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1. Z K7 N 7 K7 NI SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK 840D 840D sl 840D sl 840D sl 840D sl 840Di 840Di 840D 840D 840D 840D 810D 840Di 840Di 840Di 840Di 810D 810D 810D 810D Operators Guide Operators Guide Program Guide Program Guide Diagnostics Systemoverview HMI Embedded HMI Advanced Fundamentals Cycles guide ShopMill Short Guide Advance Measuring Cycles ShopTurn Short Guide HT6 Lists System Variable ISO Turning Milling Manufacturer Service Documentation XZ XZ 7 SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK 840D 840D 840Di 840D sl 840Di 840Di 840D 810D 810D 840Di 810D Configuring HW Manual Installation amp Description of Installation amp Lists 840D Operator Start up Guide Functions Start up Guide 1st Part 810D Components 840D ShopMill 2nd Part 810D ShopTurn HMI Manufacturer Service Documentation SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D Description of Functions Basic Machine Extended Functions Special Functions Synchronized Actions ISO Dialects EMV Guidelines SINUMERIK 840D 840Di 810D SINUMERIK 840D 840Di 810D Description of Functions Linear motor
2. 2 4X5 B1 DR2SA m AX6 C1 2 AXICX2 e m AX11 Y2 2 4KX1273 CH2 CHAN2 2 Functions LI Chanrel Chennel CAPS NUM SCRL Z Fig 3 2 Project tree with parameterization window Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 3 22 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 3 General Operating Sequences Projects 3 2 Help functions Projects are created and managed in the application window Project tree The branches of the project tree are the functions to be parameterized the arrangement corresponds to the installation sequence which must be kept Parameterization window Data is entered in the parameterization window The online help is available for any queries Important When you start SinuCom NC not only SinuCom NC but also the HMI basic system applications MMC 101 102 master control data cache MMCEnv AccVar and arcdrv are displayed in the task bar or task manager These basic system applications are automatically closed when you close down SinuCom NC and must not be closed manually as otherwise SinuCom NC will no longer function correctly 3 2 Help functions To ensure that all information that might be required is available during installation and start up the installation service tool SinuCom NC provides the following online Help Context sensitive Help dialog box Context sensitive Help SW functions DOC
3. An archive is a backup of configuration data The default path for archiving files is the same as that of HMI Advanced An archive can be manually commanded through the SinuCom NC File menu This is recommended prior to making configuration changes to allow recovery from errors can be required by the system when a change has been made to the NCK that requires memory reorganization The message NCK Reset Required is presented and an archive is performed during the subsequent reset For similar machines a standard archive can be read in immediately after the installation and first startup of SinuCom NC Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 35 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 8 Archiving Creating an archive 1 2 Click File Archive then Create The Create archive dialog appears Select one of the following archive choices Data management File system NC card 840D powerline only Using the radio buttons select whether the file should be of type Series Startup binary Upgrade ASCII Using the radio buttons select the archive content which can include any of the following NC with or without compensation PLC MMC data Compile cycles Drive data Click the Next button At the prompt enter the desired name and path of the arc file Click the Finish button to com
4. Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition A 119 A Appendix 08 2005 Trace Session Trace Setup Wizard Trace Data Trace HMI Trace UI Trace UI Core Trace XML Trigger Trigger Event Trigger Level Trigger Mode Waveform Waveform Data Same as Session A six screen user interface that allows easier configuration of Trace Server and NCK IPO Trace features Any data that is gathered that describes a waveform Same as SinuCom NCTrace Same as SinuCom NCTrace The trace facility with the Trace front end i e SinuCom NC Trace s Ul stripped off which provides the services necessary to display plots Additionally Trace UI Core is the repository for the display data pipeline between the Data Manager and TraceGraph Trace UI Core can operate in the SINUMERIK environment where a mouse or other pointing device is not available The storage format for the data 1 The occurrence of a state change that initiates or terminates the recording of a series of data points 2 The satisfaction of the trigger level according to the trigger mode by the trigger waveform A specific entry in the list of events entitled Trigger Event The value a trigger must achieve for the trigger event to occur NOTE Units for the selected trigger level are pre defined in the database Either an arithmetic operator e g equals
