Detailed Description   
2.9 Sum offsets and setup offsets 
  Tool Compensation (W1) 
2-128  Function Manual, 08/2005 Edition, 6FC5397-0BP10-0BA0 
2.9.2  Description of function 
Sum offsets 
Several sum offsets (DL numbers) can be defined per D number. This allows you to 
determine, for example, workpiece-location-dependent compensation values and assign 
them to a cutting edge. Sum offsets have the same effect as wear, i.e., they are added to the 
compensation values of the D number. The data are permanently assigned to a D number. 
Attitudes 
You can define the following settings in machine data: 
•  Activate sum offset 
•  Define maximum quantity of DL data sets to be created in NCK memory 
•  Define maximum quantity of DL numbers to be assigned to a D number 
•  Define whether the sum offsets (fine/coarse) are to be saved during data backup 
•  Define the sum offset to be activated, if: 
– A new cutting edge compensation is activated 
– An operator panel reset is performed 
– An operator panel start is performed 
or 
– The end of the program has been reached 
The name is oriented to the logic of the corresponding machine data for tools and cutting 
edges. 
The "setup offset" and "sum offset fine" can be read and written via system variables and 
corresponding OPI services. 
 
 
Note 
When tool management is active, a machine data can be used to define whether the sum 
offset of a tool activated during a programmed tool change remains unchanged or is set to 
zero. 
 
Summary of compensation parameters $TC_DPx 
The following general system variables were previously defined for describing a cutting 
edge: 
 
$TC_DP1  Tool type 
$TC_DP2  Length of cutting edge