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33. PERSONAL COMPUTER FUNCTIONS
NC FUNCTION
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HSSB interface board
HSSB interface board
Personal computer
High–speed
serial bus
CNC control unit
Hardware specifications of the FANUC high–speed serial bus
Item Specification Remarks
Interface board in
CNC
For option slot
Interface board in
For ISA bus, HSSB 1 channel
For ISA bus, HSSB 2 channel
ISA compliant
Power supply used:
+5 V only
personal computer
For PCI bus, HSSB 1 channel
For PCI bus, HSSB 2 channel
PCI compliant
Power supply used:
+5 V only
Connection cable Optical fiber cable Maximum length: 100 m
Personal comput-
er requirements
CPU: PentiumRor higher
At least one ISA or PCI slot
(depending on the interface
board used in the selected
personal computer)
For the installation re-
quirements of the per-
sonal computer, refer to
the manual on the per-
sonal computer.
Software of the personal computer section of the open CNC
Item Specification Remarks
Operating system
WindowsR 95”
Windows NTR 4.0”
WindowsR 2000
Expansion library FOCAS1
Package soft-
ware
Basic operation package
CNC screen display function
Ladder editing package
DNC operation management package
Operation status management package
Optional
Development tool
Visual C++R
Visual BasicR
Microsoft
Corporation
System in which a
commercially available
personal computer and
the CNC are connected
via the high–speed serial
bus