JPH01312603A - Numeric controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of the outputs of a working program or tool data by selecting the range of plural working programs or tool data to be outputted among the working programs or tool data registered in a storage part in an output range selection means. CONSTITUTION:When the range of program numbers to be outputted is designated from an input device 3, the working program output range selection means 11 selects and discriminates the designated range of the working programs among the working programs registered in the storage part 5 working. Namely, the range of the plural working programs or tool data to be outputted among the programs registered in the storage part 5 is selected in the output range selection means 11 and plural working programs or tool data in the selected range is outputted by the operation of one time. Thus, the output operation of plural working programs or tool data can efficiently be executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a numerical control device, and particularly to an improvement of a numerical control device that can output machining programs or tool data to external machining/O equipment.

[Conventional technology]

The contents of the crab blog processing program registered in the storage section of the numerical control device are output and the contents of the processing program are registered in the external I/O device.However, in recent years, the capacity of the storage section of the numerical control device has increased. As the number and size of machining programs registered in the storage unit have increased, external I/O
If a machining program exceeding the storage capacity of the storage medium of the O equipment is registered in the storage section of the numerical control device, it has become impossible to take a backup with a single output operation of the numerical control device. In this case, it is necessary to designate and output the machining programs one by one and perform the output operation repeatedly while checking the storage capacity of the external I/O device, which becomes a very troublesome task for the operator.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are diagrams for explaining such a conventional numerical control device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional numerical control device for controlling machine tools, for example. In FIG.
) is an input device such as a keyboard, and (4) is a controlled machine such as a machine tool.

The numerical control device main body (1) includes a storage section (5), a control section (6) including a central processing unit, an arithmetic section (7) that performs various calculations based on the commands of the control section (6), and an input device @( an input interface (8) that provides input signals from (3) to the control unit (6);
), the display command signal from the control unit (6) is sent to the display device 1t (
21, an output interface (9) and a control unit (6
) to the data input interface (to) that performs data communication with the external L device 0I, and the data input interface (to) that performs data communication from
: Consists of an output interface diagram that provides command signals to the controlled machine (4).

In the conventional numerical control device with the groove bottom as described above,
Input from the input device (3) and registered in the storage unit (5)
The following describes the operation when outputting a machining program.

Conventionally, the output of the machining program registered in the tW section (May 2015) included a single output that outputs the specified machining program,
There are two types of all machining program output, which outputs all machining programs registered in the storage unit (5).

When the operator inputs the machining program number to be output from the input device (3), the control unit (6) outputs the specified program number from the storage unit (5) in which the machining program is registered. Find it using the division search method, read the data in that file, and use the data input/output interface 0.
8f! This is a method of outputting to an external device (through one device).

In addition, in order to output all machining programs, when the input device (3) commands the output of all machining programs, the control unit (6) outputs part of the header of all machining program files from the storage unit (5). This is a method of reading the data of each file in the same way as sequential reading and zero output, and outputting it to 7 external devices (11) through the data input/output interface (to).

Figures 5 and 6 are examples of the screen of the display device (2) when machining program output information is input from the input device (3) in the case of one output and all machining program output, respectively. shows. In the figure, (2) is the display frame, and the side is the storage section (5
), a program list that displays machining programs registered in ), I is a #1 machining program, and a data output screen that displays the type of data to be output such as #2 tool data;
αG is the input input from the input device (3) to be output.
A data display section α0 displays a number indicating the type of program and a program number, and is a menu display section displaying operation menus such as "input" and "output J"erase." (B)
is a message display unit that displays an operating status such as "data output in progress" or "data output photon".

When you operate the data output menu key on the input device r&(3), the data output screen α shown in Figure 5 or Figure 6 appears.
4 is displayed on the display device (2).

When outputting one line, enter the number indicating the machining program and the program number to be output, for example, 1#l' and ' /O0
0' from the input device [(3) to the numerical control device main body (
1) Enter. At this time, the number indicating the input machining program and the program number are displayed on the data display section (to) of the display device (2) as shown in FIG.
/O00) As soon as this is displayed, the control unit (6) reads the contents of the specified program from the storage unit (5) and outputs it to the external T708! device through the data input/output interface (to). When the output of the program is started, "data output in progress" is displayed on the message display section α, and when the output is completed, "data output completed" is displayed.

When outputting all machining programs, enter the number indicating the data type and the program number, for example, '#1' and 'AL.
Input from the input device (3) as shown in L'.

At this point, the data display section (to) of the display device (2) displays the input data as shown in Fig. 6, and the control section (6) displays all the machining data registered in the storage section (5). The program is sequentially output to one external device through the data input/output interface (to).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional numerical value side 8 device Iζ configured as above, the memory section Since the operation of one output is repeated, it becomes a very troublesome work for the operator.Therefore,
Challenges have arisen that require improved operability of multiple ebrogerum outputs. The same applies to tool data output.

The present invention was made to solve this problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a numerical control device that can output a plurality of machining programs or tool data with high efficiency.

