Definitions

Term

Meaning

Monitoring section

Monitoring sections define the areas in the NC program to be monitored by the control. The monitoring sections contain the SECTION MONITORING START and SECTION MONITORING STOP syntax elements at the beginning and at the end.

Monitoring task

The control uses the monitoring task to monitor the monitoring sections during the program run.

A monitoring task consists of a signal, a procedure and one or several reactions.

The control displays every monitoring task as a graph.

Signal

The signal defines what the control should monitor (e.g., the spindle current).

The machine provides information about the machining process by means of signals.

Procedure

The procedure defines how the control will monitor the signal (e.g., by waveform comparison).

Reactions

The reactions define how the control reacts in case of a signal deviation (e.g., Trigger NC stop).

Parameterization

Parameterization allows adapting the procedure to the machining process if required.

Monitoring template

You can save the parameterization of the current monitoring task, including the defined reactions, as a template. Templates allow you to easily transfer the parameterization to other machines.

By default, the control will use the templates as monitoring tasks for new monitoring sections or NC programs.

Recordings

The control records the machining operations and displays them in the runtime table. If you assess the recordings, i.e. the results of the machining operation, as "good parts", the control will consider these machining operations as reference machining operations.

Reference machining operation

The control uses the first ten good parts as reference machining operations. For some procedures, the control needs reference machining operations to compare them with the current machining operations (e.g., for waveform comparison).

Based on the reference machining operations, the control creates a reference signal for monitoring tasks.

 
Tip

Recordings and settings of prior software versions are not compatible with software version 19. Make sure to delete the old recordings and settings when updating the software. You need to newly set up the monitoring tasks and make new recordings.