Status overview on the TNC bar

Application

On the TNC bar, the control shows a status overview with the execution status, the current technology values, and the axis positions.

Description of function

General information

Status overview of the collapsed TNC bar with opened position display

Status overview of the expanded TNC bar with opened position display

While an NC program or individual NC blocks are being executed, the control displays the following information in the status overview:

  • Control-in-operation: current machining status
  • Definition

  • Symbol of the application used for machining
  • Remaining run time of the NC program
  • Program run time
  • Active tool
  • Active feed rate
  • Current spindle speed
  • Number and comment of the active workpiece preset
  • Position display

If the TNC bar is expanded, then the control displays the run times in the default format hh:mm:ss (e.g., 01:10:30).

If the TNC bar is collapsed, then the control displays the run times in the following formats:

  • Minutes and seconds for run times of less than an hour (e.g., 10min30s)
  • Hours and minutes for run times of one hour or longer (e.g., 01h04min)

Display of the program run time

Position display

If you select the status overview area, then the control opens or closes the position display with the current axis positions. The position display mode can be selected independently of the Positions workspace (e.g., Actual pos. (ACT)).

The Positions workspace

If you select an axis line, the control copies the current value of this line to the clipboard.

Press the actual position capture key to open the position display. The control prompts you to select the value to be copied to the clipboard. If you select the value of an axis while editing an NC block, then the control inserts the value into the NC block.

Editing NC functions

Definition

Control-in-operation:
The control uses the Control-in-operation symbol to show the machining status of the NC program or NC block:

  • White: no movement command
  • Green: active machining, axes are moving
  • Orange: NC program interrupted
  • Red: NC program stopped

Interrupting, stopping or canceling program run

When the control bar is expanded, the control shows additional information about the current status, such as Active, feed rate at zero.