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Reading machine parameters, String parameters 9.10 – HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 (34059x-02) ISO programming User Manual

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String parameters

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Reading machine parameters

Use the

CFGREAD function to read out TNC machine parameters as

numerical values or as strings.
In order to read out a machine parameter, you must use the TNC’s

configuration editor to determine the parameter name, parameter

object, and, if they have been assigned, the group name and index

Type

Meaning

Example

Icon

Key

Group name of the

machine parameter

(if assigned)

CH_NC

Entity

Parameter object

(the name starts
with "

Cfg...")

CfgGeoCycle

Attribute

Name of the

machine parameter

displaySpindleErr

Index

List index of a

machine parameter

(if assigned)

[0]

If you are in the configuration editor for the user

parameters, you can change the display of the

existing parameters. In the default setting, the

parameters are displayed with short, explanatory

texts. To display the actual system names of the

parameters, press the key for the screen layout and

then the SHOW SYSTEM NAME soft key. Follow the

same procedure to return to the standard display.

Each time you want to interrogate a machine parameter with the

CFGREAD function, you must first define a QS parameter with

attribute, entity and key.

The following parameters are read in the CFGREAD function’s

dialog:

KEY_QS: Group name (key) of the machine parameter
TAG_QS: Object name (entity) of the machine parameter
ATR_QS: Name (attribute) of the machine parameter
IDX: Index of the machine parameter