Basics of operation
2.1 Main screen of the HMI in the operating mode “JOG”
In this section the parts of the main screen will be declared.
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Active operating area and mode
Program path and name Status, program influence and
channel name
Alarm and message line Channel operation messages Date and time
Display of:
T = Active tool
F = Present feedrate
S = Spindle
Spindle load factor in percent
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Position readout for the axes Display of the active zero point, rotation, mirroring and
scaling
Working window Horizontal softkey bar Vertical softkey bar
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Program path and name
NC programs can be created, modified and selected in the three main di-rectories on the NC of the type DIR.
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Folder “Part programs”
Part programs have the file extension MPF and are stored in a sepa-rate part programs folder.
Display in editor Description
The shown program path to the left indicates that the selected program “TEST.MPF” can be found on the NC. The “MPF” in the program path refers to the directory “Part programs“.
Folder “Subprograms”
Subprograms have the file extension SPF and are stored in a separate subprogram folder
Display in editor Description
The selected program “TEST.SPF“ is stored on the NC in the SPF subprogram folder as the folder path to the left points out.
Active operating area and operating mode
(The display mode depends on the selected operating mode on the ma-chine control panel (MCP)).
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Display area Description
The operating mode “Machine Manual” (setup mode) can be selected by pressing the “JOG”-button on the machine control panel.
Functions adjusted under “T,S,M“ like tool selection, work offset and spindle control affect all movements in the manual operating mode.
Another function using the “JOG“-Mode is the ap-proaching of the reference point (REF.POINT).
Hint:
If you use a mouse to operate the HMI Sinumerik Operate, a click in the upper left corner of the display area (here the upper case “M“ with over line and un-derline) opens the yellow horizontal- and vertical softkey bar, from which you can access comfortably all the main functions of the control unit.
Folder “Workpieces”
Workpiece programs have the file extension WPD and are stored in a separate workpiece folder.
Display in editor Description
The selected program “TEST.MPF” is stored on the NC in the created workpiece directory “TEST.WPD“
The “WKS” in the program path refers to the direc-tory “Workpieces“.
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Alarm and message line
In case of a syntax error in the program code or a hardware malfunction (e.g. emergency stop) an alarm number with explaining text shows up.
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MCP Display area
Description
After correcting the error (correction of the hard-ware malfunction) you can reset the error message with the “RESET“-button.
CNC-keyboard
By pressing the “ALARM“-key on the keyboard the
“Alarm list”-window shows up, with a list of all active alarm messages.
After correcting the error (correction of the syntax error) you can reset the error message with the
“ALARM CANCEL“-key on the keyboard.
Status, program influence and channel name
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Display area Description Reset Interrupted
Activated
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Chanel operation messages
Display of operation messages with symbols.
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Display area Description
Attention: In case of conditions with this sym-bol a manual operation is required.
Operation in case of the message “Stop“:
After the fault remedy the machining program will be continued after pressing “NC-Start“.
Operation in case of the message “Wait“:
After a successful acknowledgement of the fault the machining program will be continued automatically.
Stop: No NC-Ready
Stop: BAG-Ready (mode-of-operation group)
Stop: EMERGENCY-STOP activated
Stop: Alarm with Stop activated
Stop: M0/M1 activated
Stop: Block completed in single block mode
Stop: Cycle-Stop activated
Wait: Read-in release missing
(Part program is not further processed by NC)
Wait: Feed enable missing
Wait: Axis enable missing
Wait: for Feed override
Stop: NC-block erroneous
Wait: for external NC-blocks
Wait: Spindle enable missing
Wait: Axis feed rate is 0
Stop: No channel ready
Stop: SERUPRO has reached the search desti-nation and the NCK has stopped. SERUPRO is the abbreviation for „Search Run by Program test“ and represents a new kind of block search.
In case of conditions with this symbol, a manual operation is usually not necessary.
Wait: Remaining dwell time in seconds or in spindle revolutions
Wait: HiFu-acknowledgement missing
Wait: Exact stop not reached
Wait: for positioning axis
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Date/Time
Current date and time are shown in the upper right corner of the screen.
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Display of T,F,S and spindle-value
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Display area Description
T: (Tool) Name of the active tool. The op-tional display of “TC“ is only available if a swivel head table is present.
F: (Feed) Display of the active feed rate for the current machining (top: actual feed rate, large digits during machin-ing), as well as the display of the pro-grammed feed rate (bottom) and the feed override in %.
S: (Spindle) Display of the active spindle speed for the current machining (top:
actual speed, large digits during ma-chining), as well as the display of the programmed spindle speed (bottom) and the speed override in %.
Display area Description (continuation) Note:
In case of conditions with this symbol a manual op-eration is usually not required.
Wait: for spindle
Wait: for another channel
Wait: due to a SYNACT-instruction
Wait: Block advance activated
Wait: for tool change acknowledgement
Wait: for gear change
Wait: for closed loop
Wait: for tapping start
Wait: for safe operation
Halt: oscillation activated
Wait: during access to a system variable
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Position display for the axes
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Description MCP/Display area
With the key “WCS MCS” on the MCP or the VSK 7 “Act. values. Machine” it is possible to switch between the machine coordinate system (MCS) and the work-piece coordinate system (WCS).
Display of the available axes with axis as-signment and position data in the machine coordinate system (Mach).
Display of the available axes with axis as-signment and position data in the work piece coordinate system (WCS). However, programmable zero offsets are not taken into consideration in the display.
Display of the active zero point offsets, rotation, mirroring and scaling
The machine coordinate system (MCS) does not consider zero point off-sets in comparison to the workpiece coordinate system (WCS).
Display area Description
Name of the currently active work offset, rotation, mirroring, rotation and scaling for the present machining sequence.
Work window
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Depending on the pressed horizontal softkey the associated parameter fields and help pictures are displayed. Here the “T,S,M”-mask is shown.
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