JPS63269205A - Data setting system for numerical controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily set data by providing item soft keys corresponding to several items out of items selected for respective matters and a help key with which an item list is displayed. CONSTITUTION:Soft keys for soft key display are provided on a CRT display device 16, and the help key which displays the item list of a matter corresponding to each soft key as a help menu is provided for the soft key. When the help key is depressed, the item list of the matter to be set is displayed as the help menu on the device 16, and the number of an item to be selected in the displayed item list is inputted with numeric keys to set the item. Meanwhile, when the item soft key is depressed, the item corresponding to this key is set and the help menu is not displayed. If an item of high frequency in use is selected as the item to be set by the item soft key, the item setting processing is simplified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data setting method for setting and inputting various setting data to a numerical control device.

When setting various data in a conventional technical numerical control device, especially in the interactive program input method, if the data to be set is an item, the item list is stored in the storage means for each item. Then, select an item from the item list stored in this storage means, input the item number, and set an item for each item. In this case, when an item for setting is selected, press the help key to display the above item list as a help menu on the screen of the CRT display device, select an item from this item list, and enter the number of that item. Items are set by inputting them. For example, when setting the surface quality of a workpiece to be machined with a machine tool controlled by a numerical control device, or changing the machining details for the workpiece, such as the end face, outer diameter of the bar, inner diameter of the bar, 1r surface of the bar,
It is also used when setting the machining process for each process such as outer diameter groove, inner diameter groove, face groove, outer diameter corner chamfer, inner diameter corner chamfer, front face chamfer, outer diameter thread, inner diameter thread, face thread, drill, tap, etc. When setting the tools to be used, etc., store each item in the storage means for each item, and when setting these items for each item, press the help key and display the list of items stored in memory. was displayed on a CRT display, and numerical values corresponding to the item numbers were entered from the displayed item list using numerical keys to set these items.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In this way, when setting items such as work material, machining process, tool name, etc., display the help menu item list by pressing the help key, and select an item from the item list. Although the input method is very easy to understand for beginners, it is rather difficult for experienced users to display the list of items in the help menu.

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to display a help menu item list, select a setting item from the list, and input settings, or directly set an item without displaying the help menu. The object of the present invention is to provide a data input setting method that can be sent to a numerical control device.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has a storage means for storing an item list of setting items for each item to be set, and the storage means is provided for each item via a CRT display means. In a data setting method for a numerical control device in which items are selected and set from an item list stored in , when the above item software key is selected, the item is set, when the help key is selected, an item list is displayed, and when an item is selected from the item list, the item is set. By doing so, the above problem was solved.

When the operation help key is pressed, an item list for the item to be set is displayed as a help menu on the CRT display, and the item can be selected by inputting the number of the item to be selected from the displayed item list using the numerical keys. Set. This point is the same as the conventional method, but on the other hand, when an item soft key is pressed, the item corresponding to the key is set, and there is no need to display a help menu. In particular, selecting frequently used items to be set using the item soft keys will simplify the item setting process.

Embodiment FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main parts of an apparatus for carrying out an embodiment of the present invention. In the block diagram, 1 is a numerical control device, and the numerical control device is referred to as a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CI') Ll. 10 and the CPU
10 and a bus 20, the ROM 11 stores the control program, the RAM 12 is used for temporary storage of data, etc., and the bubble memory stores the NC program and various data, especially items corresponding to the setting items to be violated. , a non-volatile memory 13 composed of 0MO3, and an input circuit 14. Tape reader for reading NC program from NG tape 15. A position control unit 1 that controls a CRT display device 16, a keyboard 17, and a servo motor 2 that drives each axis of a machine tool or the like controlled by the numerical control device 1.
8, and a speed control section 19 connected to the position control section 18
have.

A tacho generator 3 detects the rotational speed of the servo motor 2, sends a feedback signal to one speed control section, and controls the speed of the four novo motors 2 in a speed control section 19. Further, a position detector 4 detects the rotational position of the servo motor, feeds back a detection signal to the position control unit 18, and the position control unit 18 detects the rotational position of the servo upper and lower 2, that is, the rotational position of the movable part of the machine. It controls the position. In addition, servo motor 2, tacho generator 3, position detection 2! i4, and a position control unit 1 that controls the revo motor 2.
8. Only one speed control unit 19 is shown in Fig. 2, and only one axis of the movable part of the machine is shown, but these elements are arranged in each cleaning can of the machine, and the Figure 2 omits the Haku axis.