5. batch mode Session data will be recorded and viewed the same way regardless of which method was used to create it See also in the section Toolbars and Menus Open Sessions and Close Sessions for file maintenance information including information on Preserved Sessions Graph Windows A graph window is the area of the screen where the acquired data is displayed as one or more waveforms More than one graph window can be displayed but waveforms in all graph windows must be drawn from the same set of recorded data within a session Multiple waveforms can be combined and overlaid in each graph window Example Below shows relationships among four recorded waveforms Waveforms 1 2 and 4 are displayed in the upper graph window while waveforms 2 and 3 are displayed in the lower graph window Note that a 5th waveform exists but has not been selected for display Each graph window can be maximized minimized tiled or cascaded according to the normal conventions of Microsoft Windows Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 42 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace SinuCom NC Trace oH ki ni oi x File Edt View Setup Window Help SRS o EB sep mt stopped mla aa UE C a MTool ActiveCatalogue toolldent u1 1 Tool Change Time i a gt L Show Graph Window 1 Bild 4 2 Multi
6. 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 7 Machine Data MD Changing and Activating MD Effecting a modification in a machine data item is a two step process change the item activate the item To change a Machine data item Display Dialog View only If a Change button is available press it to begin the change Place the cursor in the field or select a drop down menu Key in or select the desired data Expert List only press Enter to complete the change To activate most changes the specific action described in the toolbar must be executed e g NCK Reset Other changes immediately activate 4 7 2 Machine Data Project Tree Options This dialog allows installation of purchased control options and the associated upgrade of the license key User guidance for obtaining a license key via the Internet is also available here Trace Setup Wizard See the section Trace Setup Wizard for more information Drive Bus Configuration This dialog allows configuration of the drives on the machine Channel Mode Group Assignment This dialog allows channels to be assigned to a given mode group or to no mode group Axis Data This extensive dialog allows configuration of the overall complement of machine axes as well as a wide variety of attributes for the individual axes on the machine It is important to note that the drives for the axes are also setup in this area Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SIN
7. inserting a waveform as reference from another file See also Waveform and Standard Waveform Requirements User See User Requirements Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition A 117 A Appendix 08 2005 Safe Operating Stop Safe Software Limit Switch Safely Reduced Speed Session SI Acceptance Test SI Wizard Signal Signal Data Signal Description Signal ID Signal Name Signal Specification SinuCom NC SinuCom NC Trace Standard Waveform A 118 A SinuCom NC SI Acceptance Test type which tests the ability of a machine axis to stop safely A SinuCom NC SI Acceptance Test type which tests the software travel limits of a machine axis A SinuCom NC SI Acceptance Test type which tests the ability of a machine axis to safely reduce speed An environment constructed for the purpose of collecting data This DATA can be used to display one or more waveforms in a configurable manner A function in SinuCom NC which facilitates testing of safety relevant machine functions and documentation of same as required by EC Machine Directive EN954 1 Control Category 3 Same as SI Acceptance Test A variable that can be recorded by Trace or can be used as one of the elements of a trigger Same as Data Text providing information about a signal can be overridden by the user The unique numeric identif
8. Some PLC data The data is usually selected by name but can also be selected by address See the section Dialogs Dialog Setup Waveforms Note that some types of data require further qualification of the signal E g axis data must also have the specific axis defined Note Event Only is a special case in which no data is recorded Only the occurrence of the event is recorded The Event aspect requires that an Event be selected for each waveform The following list shows three examples of these Events Events Partial List Interpolation Cycle IPO Cycle IPO interpolation cycle 1 Prot File Begin start logging Block Begin S1 block start w o intermediate blocks all program levels preprocessing A drop down menu of all Events is made available when the Event field for the session s first waveform is selected The selected Event for the first waveform will either be a preprocessing or a non preprecessing Event Within a given session all Events must be either preprocessing or non preprocessing To ensure this continuity the system will present only the appropriate Events preprocessing or non preprocessing for subsequent waveforms 1 Events designated as cyclic occur repetitively at a constant rate Waveforms for data re corded on non cyclic events have special features and different behaviors as described else where in this manual Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 8
