Chapter 9 NC Control Function
(2) System of units
For the numbers used for the NC program, the system of units applied changes depending on whether or not to
enter a decimal point ("."). This depends on how the decimal point check item is set among the NC channel
parameters of the motion controller.
If the parameter is set to "0: Check", the value changes internally, as shown in the following example.
X100 ïƒ 100 um = 100 / 1000.0 = 0.1mm
X100. ïƒ 100.0 mm = 100 / 1.0 = 100.0 mm
Ex.)
X10.4 ïƒ 10.4 mm = 10.4 / 1.0 = 10.4 mm
X104 ïƒ 104 um = 104 / 1000.0 = 0.104 mm
The unit conversion specified above is effective only when it is entered directly into the axis‟s coordinate
information.
If the decimal point check parameter is set to "0: Check", the system of units used for the G04 (TIME) command is
as follows.
G04 X1 ïƒ 1 msec = 1 / 1000.0 = 0.001 sec
G04 X1.0 ïƒ 1.0 sec = 1 / 1.0 = 1 sec