Therefore, the non-volatile memory 13 stores in advance an item list for each item to be set, for example,
For the workpiece to be machined, the material is memorized as a material item list, and regarding the machining process,
As mentioned above, the machining process includes end face machining, bar outer diameter machining, bar inner diameter machining, bar front face machining, outer diameter groove machining,
...and process the items related to the processing process: [
In addition, the tool names related to the tools to be used are stored in the tool item list, and in addition to (a), for items that require setting, the names of the tools used can be stored in the tool item list. The items to be used are stored as an item list.

In addition, when the data setting screen is selected on the CR7 display device 16 and an item for setting an item such as the material of the workpiece, the machining process, or the tool used is selected with the cursor, a For each item used, a soft key is provided that changes the soft key display in order to directly input settings for the item, and a help menu is provided for the soft key to display a list of items for the item as a help menu. is provided.

In the above configuration, when the data setting screen is selected on the CR7 display device 16, CPLllo starts processing (not shown in the @1 diagram). First, it is determined whether or not a soft key on the CRT display device 1.6 has been pressed and turned on (step S1). If not, it is determined whether a numeric key from the keyboard 17 has been pressed and turned on (step S5). )
If it is not turned on, it is determined whether the screen change key has been pressed and turned on (step S9); if it is not turned on, the process returns to step S1. That is, it is sequentially determined whether a soft key, numeric key, or screen change key has been pressed, and when the operator moves the cursor on the screen of the CR7 display device 16, selects the item to be set, and presses the soft key, the step After moving to $2, determine whether the pressed soft key is Help 4;-, and if the pressed key is the Help key, the item list of the item selected with the cursor is stored in non-volatile memory 1.
3, and select the item list as a help menu in C.
It is displayed on a part of the screen 1 of the R7 display device 16 (step S3). Then, when the operator inputs a number corresponding to the item to be selected from the displayed item list using the numerical keys, the input is detected (step S4).
, the item corresponding to the input number is displayed in the column of items selected with the cursor, and an item selection process for setting and storing the selected item in the non-volatile memory 13 is performed (step S8). Also, if the soft key pressed in step S1 is not a help key but a key for selecting an item, the process moves from step S2 to step S8, where the item selected with the soft key is directly displayed and the item whose settings are to be stored is displayed. Perform selection processing.

Also, if a numeric key is pressed without a soft key being pressed (step S5), the item currently selected with the cursor is
Determine whether or not it is an item setting item (step S6); if it is an item setting item, read out the item corresponding to the numerical value entered using the numeric keys from the item list of the selected item, display it, and select the item whose settings are to be stored. Perform selection processing (step 38
).

In addition, in step S6, if the item selected with the cursor is not the item setting item 'C, it means that the numerical value itself is input and set, so the numerical value input with the numerical key is
The selection items are displayed in the column and the settings are stored (step 87).

In this way, when data is set for all items on the data setting screen and the screen change key is pressed and turned on (step S9), this data setting process ends.

Note that if the screen change keys are configured with soft keys,
When the soft key is pressed and turned on (step S1) and the help key is not turned on (step S2), it is determined whether or not the screen change key is turned on, and if the key is not turned on, the process proceeds to step S8. , if the screen change key is on, this data setting process may be terminated.

Further, the item list corresponding to the setting items may be stored in the ROM 11.

As described above, in this embodiment, for items for which items should be set, the help key is used to display the item list, select an item from the item list, and set it. Frequently used items How to set items by directly entering them using the soft keys, and selecting items directly from the numeric keys.
Three types of input setting methods are possible.

Effects of the Invention The present invention displays a list of items to be set as a help menu, selects an item from the item list, and inputs and settings, and frequently used items can be input and set using soft keys. This makes setting the data easier.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an operation processing flow [coach 11] according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a block diagram of main parts of an apparatus for carrying out the same embodiment. 1... Numerical control device, 2... Servo motor, 3...
・Tachogenerator, 4...Position detector, 20...
bus. Figure 1

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) For each item to be set, it has a storage means for storing an item list of items to be set, and for each item, an item is selected from the item list stored in the storage means via the CRT display means. In the data setting method of the numerical control device to be set, item soft keys for several of the items selected for each item and a help key to display the above item list are provided, and when the above item soft key is selected, A data setting method in a numerical control device in which an item list is displayed when the item is set and a help key is selected, and when an item is selected from the item list, the item is set. (2) When an item for which an item should be selected from the item list is selected, when a numerical value is input using the numerical keys, the item corresponding to the input numerical value is set. Data setting method for numerical control equipment.