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OPERATION

13. HELP FUNCTION

HELP FUNCTION

The help function displays on the screen detailed information about

alarms issued in the CNC and about CNC operations. The following

information is displayed.

D Detailed information of

When the CNC is operated incorrectly or an erroneous machining

alarms

program is executed, the CNC enters the alarm state. The help screen

displays detailed information about the alarm that has been issued and

how to reset it. The detailed information is displayed only for a limited

number of P/S alarms. These alarms are often misunderstood and are

rather difficult to understand.

D Operation method

If you are not sure about a CNC operation, refer to the help screen for

information about each operation.

D Parameter table

When setting or referring to a system parameter, if you are not sure of the

number of the parameter, the help screen displays a list of parameter Nos.

for each function.

Help Function Procedure

Procedure

Press the

HELP

key on the MDI panel. HELP (INITIAL MENU) screen

is displayed.

HELP (INITIAL MENU)

O1234 N00001

***** HELP *****

1. ALARM DETAIL

2. OPERATION METHOD

3. PARAMETER TABLE

0 T0000

MEM **** *** ***

10:12:25

[ ALAM ]

[ OPR

]

[ PARA ]

[

]

[

]

Fig. 13 (a) HELP (INITIAL MENU) screen

The user cannot switch the screen display from the PMC screen or

CUSTOM screen to the help screen. The user can return to the normal

CNC screen by pressing the

HELP

key or another function key.

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ALARM DETAIL screen

Press soft key [ALAM] on the HELP (INITIAL MENU) screen to

display detailed information about an alarm currently being

raised.

HELP (ALARM DETAIL)

O0010 N00001

NUMBER : 027

Alarm No.

M‘SAGE : NO AXES COMMANDED IN G43/G44

Normal explana-

FUNCTION : TOOL LENGTH COMPENSATION C

tion on alarm

ALARM :

Function

IN TOOL LENGTH COMPENSATION TYPE C,

classification

NO AXIS IS DESIGNATED IN G43 & G44

Alarm details

BLOCKS. IN TOOL LENGTH COMPENSATION

TYPE C, IT TRIES TO LATCH ON TO

ANOTHER AXIS WITHOUT OFFSET CANCE-

LING.

>100

0 T0000

MEM **** *** ***

10:12:25

[ ALAM

]

[

OPR

]

[ PARA

]

[

]

[

]

Fig. 13 (b) ALARM DETAIL screen when alarm P/S 027 is issued

Note that only details of the alarm identified at the top of the screen

are displayed on the screen.

If the alarms are all reset while the help screen is displayed, the alarm

displayed on the ALARM DETAIL screen is deleted, indicating that no

alarm is issued.

HELP (ALARM DETAIL)

O1234 N00001

NUMBER

M‘SAGE

FUNCTION

ALARM

<<ALARM IS NOT GENERATED>>

ENTER THE DETAIL-REQUIRED ALARM NUMBER,

AND PRESS [SELECT] KEY

>100

0 T0000

MEM **** *** ***

10:12:25

[ ALAM

]

[ OPR

]

[ PARA ]

[

]

[

]

Fig. 13 (c) ALARM DETAIL screen when no alarm is issued

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To get details on another alarm number, first enter the alarm number,

then press soft key

[SELECT]. This operation is useful for

investigating alarms not currently being raised.

>100

0 T0000

MEM **** *** ***

10:12:25

[

]

[

]

[

]

[

]

[ SELECT ]

Fig. 13 (d) How to select each ALARM DETAILS

The following is the screen when P/S alarm 100 is selected as

example.

HELP (ALARM DETAIL)

O1234 N00001

NUMBER

100

M‘SAGE

: PARAMETER WRITE ENABLE

FUNCTION

ALARM

<<ALARM IS NOT GENERATED>>

>100

0 T0000

MEM **** *** ***

10:12:25

[

]

[

]

[

]

[

]

[ SELECT ]

Fig. 13 (e) ALARM DETAIL screen when P/S 100 is selected

OPERATION METHOD

To determine an operating procedure for the CNC, press the soft key

screen

[OPR] key on the HELP (INITIAL MENU) screen. The OPERATION

METHOD menu screen is then displayed.

