JPS62256006A - Numerical controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To optionally permit a user to designate and change the kind, the order, the addition, and the deletion of a picture, and every picture format and page constitution, by providing a user generating picture data storing memory and a picture managing table in a numerical controller. CONSTITUTION:A memory 11 is the user generating picture storing memory in which the command of a picture data generated by the user, is stored. A table 12 is the picture managing table so that the picture corresponding to the generation, or the change of the picture by the user, can be displayed. Thus, by permitting the user to control the picture, it is possible to generate an original picture with superior operability by the user, and also to display and user the picture in the same manner as respective functional picture regulated by a maker in the past.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a numerical control device that allows a user to control the display of a display screen using one display device.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional numerical control device. In FIG. 1, 1 is the main body of the numerical control device, 2 is a display device such as a CRT, 3 is an input device such as a keyboard, and 4 is a device such as a machine tool. It is a control machine. The numerical control device main body 1 includes a storage unit 5, a control unit 6 including a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as %CPU), and a calculation unit 7 that performs various calculations based on instructions from the control unit 6.
．． An input interface 8 for providing an input device 30 input signal to the control unit 6. An output interface 9 that provides a display command signal from the control unit 6 to the display device 2. It is comprised of an output interface 2 and an ace 10 that provide an operation command signal from the control section 6 to the controlled machine 4.

Next, the operation will be explained. Conventionally, one display screen is roughly classified by function in a fixed manner. Each functional screen is composed of page number subpages.

The number of images and the screen format are fixed and stored in the storage unit 5 in advance. When the operator performs a necessary operation using the input device 3, a screen display request signal is sent into the control unit via the input interface 8. In the control section 6,
Display screen function selection, page number, suffage number management,
Control is being carried out. Therefore, when a display signal specifying one function φ page/subpage is sent from the control unit 6 to the storage unit 5, the screen display data stored in the storage unit 5 in advance is retrieved, and the 1st page is sent via the output interface 9. It is displayed on the display device 2.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Conventional numerical control devices are configured as described above, so the screen format such as the content of one screen, page structure, and data display is fixed. There were problems such as the screen being inconvenient and the frequently used screen being located at the back and not being able to be called up immediately.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is a numerical value that allows the user to arbitrarily change the type and order of one screen, addition, deletion, as well as the format of each screen, page structure, etc. The purpose is to obtain a control device.

[Means for solving problems]

The numerical control device according to the present invention includes a memory for storing user-created screen data in the main body of the numerical control device to store screen data created by the user. In addition, a screen management table is provided so that the user can manage the work of creating or changing screens so that the screen can be displayed in accordance with the work.

[Effect]

In the numerical control device of this invention, by opening up screen control to the user, the user can create his or her own screen with good operability, and display and use that screen in exactly the same way as each function screen conventionally defined by the manufacturer. can do.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, numerals 1 to 10 indicate the same or equivalent parts as those of the conventional device described above. Reference numeral 11 denotes a user-created screen data storage memory that stores instructions for screen data created by the user. Reference numeral 12 denotes a screen management table that is provided so that a screen can be displayed in accordance with the user's work of creating or changing a screen.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a procedure for a user to add a new screen to a conventional screen, and is the same as FIG. 1.

Or equivalent parts are indicated with the same reference numerals. 13a.

13b is screen data and specification data that are created when the user wants to create and display a new screen. Screen data 13a
is the data of the screen actually displayed. The specification data 13b is data whose contents include a function name, a page, a process (addition, change, deletion, etc.), and an address where the screen data 13& is stored. , the specification data 13b indicates what processing is desired to be applied to which page of which function, and serves as a command to update the screen management table 120.

The user-created screen data storage memory 11 stores screen data 13a'e created by the user. Ul indicates an address where data is stored.

The screen management table 12 includes a function table 12a storing function selection menus, a maximum page number table 12b, and a screen address table 12c storing addresses where each screen data 13B is stored. For example, for one function A, there are up to three pages, and the addresses where one screen of data exists are Ml, M2. U
It is l. Therefore, the first and second pages are conventional screens, and the third page is a new screen created by the user.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 1st
In the figure, the user creates a new screen.

