Machine parameters

Application

You can configure the behavior of the control with machine parameters. For this purpose, the control provides the MPs for Users and MPs for setters applications. 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

 
Manual

Overview of the Machine Parameters, Error Numbers and System Data

The additional documentation Overview of the Machine Parameters, Error Numbers and System Data provides an overview of the following functions:

  • Machine parameters of the MPs for setters application
  • Preassigned error numbers of the FN 14: ERROR NC function (ISO: D14)
  • System data readable with the FN 18: SYSREAD (ISO: D18) and SYSSTR NC functions

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You can download this documentation free of charge from the HEIDENHAIN website.

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Requirements

  • Code number 123
  • Code numbers

  • The contents of the MPs for setters application have been defined by the machine manufacturer

Description of function

To navigate to this function:

Settings Machine Parameters MPs for setters

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:

  • Details
  • Document
  • List

You cannot close the List workspace.

The configuration editor areas

The MPs for setters application with a machine parameter selected

The configuration editor shows the following areas:

1

The 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

The title bar of the List workspace includes the following functions:

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

The Details workspace

The control displays information on the selected machine parameter or the most recent change you made.

The Details workspace

Icons, buttons and shortcuts

The configuration editor provides the following icons, buttons, and shortcuts:

Icon, button, or shortcut

Meaning

Activate or deactivate the table view

The control toggles between structure and table views.

The contents displayed in table view

Activate or deactivate Change column width

You can adjust the width of the currently selected column.

Only if table view is active

Open or close the Details workspace

The Details workspace

Open or close the Configuration window

The Configuration window

Select Recent changes

Object exists

  • Data object
  • Directory
  • Parameter list

Object empty

Machine parameter exists

Optional machine parameter does not exist

Machine parameter invalid

Machine parameter readable but not editable

Machine parameter not readable and not editable

Changes to the machine parameter not yet saved

Functions

Open the context menu

Context menu

CTRL + N

Create a new object in a list of data objects or parameters

Check the axis configuration

Only for the machine manufacturer

Calculate controller param.

Only for the machine manufacturer

Attribute information

Only for the machine manufacturer

Go to number

The control opens the Enter number, then select from list window and suggests the number of the currently selected object.

You can enter the number of a machine parameter and navigate directly to this parameter.

Save

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

You can save or discard the changes.

The contents displayed in table view

The List workspace in table view

The table view of the List workspace displays the following information:

1

Group name (key)

The key is displayed in the header of the table. If no key is available, the header is empty.

2

Object name (entity)

The entity is displayed left-aligned in the first column. The name of the entity starts with Cfg.

3

Name (attribute) of the machine parameter

The attribute is displayed right-aligned in the first column.

4

Index of the machine parameter

If indexes are available, the index numbers are enclosed within square brackets.

The table view allows you to compare the configurations of different keys, for example.

The Configuration window

The control provides the following toggle switches in the Configuration window:

  • 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.

  • Display in tree view
  • If the toggle switch is active, the control displays the machine parameters in a tree view.

  • If the toggle switch is not active, the control displays the machine parameters in the structure view.

The Details workspace

If you select contents from the favorites or the structure, the control will display information in the Details workspace, such as:

  • Type of object, such as data object list or parameter
  • Descriptive text of machine parameter
  • Permitted or required input
  • Prerequisite for the change (e.g., program run blocked)
  • Number of the machine parameter on the iTNC 530
  • Machine parameter optional
  • This information is included if a machine parameter can be enabled optionally.

If you select contents from the most recent changes you made, the control will display the following information in the Details workspace:

  • Sequential number of the last change
  • Previous value
  • New value
  • Date and time of change
  • Descriptive text of machine parameter
  • Permitted or required input

Notes

  • The CFGREAD function allows you to read the values from machine parameters. Use the table view to determine the parameters required for CFGREAD.
  • Applying the contents of a machine parameter

  • The machine manufacturer defines which machine parameters are saved user-specifically by the control when user administration is active. These machine parameters can be changed at any time without, for example, having to restart the control.
  • User administration

  • The machine manufacturer offers further applications for machine parameters.
  • If later customization of the machine configuration by the machine manufacturer is intended, the machine operator might incur additional costs.