[Means to solve the problem]

When the range of the machining program or tool data to be output is specified by the input setting, the numerical control device according to the present invention selects and determines the range to be output of the registered machining program or tool data. It is characterized by having a range selection means.

[For production]

In this invention, a range of a plurality of machining programs or tool data to be outputted is selected from among the machining programs registered in the storage section by an output range selection means, and a plurality of machining programs or tool data of the selected range are selected. Output with one operation.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, (1) to (5) and (7) to I are exactly the same as the conventional example shown in FIG. 4, and (6a) is the control unit (
The control means 6), αυ, is a machining program output range selection means provided in the control section (6).

When the range of program numbers to be output is specified from the input device (3), the processing program output range selection means αD selects the range of the specified processing program.
Select a size from among the machining programs registered in the storage section (5) and open it halfway.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained below using the display device (2) shown in FIG.
) and the flowchart shown in FIG. 3. Note that in FIG. 2, (6) to αη indicate parts that are exactly the same as the conventional example shown in FIG.

When starting the process of outputting the machining program registered in the storage section (5) of the numerical control device main body (1), the operator first presses the data input key on the input device (3) and the menu display section αG. By operating the output menu key, the information is sent via the input interface (8) to the flil1m means (
6a) (step St). Control means (6a)
sends a command to the display device (2) via the output interface (9) according to the input information, and the display device (
The display screen 2) is switched to the data output screen σ4 shown in FIG. 1 (step S2). At this time, the characters "data output" and numbers (#1, #2) indicating the type of data that can be output are displayed on the screen, and the data to be output in the data display section (to) is displayed. The number indicating the type and the program number are blank.

Next, the operator uses the input device 12(3) to input data 11', which means a machining program, which is one of the types of data to be output.
and the program number range, e.g. '/O00~15
Operate the 00' key to set the machining program data to be output, and operate the input key.
Information on the machining program to be output is input to the control means (6a) via the input interface (8) (step S3). The data of the machining program to be outputted from the control means (6a) is sent to the display liquid m (2) via the output interface (9), and is outputted to the data display section 4 of the display screen as shown in the 21st section. Set the number indicating the type of data to be processed and the range of program numbers to [#1 data (/O00~1
500) J is displayed, and at the same time, "Data output center row in progress" is displayed on the message display section αη.

On the other hand, data of the machining program to be outputted by the above operation is sent from the control means (6a) to the machining program output range selection means αD. The Ebrogelam output range selection means α indicates whether the input program number range (/O00 to 1500) is correct, whether the data type number specified by the above operation is correct, or whether the program number is 1.
It is determined whether it belongs to the range of 99999999 (step S4).

As a result of this judgment, if the input data is normal, the machining program output range selection means αB reads a part of the header of one machining program to be output from the storage means (5) (step S5), and the program number For example (/O0
0) is within the specified program number range (IQOO~
] 51/O") (step S6). If the desired program number to be read is within the specified range (/O00 to 1500), the control means (6a
) outputs the contents of the machining program with that program number to the external 7 devices Q'J through the data input/output interface (step S7). ) for all ranges (/O00~1500
) when the output of the machining program is completed (step S8), the output process is completed and "data output complete" is displayed on the message display section of the display device (2).

In addition, when the data input in (step s4) is not normal, the signal is sent from the machining program power range selection means Qll to the can opening means (6a), and the control means (6a)
) is to reverse the command to the display device (2), so that the display;
;5 a An error is displayed on the message display section αη of (2) (step S9).

Further, in the above embodiment, the case of machining program output has been explained, but tool data output may also be used, and by replacing the machining program output range selection means 1401+ with tool data output range selection means, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained. Let's play it.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, among the machining programs or tool data registered in mg (S),
Since the range of multiple machining programs or tool data to be output is selected using the output range selection means, multiple machining programs or tool data can be output in a single operation with a simple configuration. This has the effect of improving the operability of ebrogelam or tool data output.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a one-page view of the display screen of the display device in the above embodiment, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a conventional example. A block diagram showing the 5th diagram. @6 Figures are display screen diagrams of display devices showing the operation of each conventional example. In the figure, (1) is the number (i! control bag main body, (2) is the display device, (3) is the input device, (4) is the wave nod control orange, (5) is the storage unit, (6) is a control section, (6a) is a control means, (7) is a calculation section, (8) is an input interface, (
9) is the output interface, GO is the output interface, 01) is the machining program output range selection means, (IZ is the display frame, shout is the program list, 04 is the data output screen, αυ is the data display section, α・ is the menu ση is a display unit, ση is a message display unit, (to) is a data input/output interface, and Ql is seven external devices. Note that the same reference numerals in each figure indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Sends operation commands based on the machining program input from the input device and registered in the storage unit from the control unit to the controlled equipment,
In a numerical control device that controls controlled equipment, a machining program or tool registered in the storage unit by specifying a range of machining program or tool data to be output to an external I/O device specified by an input device. A numerical control device characterized by comprising an output range means for selecting and determining an output range of data.