HELP (OPERATION METHOD) O1234 N00001

1. PROGRAM EDIT

2. SEARCH

3. RESET

4. DATA INPUT WITH MDI

5. DATA INPUT WITH TAPE

6. OUTPUT

7. INPUT WITH FANUC CASSETTE

8. OUTPUT WITH FANUC CASSETTE

9. MEMORY CLEAR

T0000

MEM

* * * *

* * *

00 : 00 : 00

ALAM

OPR

PARA

(OPRT)

Fig. 13 (f) OPERATION METHOD menu screen

To select an operating procedure, enter an item No. from the keyboard

then press the [SELECT] key.

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0 T0000

MEM **** *** ***

10:12:25

[

]

[

]

[

]

[

]

[ SELECT ]

Fig. 13 (g) How to select each OPERATION METHOD screen

When “1. PROGRAM EDIT” is selected, for example, the screen in

Figure 13 (h) is displayed.

On each OPERATION METHOD screen, it is possible to change the

displayed page by pressing the PAGE key. The current page No. is

shown at the upper right corner on the screen.

Each item

HELP (OPERATION METHOD)

01234 N00001

Page/maximum

<< 1. PROGRAM EDIT >>

1/4

page

*DELETE ALL PROGRAMS

Operation

Set mode

MODE

: EDIT

Operation

SCREEN

: PROGRAM

location

OPR

(O-9999) - <DELETE>

Operating

procedure

*DELETE ONE PROGRAM

MODE

: EDIT

SCREEN

: PROGRAM

OPR

(O+PROGRAM NUMBER) - <DELETE>

0 T0000

MEM

****

***

10:12:25

[ ALAM ] [ OPR

]

[ PARA

]

[

]

[

]

Fig. 13 (h) Selected OPERATION METHOD screen

To return to the OPERATION METHOD menu screen, press the

RETURN MENU key to display “[OPR]” again, and then press the

[OPR] key again.

To directly select another OPERATION METHOD screen on the

RETURN MENU key

screen shown in Figure 13 (h), enter an item No. from the keyboard

and press the [SELECT] key.

0 T0000

MEM

**** *** ***

10:12:25

[

]

[

]

[

]

[

]

[ SELECT ]

Fig. 13 (i) How to select another OPERATION METHOD screen

PARAMETER TABLE

If you are not sure of the No. of a system parameter to be set, or to refer

screen

to a system parameter, press the [PARA] key on the HELP (INITIAL

MENU) screen. A list of parameter Nos. for each function is

displayed.

(See Figure 13 (j).)

It is possible to change the displayed page on the parameter screen.

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The current page No. is shown at the upper right corner on the screen.

HELP (PARAMETER TABLE)

01234 N00001

1/4

* SETTEING

(No. 0000∼)

* READER/PUNCHER INTERFACE

(No. 0100∼)

* AXIS CONTROL

/SETTING UNIT

(No. 1000∼)

* COORDINATE SYSTEM

(No. 1200∼)

* STROKE LIMIT

(No. 1300∼)

* FEED RATE

(No. 1400∼)

* ACCEL/DECELERATION CTRL

(No. 1600∼)

* SERVORELATED

(No. 1800∼)

* DI/DO

(No. 3000∼)

0 T0000

MEM **** ***

***

10:12:25

[ ALAM ]

[ OPR

]

[ PARA

]

[

]

[

]

Fig. 13 (j) PARAMETER TABLE screen

To exit from the help screen, press the

HELP

key or another function

key.

Explanation

D Configuration of the Help

Screen

HELP

key

HELP

CNC

INITIAL MENU

screen

HELP

key

[ALAM]

[OPR]

[PARA]

function key

ALARM

OPERATION

PARAME-

DETAIL

METHOD

TER TABLE

screen

PAGE key

HELP

key

function key

(NO.)+[SELECT]

[OPR]

(NO.)+[SELECT]

HELP

key

Each opera-

tion instruc-

function key

tion screen

(NO.)+[SELECT]

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14. SCREEN HARDCOPY

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SCREEN HARDCOPY

The screen hardcopy function outputs the information displayed on the

CNC screen as 640*480-dot bitmap data. This function makes it possible

to produce a hard copy of a still image displayed on the CNC.