9. hidden Selection of this items turns the visible state of all dropout indicators on and off A dropout indicator is a pair of vertical lines that shows when a dropout begins and ends Note A dropout indicator is a pair of vertical lines that shows where a dropout begins and ends A drop out is a portion of a waveform for which the signal data is not available Note Dropouts can occur for a number of reasons but the most common reason is that Trace could not process the signal data as fast as it was being ac cumulated at the signal source Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 58 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Toolbars This menu item allows the display of individual toolbars to be turned on and off e g the Control toolbar Menu Insert The Insert menu is new in SinuCom NC 06 04 The following selections are avail able from the menu Add Waveform Directs focus to the Add Waveform dialog Waveforms Allows the introduction of an additional waveform into the correct session either from a file or from another session Menu Setup The Setup menu provides access to the Setup dialog Each menu item allows quick access to a particular page of the Setup dialog Alternately the Setup toolbar button calls up the Setup dialog to the page last used The following selections are available from the
10. menu within Trace for current content Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Clicking the Select button next to Waveform Color displays a standard Color Selection dialog The desired waveform color can be defined by simple selection or custom colors can be defined using the associated button Axis numbering and labels can be positioned to the Left Right Both or None using the Axis Display drop down menu The Plot Y Option is active only for non cyclic events primarily because it usually does not make sense to use the value of a non cyclic event for its own Y coordinate This option has three possible selections Source Y lt description gt The non cyclic occurrences will superimpose onto the waveform identified by lt description gt l e the value of lt description gt is used as the Y coordinate Snap Y The non cyclic occurrences will snap i e superimpose themselves onto the waveform that has focus Same Y for Each The non cyclic occurrences will plot at Y 0 00 i e in a straight horizontal line Event This item specifies the occurrence at which the signal data is to be recorded The event for each signal is selected in the Add Signal dialog see Dialog Add Waveform for details Event Channel This optional field identifies the Sinumerik channel i
11. texts supplied by the template file replace default text in the user interface If a text is not supplied the default text is used The following texts can be overridden Summary Page Procedure This replaces the text that appears under the Procedure portion of the Test Summary All other texts remain as their default setting Test Step Specific Prompt This replaces the instructional text at the right of the test step indicator Data Collection Dialog Appears on the Data Collection Dialog It Prompt instructs the user to initiate the test condition Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 97 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard Loading a Custom Template There are two mechanisms for loading a template The Load Template button on the Template Info page The Load Template menu item in the context menu of the SI Wizard Selection Status page Selection of either choice presents a Windows File Open dialog with a filter set to show template i e xml files Note If there are results present when the user attempts to load a template a message box is displayed that indicates that the results will be lost if the template is loaded The load operation can be either canceled or completed Unloading a Custom Template There are two mechanisms for unloading a templ
12. the basic use of the tool in step by step fashion 1 Activate SinuCom NC 2 Click Diagnosis in the SinuCom NC main menu 3 Click Trace in the Diagnosis menu The Trace initial screen will appear Note A yellow or red message banner in this case containing No Waveforms is displayed at the top of the graph window This box can optionally appear whenever a graph window is displayed It can contain such messages as No Waveforms No waveforms have been defined added for display No Waveforms Shown All defined waveforms have had their Show checkbox unchecked see Figure 4 2 Awaiting Stop Recording is in process and the checkbox Keep data on NCU until stopped has been checked default setting see Figure 4 5 Trace Data has been Lost Total Segments x Where x is the number of segments lost See Hide Dropouts Show Dropouts for additional information on lost data 8 9 Right click anywhere in the graph window to bring up the Graph Window Context Menu Click the Add Waveform menu item The Add Waveform screen will appear In the field labeled Containing type actime On the right of the screen three candidates that have this character string in their names are presented Click the name acTime top selection to highlight the line it is on Click the Add button The signal is now ready to be recorded Click the Close bu
