GB2054909A - Process and Circuit Arrangement for Programming and/or Amending Programs in Numerically Controlled Machines - Google Patents

Process and Circuit Arrangement for Programming and/or Amending Programs in Numerically Controlled Machines Download PDF

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GB2054909A
GB2054909A GB8023578A GB8023578A GB2054909A GB 2054909 A GB2054909 A GB 2054909A GB 8023578 A GB8023578 A GB 8023578A GB 8023578 A GB8023578 A GB 8023578A GB 2054909 A GB2054909 A GB 2054909A
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Abstract

A numerically controlled machine tool has a numerical control device 7 with a display area 10a for displaying single program lines, and a keyboard with input keys 11, 14 and 15 for entering numerical and alpha- numerical data. To facilitate programming and program amendment, the display area 10a can display program lines and dialogue texts, the dialogue texts being established by the control device 7 and including, where appropriate, proposed numerical and/or alpha- numerical data. Each program line is established part by part in a sequence determined by the dialogue texts and in a manner which depends on a response being given by the user to each dialogue text. <IMAGE>

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SPECIFICATION Process and Circuit Arrangement for Programming and/or Amending Programs in Numerically Controlled Machines The invention relates to a process and a circuit arrangement for programming and/or amending programs in numerically controlled machines.
In a numerically controlled machine in which a working program can be displayed in the form of alpha-numeric program lines on a visual display, the operator can check the displayed working program visually and if required can modify it or correct errors which have occurred. Attention can be specially drawn to the data to be amended or corrected in a program line by means of an indicator in the form of a moving figure or a cursor on the visual display.
It is known from United States Patent Number 3,466,645 for the position of a moving figure to be altered stepwise by means of suitable control keys for the functions "step right", "step left", "line ahead" or "line behind", in making amendments or corrections to alpha-numeric characters which are displayed in lines on the screen of a cathode ray tube.
The present invention is based on the problem of facilitating the actuation of such control actions, substantially excluding the possibility of error, and further simplifying the making of amendments and corrections at visually displayed program lines for the operator of a numerically controlled machine.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a process for programming and/or program amendment in a numerically controlled machine including control means with a display unit for displaying program lines and a keyboard having input keys for numeric and/or alpha-numeric data, wherein the display unit serves for visual representation of program lines and/or dialogue texts and the control means proposes numeric and/or alphanumeric data to be inputted when appropriate.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a circuit arrangement for carrying out the process defined in the preceding paragraph, wherein the control means includes a microprocessor which controls the display unit under the control of the keyboard and the microprocessor is connected to a ROM/PROMmemory and RAM-memory.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the operator when composing program lines is guided by a proposed dialogue, which facilitates operation and virtually excludes the possibility of error. The program lines are completely established in succession in the correct sequence which is determined by the dialogue texts, only after dialogue texts have been answered by, for example, an approval or amendment of data proposed in the dialogue texts. The data proposed by the control means are preferably the data which were finally inputted in the preceding processing operations, so that the operator does not have to repeat the input of identical data. Corrections or amendments which are defective or which are effected by mistake at the wrong position can be immediately cancelled again since the old data are not lost by virtue of the correction but remain available.Amendments or corrections which are similar but are in different program lines can be made rapidly.
The invention will now be described in more detail, solely by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a side view of part of a processing or machining machine with a numerical control device, Figure 2 is a block circuit diagram of electrical circuitry of the numerical control device of Fig. 1, and Figures 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d are diagrammatically representations of different displays areas for a display unit.
For the drawings Figure 1 shows a bed 1 and a carriage 2 of any numerically controlled machine such as a machine tool. The carriage 2 is movable relative to the bed 1 in the direction indicated by the arrow X, this direction defining an X-axis. The relative movements of the bed 1 and the carriage 2 are measured by a digital electrical length measuring device wherein the graduations of a scale bar (not shown) which is arranged on a scale bar carrier 3 are scanned in known manner by a scanning unit 4 which is connected to the carriage 2 by way of an entraining member 5, the entraining member 5 being secured to the carriage 2 by a screw connection 6.
