed Description
2.12 Block descriptions
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