13. 1 Screen active displays the file content in a window only for transmitting data EOF 0 0 deactivated 1 activated Data transfer is stopped as soon as the EOF character is received or during transmission the EOF character 03h is additionally sent Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 7 111 7 SinuCom PCIN Functions 08 2005 7 3 File WINPCIN ini 7 112 PortNumber 1 Settings 19200 N 8 1 This is where the serial interface is parameterized The sequence is baudrate parity databit stopbit Possible settings for baudrate 300 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Possible settings for parity n None e Even o Odd m Mark s Space Possible settings for number of data bits 5 to 8 Possible settings for number of stop bits 1 1 5 2 Handshaking 2 This is where the transmission control is set 0 none No control gt in certain circumstances characters might be lost 1 rtscts Control through two hardware lines 2 xon xoff Control through software together with two characters which can be transmitted to stop and continue transmission Timeout 5 Transmission is aborted after the set time Protocol 5 The data transmission protocol is set here Possible settings are PROTOCOL_ ASCII 0 or transmission with error detection and correction 5 The internal sizes of the input buffer or output buffer are set with
14. 22 2 20 Creating Reference Waveforms Definitions innia Dialogs rime W Dragging sise tn irust ermemnrl Reference Waveforms c ccececeeeee WINPCIN iNI eee eee SOS SION Siva de don Writing an NC image to NC card 15 103 Toolbars and Menus US Ad ann x Trace Setup Wizard TSW Trace Symbol Import Wizard TSIW Transmission with error detection and XML Structure of the Custom correction Template 4 100 SinuCOM POIN ee 7 110 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition I 123 Index 08 2005 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 1 124 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition An Siemens AG A amp D MC BMS P O Box 3180 D 91050 Erlangen Tel 49 180 5050 222 Hotline Fax 49 9131 98 63315 Documentation Email motioncontrol docu siemens com Address of your company department Street Post code Town Phone Fax Suggestions and or corrections Suggestions Corrections for documentation SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools Manufacturer Service Documentation System Manual Bestell Nr included in online help only 08 2005 Edition If you notice any printing errors when reading this documentation please use th
15. 4 Writing Reading an NC image to NC card The system software NC can be completely overwritten duplicated read out and stored as a file The version of the NC system of the inserted card is displayed when it is read out Storage capacity of the NC card In order avoid storage capacity problems you can specify the storage capacity of the NC card used under View gt Options gt Card size Note You can duplicate entire NC cards NC FFS Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 5 103 5 SinuCom FFS Functions 08 2005 5 4 Writing Reading an NC image to NC card Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 5 104 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 6 SinuCom ARC Functions 6 1 Operation 6 SinuCom ARC Functions 6 1 Operation nement tte mens Aie it 6 106 6 2 Displaying the contents of the archive 6 106 6 3 Editing the archive contents 6 106 6 4 Creating an archive 6 108 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 6 105 6 SinuCom ARC Functions 08 2005 6 1 Operation 6 1 Operation The program SinuCom ARC is started by clicking on the SinuCom ARC icon Start menu or desktop or with SinuCom NC menu Tools gt SinuCom ARC You can call up the various f
16. 611D Hotline If you have any questions please call the hotline A amp D Technical Support Tel 49 180 5050 222 Fax 49 180 5050 223 Email adsupport siemens com Online www siemens de automation support request Please send any questions about the documentation suggestions for improvement corrections to the following fax number or email address Fax 49 9131 98 63315 Email motioncontrol docu siemens com Fax form see reply form at the end of the manual Internet address http www siemens com motioncontrol Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition iii Preface 08 2005 Aim This document explains how to install the SINUMERIK SinuCom NC start up tool and describes its functionality The purpose of the SinuCom NC start up and servicing tool is to facilitate start up and installation of the SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D On the SINUMERIK 840D 810D the tool is started from the PG PC in online mode PG PC control via OPI It is included in the SW on the SINUMERIK 840Di Searching aids To help you locate information quickly a table of contents and a keyword index are provided Standard scope This publication describes the standard scope of functions Any extensions or modifications to the standard scope made by the machine manufacturer will be documented by the machine manufacturer Please contact your local Si
