HEIDENHAIN TNC 430 PA/M - Freely Definable Tables; Creating a Prototype

6 – 310 HEIDENHAIN Technical Manual TNC 426, TNC 430
6.13.21 Freely Definable Tables
As of NC software:
280 472-01
You can adapt tables to suit your own applications:
7
77
7 Define the number and names of the fields as prototypes.
You can interrogate and edit the entries through PLC modules or through the
FN functions FN26, FN27 and FN28 (see User’s Manual).
With the exception of pallet tables and cutting data tables, freely definable
tables are given the file name extension .TAB.
Creating a
prototype
7
77
7 Switch to PLC mode.
(See "Selecting the PLC Mode” on page 7 – 3)
7
77
7 In the PLC:\PROTO directory, create a table with the extension .TAB.
If you have not yet defined prototypes, you will be given a standard prototype.
If you have defined more than one prototype, a menu will appear when you
create a table:
7
77
7 Select an existing prototype and change the format by using the soft key
EDIT FORMAT.
If you have selected a prototype, the structure commands of the individual
columns are displayed:
n NAME:
Heading of the column. Maximum 8 characters, no longer than WIDTH. Do
not use any blanks.
n TYPE:
N = Numerical input (with “$” in hexadecimal and “%” in binary format), C
= alphanumerical input.
n WIDTH:
Width of the column. For TYPE = N includes algebraic sign, decimal point
and decimal places.
n DEC:
Number of decimal places; = 0 for hexadecimal or binary format input. Has
no meaning for TYPE = C.
n ENGLISH to RUSSIAN:
Language-specific messages that are shown in the dialog line during editing
of the column. Maximum 32 characters per language. Dialog entry is
optional.
7
77
7 Press the “Insert line” soft key and enter your structure commands in the
respective column.
7
77
7 With the END key you exit the display of the structure definition. The table
you have just created is displayed with the newly defined columns.
Note
A table can have a maximum of 30 columns and a maximum width of 200
characters.