Basic Format Of Atc Exclusive Command - Mitsubishi Electric MELDAS 60 Series Programming Manual

(1) Index tool number 8 in the situation shown in the drawing.
(a) In the tool table rotation system, the tool number search command outputs 3.
(b) In the floating pointer system, the tool number search command outputs 7.
(2) The tool number search command output result is used by the rotary body indexing command to
find the rotation direction, the number of steps, etc.
(a) In the tool table rotation system, rotation direction CW and number of steps 3 are found from
the relationship between current value 0 (pointer 0) and tool number search output result 3.
(b) In the floating pointer system, rotation direction CW and number of steps 3 are found from
the relationship between current value 4 (pointer 4) and tool number search output result 7,
as in (a) above.
In the fixed pointer system, the pointer is fixed to 0 and the ring counter of 0 to n-1 (n is the
number of magazines) separate from the pointer is controlled. The counter value is used as
the current position.

9.1.6 Basic Format of ATC Exclusive Command

ACT
Rn
Rn＋1
Rn＋2
Rn＋3
R n R m
S.ATC Kn
Type of command
Control data buffer
Buffer size differs depending on
type of command, For details,
refer to the explanation of commands.
Mn
END signal ("1" for ERROR signal)
Tool number storage R (register) No.
(Number of tools in magazine is specified.)
Control data buffer R No.
(Control data buffer is specified.)
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