The created bitmap data can be displayed on a PC.

Screen Hardcopy Procedure

Check the parameter settings. To use the screen hardcopy function,

set bit 7 (HDC) of parameter 3301 to 1 and parameter 20 (I/O channel

selection) to 4 (memory card I/F). Set other relative parameters (bits

0, 2, and 3 of parameter 3301) as needed.

Insert a memory card.

To start the function, set hardcopy start signal HDREQ <G067#7> to

1. Alternatively, hold down the [SHIFT] key for five seconds.

To end the function, press the [CAN] key. Alternatively, set hard

copy stop signal HDABT <G067#6> to 1.

While the screen hardcopy operation is in progress, the hardcopy in

progress signal <F061#3> is tied to 1. For several tens of seconds (or

several seconds, for a monochrome LCD) before the hardcopy

operation ends, the screen image stands still.

When the screen hardcopy operation is completed, the hardcopy in

progress signal <F061#3> goes 0.

Supplementary

While the screen hardcopy operation is in progress, the screen image

explanation

keeps still. This means that the clock displayed on the screen indicates

the beginning and end of the operation. When the clock stops counting

seconds, the hard copy operation starts. The clock resumes counting

seconds when the screen hard copy operation ends.

NOTE

During the screen hardcopy operation, key input is disabled

for several tens of seconds. Until the screen hardcopy

operation ends, the screen image lies still. During this

period, the hardcopy in progress signal <F061#3> is tied to

1. No other signal is output. Avoid turning off the power

indiscriminately during that period.

A normal hard copy may not be produced while the screen

image is moving.

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Limitations

A hard copy of the following screens cannot be produced.

System alarm screen

Screen while RS-232-C is being used

Screen during automatic or manual operation (A hard copy can be

produced in a rest of the operation.)

File name

The bitmap files created by the screen hardcopy function are named as

follows, in order in which they are created after power-up:

‘HDCPY000.BMP’ (Name of the first hardcopy file created after

power-up)

‘HDCPY001.BMP’ (Name of the second hardcopy file created after

power-up)

‘HDCPY099.BMP’

NOTE

A screen hardcopy file produced after the file HDCPY099.

BMP is output will be named as HDCPY000.BMP.

If a BMP file output by the screen hardcopy function has the

same name as a file present on a memory card, the file on

the memory card is overwritten unconditionally.

When the hardcopy function is carried out after power is

turned off and on again, the first output file is named as

HDCPY000.BMP again. If the inserted memory card has a

file having the same name, the file is unconditionally

overwritten. Note this when continuously producing hard

copies of various screens.

Colors of data

The number of colors used in created bitmap data depend on the LCD

hardware and the display mode of the CNC screen. Table 14 (a) indicates

the relationships.

Table 14 (a) Colors of BMP data created by the screen hardcopy function

LCD

CNC screen

Colors

Colors used in created

Remarks

hardware

display

displayed

BMP data

mode

on CNC

Monochrom

—

2 colors

Shades of gray are not supported.

e LCD

Color LCD

VGA-comp

Character:

When bit 0 of parameter

Note that colors may not be normally displayed

atible mode

16 colors

3301 is set to 0: 256 colors

in the 16-color mode.

3119#7=1

Graphic:

When bit 0 of parameter

16 colors

3301 is set to 1: 16 colors

VGA mode

256 colors

3119#7=0

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Data size

Table 14 (b) indicates the sizes of bitmap data created by the screen

hardcopy function.

Table 14 (b) Sizes of bitmap data created by the screen hardcopy

function

Bitmap colors

File size (bytes)

Monochrome (2 colors)

38,462

Color (16 colors)

153,718

Color (256 colors)

308,278

Alarm message

If bit 2 (HCA) of parameter 3301 is set to 1, an alarm message can be

output when the hardcopy operation ends in failure.

(P/S alarm Nos. 5212 to 5214)

For descriptions of these alarms, see APPENDIX G, “ALARM LIST.”

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