Machine parameters

Application

You can configure the behavior of the control with machine parameters. The control offers the applications MPs for users and MPs for setters for this. You can open the MPs for users application at any time without having to enter a code number.

The machine manufacturer defines which machine parameters are in which applications. HEIDENHAIN offers a standard scope of parameters for the MPs for setters application. The following contents describe only the standard scope of the MPs for setters application.

Related topics

Requirements

  • Code number 123
  • Code numbers

  • Contents of the MPs for setters application are defined by the machine manufacturer

Description of function

The MPs for setters menu item opens the MPs for setters application. The menu item is in the Machine parameters group of the Settings application.

In the Machine parameters group the control shows only those menu items that you can choose with the current access rights.

If you open an application for machine parameters, the control displays the configuration editor.

  • The configuration editor offers the following workspaces:
  • List
  • Table

You can't close the List workspace.

Areas of the configuration editor

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MPs for setters application with selected machine parameter

The configuration editor shows the following areas:

1

Search column

  • You can search forward or backward with the following characteristics:
  • Name
  • This is the language-neutral name used for machine parameters in the User's Manual.

  • Number
  • This is the unique number used for machine parameters in the User's Manual.

  • MP number of the iTNC 530
  • Value
  • Key name
  • Machine parameters for axes or channels exist more than once. In order to avoid ambiguity, each axis and each channel is identified with a key name (e.g., X1)

  • Comment

The control displays the results.

2

Title bar of the List workspace

You can show and hide the Search column, use a selection menu to filter the contents, and open the Configuration window.

Configuration window

3

Navigation column

  • The control provides the following options for navigation:
  • Navigation path
  • Favorites
  • 21 most recent changes
  • Structure of the machine parameters

4

Content column

In the content column the control displays objects, machine parameters, or changes that you select using the search function or navigation column.

5

Information area

The control displays information about the selected machine parameter or change.

Information area

6

Table workspace

In the Table workspace the control shows the selected contents within the structure. In order to do so, in the Configuration window the Synchronized navigation in list and table toggle switch must be set to active.

  • The control displays the following information:
  • Name of the objects
  • Icon of the objects
  • Value of the machine parameters

Icons and buttons

The configuration editor contains the following icons and buttons:

Icon or button

Meaning

SettingsIcon

Open the Configuration window

Configuration window

recentIcon

Select Recent changes

folderIcon

Object exists

  • Data object
  • Directory
  • Parameter list
folder-inactive_de

Object empty

value

Machine parameter exists

value-inactive

Optional machine parameter does not exist

value-invalid

Machine parameter invalid

configedit_write_prot

Machine parameter readable but not editable

configedit_read_prot

Machine parameter unreadable and uneditable

configedit_modified

Changes to the machine parameter not yet saved

Functions

Open the context menu

Context menu

Check the axis configuration

Only for the machine manufacturer

Calculate con- troller parameters

Only for the machine manufacturer

Attribute information

Only for the machine manufacturer

Save

The control opens a window with all of the changes since the most recent saving.

You can save or discard the changes.

Configuration window

In the Configuration window you define the settings for displaying the machine parameters in the configuration editor.

  • The Configuration window consists of the following areas:
  • List
  • Table

The List area contains the following settings:

Setting

Meaning

Show MP descriptive texts

If the toggle switch is active, the control displays a description of the machine parameter in the active conversational language.

If the toggle switch is not active, the control displays the language-neutral name of the machine parameter.

Show details

Hide or show the information area with this toggle switch.

The Table area contains the following settings:

Setting

Meaning

Show details when table displayed

If the toggle switch is active, the control shows the information area even if the Table workspace is open.

If the toggle switch is not active, the control shows the information area only if the Table workspace is closed.

Synchronized navigation in list and table

If the toggle switch is active, the control always shows in the Table workspace the object that is marked in the List workspace, and vice versa.

If the toggle switch is not active, the contents of the two workspaces do not synchronize.

Information area

  • If you select contents from the favorites or the structure, the control will display some of the information below in the information area:
  • Type of object, such as data object list or parameter, perhaps with number
  • Descriptive text of machine parameter
  • Information about the effect
  • Permitted or required input
  • Behavior, such as program run disabled
  • MP number of the iTNC 530 for machine parameters
  • Machine parameter optional
  • If you select content from one of the recent changes, the control will display the information below in the information area:
  • Sequential number of the change
  • Previous value
  • New value
  • Date and time of change
  • Descriptive text of machine parameter
  • Information about the effect