17. A prompt below the Test Title The Next Page Previous Page and Finish buttons appear at the bottom left They are useful for navigating within and among tests Buttons for Cancel and Help appear at the bottom right Note The Cancel button terminates the wizard but may request further confirmation before termination is allowed The Selection Status Pane The Selection Status pane left side of initial screen has two main functions Display of status information pertaining to individual tests and the overall acceptance test Navigation between test steps and between test results Initially this list contains one entry per test step with a final entry Finished used primarily for status Tests are displayed under the appropriate test step as they are invoked They appear in one of three states Enabled Tests Tests that are appropriate for the machine type and must be run Disabled Tests Tests that are inappropriate for the machine type and feature content and cannot be run l e tests that require Safe Programmable Logic are unavailable if that feature is not present Deselected Tests Tests that have been specified as not applicable for the current machine configuration by the user Tests are deselected by navigating to the individual test and then deselecting the test by checking a checkbox on the test summary screen As tests are performed the list is modified to show the status of individual
18. Edition 08 2005 Contents Contents 1 Product SINUCOMUNG 2 annainne aaisen nana tainei 1 11 1 1 Product features rnnettanrednnti aunrrrtanse 1 12 1 2 Scope of supply eccccecceceeeeeeeceeeeeeceeeeeeeseceaeeeeeeesetenneeaeeeeeees 1 13 1 3 Permissible PC platforms cccccccceceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeetaeeeeeey 1 14 2 INStalatiONn 2 Ne su ieee ede 2 15 2 1 Installation Variants eeccccarcnnnokeniniicaren 2 16 2 2 Installation of SinuCom NC 2 16 2 3 Installation of SINUCOM FFS 00 0 eee cette ee teeneeeeeteeneeeteeaeey 2 18 2 4 Installation of SINUCOM ARC cceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteaeeteneeeas 2 19 2 5 Installation of SinuCom POIN eee eeeeeeeeteeteeeeeteeneeerteeeaeey 2 19 2 6 Uninstalling il 2 20 3 General Operating Sequences ssnenenenrs 3 21 3 1 Installation and start up with SinuCom NC 3 22 3 2 Help TUNCONS ainan hein sn 3 23 3 3 Using the keyboard 3 26 4 SinuCom NC Functions mn isisnnserennennnmennennes 4 1 Document Scope and Supported Systems 4 1 1 Scope of this Manual 4 1 2 Supported Systems and NCK Versions 4 28 4 1 3 Supported Languages seeesrresssrrsseennnnssnnnnaeennannannaneennannannaaeeN 4 2 What s New in SinuCom NC 07 01 I 4 3 Installation Communications and Startup AA Main Menene ionieni quest nee nan EAE 4 5 Toolbar Buttons iii
19. Reserved 6 108 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 7 SinuCom PCIN Functions 7 1 Operation 7 SinuCom PCIN Functions EA Operation nent ten a ss tte 7 110 LZ FUNCIONS anesan adirc in A atlatere E aA 7 110 7 3 File WINPCIN ini ccccccceeeceeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeaeeeeeeeeeaeesneeseeeeeeees 7 111 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 7 109 7 SinuCom PCIN Functions 08 2005 7 1 Operation 7 1 Operation The service tool SinuCom PCIN is operated with the mouse or keyboard the online Help is called up with the softkey About gt Help 7 2 Functions Configuring the RS 232 interface softkey RS 232 Config You can set the RS 232 interface according to your individual needs and the requirements of the connected device softkey RS 232 Config or F1 When you press the softkey the selection image showing the various parameters is displayed You now select one of the four settings with one of the assigned keys softkeys shift F1 to shift F4 Flow control The flow control controls the serial communication data transmission between transmitter and receiver Both a hardware and a software procedure exist XON and XOFF software procedure handshaking for flow control with serial data transmission The receiver signals to the transmitter whether the data can be r
20. Reset All Tests erases all current test results The last entry in the List of Tests is labeled Finished Initially this entry is disabled greyed and is enabled upon completion of at least one iteration of each of the tests regardless of pass fail status Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 94 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 The Dialog Pane 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard The Dialog Pane right side of initial screen contains interactive information that is specific to the test that has been selected in the Selection Status Pane Since most tests have similar operational steps i e setup induce the failure and verify the results each of the dialogs has generally the same operational model Each test is typically represented by three screen types Test Summary Screen Describes the purpose procedure and any warnings associated with the test Pressing the Begin This Test button advances the dialog to the Running Test Screen Running Test Screen Provides a step by step series of prompts such as Establish initial conditions e g select the appropriate axis Start the test will also auto start the data collection Terminate data collection Select data to be saved Restore initial conditions usually a prompt for the operator to restore the machine Each step of each step has colored
