
B-63943EN-1/02 8.MULTI-PATH CONTROL
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- Machine group
If you have multiple paths, you can combine some of them into a
group, so that, for example, you can share data in that group and that
if an alarm is generated in a certain path, you can stop other paths in
that group. A group that is made up of such paths is called a
machine group.
Up to three groups are available, depending on the type of the NC
system.
The main items that depend on the machine group are shown below.
- Emergent stop signal <X0008.4,X0008.0,X0008.1,>
- MDI reset key
- Operation during the occurrence of an alarm
- Path
A path refers to a group of axes controlled by the same NC program
command.
You can have up to 10 paths available.
(The path for loader control is counted as one path.)
You can specify which machine group a certain path is to belong to,
using parameter No. 0980 for that path. In addition, you can specify
which path is to be the one for loader control, using parameter No.
0984.
NOTE
1 If you specify combined system as the machine
control type, you can select between lathe and
machining center for the path for loader control that
you specify with parameter No. 0984.
2 The number of the machine group to which each
path can belong and the number of the path that
can be specified as the one for loader control differ
depending on the machine used. For details, refer
to the manual issued by the machine tool builder.