The display operation is as follows. Screen data 13a and specified data 1 according to a predetermined faucet
3bt-When the key is manually operated using the human-powered device 3.

Each key code is given to the control unit 6 via the input interface 8. The control section 6 operates as follows according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, create screen data of user specified data (step S30)
L. Next, it is determined whether or not to create screen data 13a (step 532).

If "yes" here, proceed to step 834.

This screen data 13a is stored in the storage memory 11.

The process advances to step S36. If the answer is "no", the process directly advances to step 836. In this step s3°6, the screen management table 12 is updated according to the specified data 13b.

Then, when you perform a key operation to call up that screen according to a predetermined format.

A signal is sent to the control unit 6 via the input interface 8. Thereby, the control section 6 subsequently operates as follows according to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a user function and page fee are specified (step 540). Next, in step S42, the one-screen management table 12 is searched to obtain the address of the screen data 13a desired to be displayed, and the process proceeds to step S844. Step 44
Then, it is determined whether or not it is a user-created screen, and if the answer is "yes", the screen data 13ae at the designated address is extracted from the screen data 13a group in the user-created screen data storage memory 11.

A new screen created by the user is displayed on the display device 2 such as a CRT via the output interface 9f (step S46).
, 848). If the answer is "no", a conventional screen is set (step 547).

Proceed to step 348 to display this.

FIG. 2 shows the operation of adding a screen created by the user to a conventional screen. For example, assume that the user adds a third page to the screen of function A, which originally had a maximum screen of two pages. At this time, the screen data 13a created by the user is stored at address U1 of the user created screen storage memory 11. On the other hand, the specification data 13b sends a command to the screen management table 12. As a result, the value of the maximum page number table 12b corresponding to function A changes from 2 to 3, and the new screen address U1 is added to the third page of function A in the one-screen address table 12c.

With the above control, function A has a maximum number of screens of 3 and 1.
The second page is a conventional screen, and the third page has a new screen created by the user.

In Figure 5, the user does not like that the two pages for function A and the second page for function B are separate, so he quits using the two screens and uses the new page for the new user who collects the necessary display information for the two screens. An example of how to create one is shown.

The user creates specification data 13b for changing the second page of function A and screen data 13a created according to the specified format to create a new screen.

Further, designation data 13b for deleting two pages of function B is separately created. The screen data 13a of the newcomer's second page is stored in the user-created screen data storage memory 11 that stores user-created screen data.

On the other hand, the two specified data 13b are in the 1-screen management table 1.
2t - Update. As shown by the hatched area in the figure, the maximum page value of function B is changed from 3 to 2, and the address of the second page of function A is changed from M2 to U2. When the next two pages of function A are selected by the above control, the procedure as shown in the 70-chart diagram in FIG.
A new user-created screen will be displayed.

In addition, although the case of the numerical control device was explained in the above-mentioned example, the numerical control device may be another control device,
The same effects as in the above embodiment are achieved.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the user-created screen data storage memory and the screen management table are provided in the numerical control device, the screen control is opened to the user, and therefore the operability for the user is greatly improved. While improving,
The numerical control equipment manufacturer has the advantage of being able to adapt to each customer's system even though it is a general-purpose machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a numerical control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a procedure for a user to add a new screen to a conventional screen, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a procedure for a user to add a new screen to a conventional screen. Figure 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure until the screen is displayed when the user performs a screen selection operation, and Figure 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure until the screen is displayed when the user performs a screen selection operation. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the procedure when introducing a screen freely created by a user, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional numerical control device. 1 is the numerical control device main body, 2 is the display device, 3 is the input device,
4 is a controlled machine, 11 is a user-created screen data storage memory, and 12 is a screen management table. In addition, in FIG. 1, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. Patent applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (2 others) ゛Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a numerical control device comprising a numerical control device main body, an input device for inputting input to the numerical control device main body, and a display device for displaying data output from the numerical control device main body, the numerical control device main body is a user-created screen data storage memory that stores screen data created by the user;
A numerical control device characterized by comprising: a screen management table for managing tasks such as creating or changing screens by the user so that screens can be displayed in accordance with the tasks.