21. Setup gt gt alternately compresses then expands the lower portion of the screen This print dialog has functionality similar to that of many MicroSoft products but also has the following two capabilities Print Range The following two choices are provided Full Range Prints the full recording on multiple pages if required Current view only Prints only the content currently in view Image Size The following three choices are provided Actual Size The size of the display will be reproduced in print pixel for pixel at 100 of its size One screen of data will be produced per page If the screen is larger than the page X and or Y a portion of the printout will be cut off Full Page preserve aspect ratio checked The displayed size ratio of X to Y is preserved The on screen waveform will be enlarged to either the full horizontal or full vertical dimension of the page whichever is reached first Full Page preserve aspect ratio not checked Both the X and Y dimension of the on screen waveform will be enlarged to the size of the page without regard to the displayed size ratio of X to Y Significant distortion is expected unless the aspect ratio of the display is close to the aspect ratio of the page Print Color Scheme New for SinuCom NC 06 04 The following three choices are provided Black and white printer scheme Color printer schemeo Same as display Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reser
22. These symbols are also automatically imported on any sub sequent installations of SinuCom NC Trace As with any subsequent use of the TSIW this update of symbols can take several minutes Previous releases of SinuCom NC Trace use a static symbols database i e the set of variables that can be plotted This database simply shipped with the system The TSIW new with SinuCom NC 06 04 offers the ability to update this database at any time with a variety of symbol types from the machine environment This data does not have to be coincident with an NCK release but instead might be part of a PLC release or be provided by an OEM installation Such data includes Global User Data GUD Symbols specified by multiple providers Categories in clude System GUDs Provided by Siemens OEM GUDs Provided by a machine manufacturer User GUDs Provided for a part program or specific factory floor application GUD 4 9 Available for special purposes PLC VDI Symbols Names of PLC data created by Siemens and shipped with a SinuCom NC of the PLC software Note A set of PLC VDI symbols ships with SinuCom NC A special procedure must be performed to update these See How to Make Symbols Available for Import PLC OEM Symbols Names of PLC data created for a particular machine appli cation by a machine manufacturer Note Local User Data LUD and Program User Data PUD are temporary variables created by a part prog
23. a Custom View Set Custom View Selection of this item establishes the current view as the Cus tom View Control Scale gt Selection of this item allows manipulation of vertical and time scaling through a submenu consisting of the following choices Set Vertical Scale Lock Vertical Drag Unlock Vertical Drag Set Time Scale Lock All Vertical Drag Unlock All Verti cal Drag Selection of this item invokes a dialog that allows numeric min and max vertical scale values to be set for the active waveform s This is especially useful if the Y values of two or more waveforms are to be visually compared Prohibits the vertical dragging of the selscted wave form s Enables the vertical dragging of the selected wave form s Selection of this item invokes a dialog which allows numeric min and max horizontal scale values to be set all waveforms Prohibits the vertical dragging of all waveforms Enables the vertical dragging of all waveforms Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 56 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Zoom gt Selection of this item allows zooming through a submenu consisting of the following choices Zoom X and Y Selection of this item allows an area of the display to be magnified in both the X and Y direction A portion of the waveform can be dragged over i e left mou
24. a number box with the following color Green box indicates a completed step The user cannot progress to next step without completing the current step Yellow box indicates the current step The prompt that appears in the display area at the top of the dialog applies to this step Gray box indicates an upcoming step Test Results Screen This screen Allows manual entry of the pass fail status of the test Allows entry of observations for test results if required Prompting that includes the captured data from the Running Test screen may occur Provides a Repeat This Test button at end of test if appropriate Provides a Delete Test Results button at end of test if appropriate Note If Repeat This Test is selected results from the current test are NOT discarded Test data is discarded only when Delete This Test is selected Repeating is appropriate when the same test is run multiple times with different commissioning e g tests performed on multiple I O points or axes Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 95 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard The Alarm Display only in connection with templates There is a new alarm display for SinuCom NC 06 04 The table format allows each alarm to be saved via checkbox Three types of collected alarms are availa