For numerically controlling the machine tool, a numerical control device 7 with an operating and display panel 8 is secured to the bed 1 of the machine tool by a pivotal arm 9. The operating and display panel 8 has a single-line display area 1 Oa for visibly displaying program lines and dialogue texts. Input keys 11 are provided for inputting numerical data for the program lines, and the selected data to be inputted are displayed on a display area 12 for monitoring purposes. The arrangement also includes control keys 13, line begin keys 14 and illuminable preselection keys 1 5 for the mode of operation. The respective actual position values for the X-axis, and for Yand Z-axes are displayed in a display area 1 6.
It will be assumed in describing the proposed process that the machine tool already performed at least one processing or machining operation, and is to be re-programmed for a successive operation. The control therefore already has at its disposal a given number of different program lines for carrying out a working operation. Each such program line relating to respective machining operation is called up in succession by use of the line begin keys 14 and, after a dialogue has been carried out, the resultant line is displayed in the single-line display area 1 0a.
A first such resultant program line may read for example: "AX+123.45 RO F1000 H01010".
This first line is arrived at as follows. The letter "A" is inputted at the beginning of the programming of this program line by means of the "ABS"-preselection key 15 and means that the next machining operation is to be carried out in the "absolute measurement" mode. By pressing the "X"-line begin key 14, the dialogue text "position desired value?" appears in the display area 1 Oa.By means of the input keys 1 the operator selects for example the required position desired value "+123.45, which is monitored in the display area 12 and then transferred into the program line by pressing the "enter" key 13 whereupon "Radius corr.:R+/R-/No corr.7" appears as the next dialogue text in the display area 1 0a. If the operator presses neither the "R+" key 1 5 (positive radius correction) nor the "R-" key 1 5 (negative radius correction), the function "RO" (no radius correction) is incorporated into the program line by actuation of the "enter" (ENT) key 13.The dialogue text "Radius corr.... " can also be omitted; the desired or non-desired radius correction is then preselected in advance by actuation or non-actuation of the "R+" key 1 5 or the "R-" key 1 5 after preselection of the "ABS" key 1 5 or the "CHN" ("chain") key 1 5 (for "chain measurement"). The dialogue can thus be reduced by the preselection keys 15. The next dialogue text to appear in the display area 1 Oa, namely "Feed? F=1000" is a proposal to the operator of the feed value to be selected. The operator can select a fresh feed value or, actuation of the "enter" key 13, he can transfer the proposed value "1000" into the program line.
Thus it is not necessary for the operator to repeat the input of values which remain the same from one processing or machining operation to the next. In the following dialogue text "Additional function? H=01010", two of five selectable additional functions are proposed. Each digit location denoted a given additional function. The digit "1" means that the additional function in question is coming into action, while the digit "0" means that the corresponding additional function remains inoperative.After this or another combination has been transferred into the program line by use of the "enter" key 13, the program line which is now complete appears in the display area 1 Oa and then after being checked for correctness can be stored in a RAM-memory 19 by again depressing the "enter" key 13, the program line receiving a line number at the same time. The other program lines are set up in the dialogue by means of the further line begin keys 14, in the same way.
If, in regard to the finished program lines, amendments or corrections should still be subsequently necessary, a cursor which is displaceable by means of position keys 13e and 1 3d in the respective program line can be set to indicate the feature or character (position) to be amended or corrected. The cursor can identify the stated position by flashing, framing, underlining or in some other suitable manner. After input of the correction value by the input keys 11 and depression of the "enter" key 13, that value is transferred into the position identified in the program line by the cursor.If subsequently the cursor is taken out of the program line towards the left for example by means of the position key 1 3d, the old value re-appears, that is to say, the correction effected is cancelled; when the cursor is taken out of the program line towards the right by the position key 1 3c, the correction made is retained. In this way, any amendments or corrections which are defective or which are made at the wrong position by mistake can be immediately cancelled again, without the old data value being lost, which instead continues to be available. In this respect, it has been found advantageous for the cursor to be allowed to indicate only given features or characters (positions) in a program line. Then if the cursor indicates for example the position "F" in the above-identified program line, the following value "1000" can be generally modified by means of the input keys 11.
