Yaskawa J50M Instructions User Manual

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4.3.5 DISPLAYING AND WRITING TOOL OFFSET AND
WORK OFFSET

4 . 3 . 5 . 1 D I S P L A Y I N G A N D W R I T I N G T O O L

OFFSET DATA

Tool offset data are stored in the memory of the control.
These data can be displayed and rewritten in any mode

and even during automatic operation.

yin g tool offset data.

Select the OFS

function key.

Enter numerals. like 1 and O, then

of tool offset number and tool offset,

Including the designated pair, will be dis-
played and the cursor positioned at the

designated tool offset number.

Fig. 4.23 (a)

to a smaller or larger tool offset number. If the
cursor moves beyond the first or last tool offset
number displayed in the current screen, the
neighboring ten sets of tool offset number and tool

offset

appear automatically.

The preceding or following page can be displayed

sor

be positioned at the first tool offset num-

ber displayed on that page.

Tool offset will be displayed in units of O. 001
mm (or (0.0001”) and-up-to 999.999 mm (or

99. 9999”) .

. Writing tool offset data

To rewrite a tool offset data, specify an incre-
ment which is to add arithmetically to a tool
offset data held in memory.

Position the cursor at the tool offset number
whose offset data is to be changed.

Enter the increment which is to be added to
the tool offset.

Depress the WR key.

Then the specified in-

crement will be added to the old tool offset.

Notes :

. A new tool offset itself can be input instead of an

increment. For this purpose, depress the ORG key
first. The tool offset number pointed by the cursor

will be reset to “O. Then enter a new tool offset.

. Tool offset data held in the memory of the control

are preserved even after power is turned off.

. Rewriting and

tool offset data are avail-

able in any mode, even during automatic operation.

. Tool offsets modified during automatic operation

become effective when the

starts to read

commands for a new block.

The old tool offsets

remain effective for the current block and the

blocks whose data are already read in the buffer for

advance reading.

4.3.5.2 DISPLAYING AND WRITING WORK
OFFSET*

(1) Work offset display

(a)

the

function key.

(b)

Depress the

key until the screen shown

in Fig. 4.23 (b) appears.

(2) Writing the work offset

( a ) D e p r e s s t h e

k e y . T h e n e n t e r t h e “ w o r k

offset amount. ”

( b ) D e p r e s s t h e

key to write the X-axis work

offset data.

manner.

(d) Select

to J5, through

to J5, by

the

key or

k e y .

Fig. 4.23 (b) Example of Work Offset

Display Screen

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