25. a sub menu with the items under Menu View used for zooming and scaling This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found on the Menu View This context menu appears when a waveform or waveform tab is right clicked Add Waveform Edit Waveform Remove Wave form Cut Waveform Copy Waveform Paste Waveform as Standard This menu item opens the Add Waveform dialog identical to the Dialog Setup Waveforms This menu item opens the Edit Waveform dialog identical to the dialog accessed by the Edit button in the Dialog Setup Waveforms This menu removes the selected waveform s identical to the dialog accessed by the Remove button in the Dialog Setup Waveforms This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 62 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Paste Waveform This menu item is identical to the one of the same name as Reference found under Menu Edit Edit Style This menu item opens the Waveform Style dialog identical to the dialog accessed by the Edit button in the Dialog Setup Waveforms Edit Description This menu item
26. case where no data is recorded l e only the occurrence of the event is recorded Identification of the Event is all that is required to effect this type of recording The choices in the drop down menu are the same as the items in the section Overview How Trace is Used List of Events Add Waveform Favorites When this tab is clicked a list of the most recently used Event Data combinations will be displayed for selection A maximum of 20 signals are retained in the list Unless marked as a favorite the oldest signal is dropped when a new signal is added The following buttons are provided Add to Favorites This button marks the highlighted signal with in the Favorite column The entry will then be kept in the list even if it has not been used recently Remove This button removes the highlighted entry from the Recently Used List Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 72 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Add Waveform From File This tab new for SinuCom NC 06 04 displays an Insert from File dialog that allows selection of specific waveforms from a session file These new waveforms can be brought in either as standard waveforms or as reference waveforms if they have data associated with them x S Waveforms Ye Collection g Trigger Ez Sample Rates Se Display When To Start WhenT
27. greater or a characteristic of the trigger e g rising edge A single graphical plot of a series of recorded data points that is associated with a signal at an event synonymous with Plot Graph and Trace The complete set of data points collected at the occurrences of the event required to describe a given waveform data plus the event Recorded data representing the behavior and thus the waveform of any variable Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved A 120 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 Index Index Displaying the contents of the archive 6 106 A Displaying editing the FFS image 10 102 Acceptance Test Wizard E Advanced Features Alarm Help Editing the archive contents Alarm Messages Establishing a connection to the NC contro Archive 2 Creating Event aspect Reading Exporting the FFS neeese Archiving F Cc Foreign languages 1 14 Common Advanced Configuration Items 4 Functions 88 SinuCOM POIN 7 110 Common General Configuration Items 4 88 Common Screen Contents 4 93 G Compatibility with Microsoft Windows with Siemens Software 4 37 Generic Trace Client Configuring the RS 232 interface Graph MINAONWS ice 4 42 Context sensitive help dialog box Contex
28. hand Important This symbol always appears in the documentation when important information is being conveyed Additional ordering options Appears in the documentation whenever a described function is not contained in the standard version but may be ordered as an option Safety information A AN gt This manual contains notices that you should observe to ensure your own personal safety as well as to protect the product and connected equipment Notices referring to your personal safety are highlighted in the manual by a safety alert symbol notices referring to property damage only have no safety alert symbol The warnings are shown below in decreasing order of danger Danger Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which if not avoided will result in death or serious injury or in substantial property damage Warning Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury or in substantial property damage Caution Used with the safety alert symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided may result in minor or moderate injury or in property damage Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition Preface 08 2005 Caution Used without safety alert symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if no