It also provides that, at the cursor positions within the displayed program line, actuation of the line keys 1 3a and 136 causes display of the next program line which includes the feature or character (position) marked by the cursor. If for example the cursor indicates the corrected feature "F" in the above-mentioned program line, then actuation of the line keys 1 3a and 1 3b will cause display of the next successive or preceding program lines which also includes the feature "F" to be corrected. Actuation then of the "enter" key 1 3'causes the original correction to be transferrred into the program line and further actuation of the line keys 1 3a and 1 3b causes display of the next following program line with the stated feature "F".By virtue of this arrangement, similar corrections can be carried out easily and quickly in different program lines which are notadjacent.
Besides the above-mentioned program line, further program lines of this kind will now be set out, for explanation purposes: 1 AX+ 123.45ROF1000H01010 2 TOOL DEF 255 RADIUS 123.45 3TOOLCAL225ZS 1250H 11111 4 CYCL DEF 1 F1000 The program line bearing the line number "1" (the line numbers are placed at the beginning of each program line) is to represented as the "actual program line", wherein the cursor can indicate the feature "F", for example by underlining, in order possibly to make a correction at the associated data value "1000". If subsequently the line key 1 3a is actuated, the program line bearing the line number 4 is displayed as the "actual program line" which also contains the feature "F" which is also marked by underlining by the cursor, and a correction can also be made at the associated data value "1000" thereof. In this connection, the features "F" may be in any positions in the first and fourth program lines. In the same manner, it is also possible to mark groups of features, for example "A" (absolute measurement) and "I" (chain measurement) in succession by the cursor after representation of their corresponding program lines, after actuation of the line keys 1 3a and 136.
If the cursor is outside the displayed program line, any actuation of the line key 1 3a causes successive display of the subsequent program lines and depression of the line key 136 causes successive display of the preceding program lines.
Depression of the "GOTO" key 13 and the input of a program line number permits immediate display of the program line in question.
A program line which is not required can be cancelled by means of the "delete" (DEL) key 13, and the entire program can be cancelled by means of the "clear program" (CPR) key 13; in this respect, when the latter key 13 is actuated, there is a dialogue enquiry as to whether the desired program cancellation is also actually to be effected, in order to avoid the entire program being cancelled by mistake.
Figure 2 shows a circuit arrangement for carrying out the proposed process. A microprocessor 18 controls the display unit 17 under the control of the keyboard 21, and is connected to a PROM-memory 20 and a RAMmemory 19. The RAM-memory 19 stores the program lines and input data, while the PROMmemory 20 includes an internal general procedure program.
Figures 3a to 3d show different sizes of display areas 1 Oa--d for the display unit 17. Figure 3a shows the single-line display area 1 Oa shown in Figure 1, in which the dialogue texts required for making up a program line successively displayed; the finished program line is displayed after the last dialogue text. Figure 3b shows a two-line display area 1 Ob which permits simultaneous display of dialogue texts and an associated program line. The program line is only displayed as far as the dialogue has progressed. Figure 3c shows a three-line display area 1 Oc whose additional third line is used for displaying inputted corrections. Finally, Figure 3dshows a display area 1 Od with a multiplicity of lines (video screen of a data viewing device), the middle line of which shows the respective program line which has been called up as the "actual program line"; this program line is heightened in comparison with the other program lines, by being at a higher level of brightness. Provided below the "actual program line" is a line for displaying inputted corrections.
