FN 20: WAIT FOR: NC and PLC synchronization
This function may only be used with the permission of
your machine tool builder.
With the FN 20: WAIT FOR function you can synchronize the NC and
PLC during a program run. The NC stops machining until the condition
that you have programmed in the FN 20 block is fulfilled. The TNC can
check the following PLC operands:
PLC
Abbreviation
operand
Marker
M
Input
I
Output
O
Counter
C
Timer
T
Byte
B
Word
W
Double
D
word
In an FN20 block you can define a condition with a
maximum length of 128 characters.
324
Address range
0 to 4999
0 to 31, 128 to 152
64 to 126 (first PL 401 B)
192 to 254 (second PL 401 B)
0 to 30
32 to 62 (first PL 401 B)
64 to 94 (second PL 401 B)
48 to 79
0 to 95
0 to 4095
0 to 2047
2048 to 4095
Programming: Q Parameters
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