Siemens SINUMERIK 840DiE sl Manual page 25

01/2007
NCK
PLC system
software
SinuCom NC
840Di start–up
Optional HMI
components
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SINUMERIK 840Di sl Manual (HBIsl) – 01/2007 Edition
1 General Information on the SINUMERIK 840Di sl
The NCK (Numerik Control Kernel) is part of the NC system software that
realizes the real–time capability of the SINUMERIK 840Di sl.
The NCK is characterized by the following features:
– The NCK is automatically started when Windows powers up.
– The NCK runs cyclically in the background.
– The current status of the NCK is displayed on the SINUMERIK 840Di sl
standard user interface 840Di start–up:
Menu command Window > Diagnostics > NC/PLC
– The NCK is automatically ended when you exit Windows XP.
– When the NCK is ended, it writes the remanent SRAM data from NCK
and PLC to the hard disk of the PCU as a backup copy.
The PLC system software, like the NC system software, largely has the same
functionality as the SINUMERIK 840D.
SinuCom NC is a Windows–based tool for commissioning the SINUMERIK
840Di sl NC offering the possibilities for the:
– interactive parameterization of the NC
– option management and license management
– management of series startup files.
The Windows–based user interface 840Di start–up (see Section 1.5, Page
1-38) offers basic operation functionality to allow the operator to become familiar
with the SINUMERIK 840Di sl.
840Di start–up is part of the scope of supply of a SINUMERIK 840Di sl and is
already installed on the hard disk of the PCU.
The following components of the SINUMERIK HMI modular system can be used
optionally:
S
SINUMERIK HMI Advanced
HMI Advanced is the SINUMERIK standard user interface intended espe-
cially for machine tools.
S
SIMATIC Protool/Pro and Protool/Pro option SINUMERIK
SIMATIC Protool/Pro and Protool/Pro Option SINUMERIK are configuring
packages for creating technology–specific user interfaces.
The ProTool/Pro runtime system is required to run a configured user inter-
face.
S
SINUMERIK HMI Programming Package
The HMI Programming Package can be used to integrate OEM high–level
language applications using standardized interfaces (COM/OPC). The OEM
obtains as much flexibility as possible for developing user interfaces using
standard development tools (such as Visual C++).
1.1 Overview of SINUMERIK 840Di sl
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