The incomplete program line is displayed in that line, during the dialogue process, and is subsequently transferred into the line "actual program line" by the "enter" key 13. The last two lines are used for identifying the program condition, for example which tool has been selected.

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1. A process for programming and/or program amendment in a numerically controlled machine including control means with a display unit for displaying program lines and a keyboard having input keys for numeric and/or alpha-numeric data, wherein the display unit serves for visual representation of program lines and/or dialogue texts and the control means for purposes numeric and/or alpha-numeric data to be inputted when appropriate.
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein after production of the program line has been begun, parts of the program line are completely established, in the sequence determined by the dialogue texts, only after the respective dialogue texts have been answered.
3. A process for program amendment in a numerically controlled machine including control means with a display unit for program lines and a keyboard having input keys for numeric and/or alpha-numeric data and control keys for amending or correcting data of the displayed program lines at features or characters (positions), as identified by a cursor, in the program lines, the control keys including position keys with which the cursor is displaceable in both directions in a program line of the display unit by a respective feature or character (position), and line keys with which the program lines of the display unit are capable of being successively switched forwards and backwards, wherein when the cursor is taken out of a program line in one direction, amendments or corrections of data made previously in the program line are cancelled, and, when the cursor is taken out of a program line in the opposite direction, amendments or corrections of data made previously in the program line are retained.
4. A process for program amendment in a numerically controlled machine including control means with a display unit for program lines and a keyboard having input keys for numeric and/or alpha-numeric data and control keys for amending or correcting data of the displayed program lines at features or characters (positions), as identified by a cursor, in the program lines, the control keys including position keys with which the cursor is displaceable in both directions in program line of the display unit by a respective feature or character (position), and line keys with which the program lines of the display unit are capable of being successively switched forwards and backwards, wherein in respect of cursor positions within a program line, actuation of the line keys causes the program lines of the display unit to be switched on the next program line which includes the feature or character (position) identified by the cursor, and the data at said feature or character (position) can be corrected when appropriate.
5. A process according to claim 1, wherein control keys are provided for amending or correcting data in the displayed program lines at features or characters (positions) which are identified by a cursor in the program lines, the control keys including position keys with which the cursor is displaceable in both directions in a program line of the display unit by a respective feature or character (position), and line keys with which the program lines of the display unit are capable of being successively switched forwards and backwards, the display unit having at least a single-line display area.
6. A process according to claim 1 or claim 5, wherein with a display unit with a single-line display area, dialogue texts and program lines can be displayed alternately.
7. A process according to claim 1 or claim 5, wherein with a display unit with a two-line display area, a dialogue text and program line are capable of being displayed simultaneously.
8. A process according to claim 1 or claim 5, wherein with a display unit having a three-line display area, a dialogue text, a program line and an inputted correction are capable of being displayed simultaneously.
9. A process according to claim 1 or claim 5, wherein with a display unit having a multi-line display area, a dialogue text, a plurality of program lines, an actual program line, an inputted correction or an incomplete program line and a plurality of program conditions are capable of being displayed simultaneously.
10. A process according to claim 3, wherein the cursor is displaceable in a program line in the display unit in both directions only to given features or character (positions).
11. A process according to claim 4, wherein any desired program line can be displayed in the display unit by use of a "GOTO" key.
12. A process according to claim 1, wherein preselection keys are provided for presetting the operating mode.
1 3. A process according to claim 1, wherein errors and other operating conditions are also displayed in the dialogue in the display unit in numeric and/or alpha-numeric form.
14. A process according to claim 1, wherein a dialogue enquiry is made when a "clear program" key is actuated.
1 5. A circuit arragement for carrying out the process according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control means includes a microprocessor which controls the display unit under the control of the keyboard and the microprocessor is connected to a ROM/PROMmemory and a RAM-memory.
1 6. A process according to claim 1, substantially as described hereinbefore with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 7. A circuit arrangement according to claim 15, substantially as described hereinbefore with reference to Figs 1, 2 and 3a of the accompanying drawings.
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