Siemens SINUMERIK Commissioning Manual page 270

Tool management
6.7 Start-up of code carrier
Dialog
variable
C35
C36
C37
C38 *
C39 *
C40 *
C41
C42
The dialog variables C2 and C3 are managed only internally.
Note
C38 and C39 can only be used as alternatives for C29 and C30. C40, C41 and C42 can only
be used as alternatives for C31, C32 and C34.
User tool parameters and the new monitoring parameters are now used for code carriers.
The following new dialog variables are available for the file "wkonvert.txt":
A1 - A10: User tool data (see $TC_TPCx[t])
U1 - U10: User cutting edge data (see $TC_DPCx[t,d])
S1 - S10: User monitoring data (see $TC_MOPCx[t,d])
Data type "Double" is defined for the dialog variables A, U and S.
Data types
The following data types are defined for dialog variables:
● Integer: Value range -32768 to 32767
● Double: Double-precision floating point
● String: String made up of ASCII characters
Keywords
The assignment of code-carrier data to dialog data is made using the code-carrier
description file. The description file can be created and edited as an ASCII file using a
standard editor. The code-carrier files is structured as lines whereby each line is prefixed by
one of the following keywords:
Inverted comma
The ' (single quotation mark) marks the beginning of a comment. The characters that follow
are skipped.
Example: ' This is a comment. ¶
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Data type Designation
Double Prewarning limit for wear
Double Wear
Double Setpoint wear
Double Downtime in minutes
Double Prewarning limit for tool life in minutes
Double Quantity
Double Pre-warning limit for count
Double Unit quantity setpoint
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Assignment $TC...
$TC_MOP5
$TC_MOP6
$TC_MOP15
$TC_MOP2
$TC_MOP1
$TC_MOP4
$TC_MOP3
$TC_MOP13
HMI Advanced (IM4)