29. hidden directly below it To see all of the data represented by the single marker the mouse pointer can be moved hovered over the plot marker After a brief delay a window will temporarily appear near the marker until the mouse is moved again This window displays the name of the event followed by the name or description and value of each data item recorded on that event If the mouse is clicked on the event marker this window remains displayed on the screen if the mouse is moved or clicked elsewhere The Close button dismisses this window Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 64 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 9 6 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Dialogs Most Trace dialogs pertain to the presentation of waveforms They are called Setup Dialogs described below Dialogs are interactive displays They are called dialogs because have three major functions Each one 1 displays a category of information 2 allows the modification of this information 3 feeds back the effects of the updated information Setup Dialogs As stated above Setup Dialogs control the presentation of the waveforms They are used to identify what data to record and when to record it When either the Setup Menu or Setup Button is clicked as shown in Figure 4 3 the Setup Dialogs are presented as the following group of tabbed pages Waveforms Colle
30. menu Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 2 What s New in SinuCom NC 07 01 4 2 What s New in SinuCom NC 07 01 Support has been added for the following new features SINAMICS based drive systems Data from the intelligent modules that compose a SINAMICS drive system can be configured and archived NCU 700 series NCUs Configuration for the new module that combines HMI NC and drive control functionality Ethernet connections between SinuCom NC and the NCU The NCU Connection Wizard NCW guides configuration and cabling when SinuCom NC is installed on a PC separate from the control system Archiving of compile cycles 4 3 Installation Communications and Startup See Installation of SinuCom NC in Chapter 2 4 4 Main Menu The SinuCom NC main menu is for the most part self explanatory Rather than listing the functions here that it provides it is suggested that the user view the selections directly in the product Non obvious selections will be addressed in context elsewhere in this manual Note Some menu choices might be permanently grayed out These menu choices will be used in the future to support features such as Offline SinuCom NC Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 29 4 Sinu
31. menu Waveforms This menu item opens the Setup dialog with the Waveforms page selected See the section Dialogs Dialog Setup Waveforms Collection This menu item opens the Setup dialog with the Collections page selected See the section Dialogs Dialog Setup Collection Trigger This menu item opens the Setup dialog with the Trigger page selected See the section Dialogs Dialog Setup Trigger Sample Rates This menu item opens the Setup dialog with the Sample Rates page selected See the section Dialogs Dialog Setup Trigger Display This menu item opens the Setup dialog with the Display page selected See the section Dialogs Dialog Setup Display Menu Control The Control menu allows the recording process to be started and stopped and the screen to be cleared The trace status window indicates one of the following states Stopped Waiting for trigger Recording Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 59 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 08 2005 The following selections are available from the menu Start gt Stop Clear m Menu Window Selection of this item makes Trace active and initiates monitoring for the trigger condition If no trigger condition has been defined recording begins immediately upon Start If the setup parameter Auto start a
32. moves the cursor to the waveform s tab al lowing immediate editing of the waveform description Show Waveform This menu item causes the waveform to be visible identical to checking the Show checkbox shown in Figure 4 2 Hide Waveform This menu item causes the waveform to be hidden identical to unchecking the Show checkbox shown in Figure 4 2 tiled horizontally Control Vertical Selection of this item allows manipulation of vertical scaling Scale gt through a submenu consisting of the following choices formerly Re size Waveform Set Vertical This menu item is identical to the one of the same Scale name found under Menu Edit Lock Vertical This menu item is identical to the one of the same Drag name found under Menu Edit Unlock Vertical This menu item is identical to the one of the same Drag name found under Menu Edit Fit Height to This menu item performs a function identical to the Window Fit Height to Window icon found in Figure 4 1 Scale Grouping This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit Waveform Tabs This menu item cascades to a sub menu with the following selections Show Text Show Numbers Show Both These choices are duplicates of the ones found in the Dia log Setup Display Annotations This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu View Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D Sin
33. tests Figure 4 9 below is an example of the results of four tests Test1 passed Pulse Disable Path step Operator Door passed External Stops step Tool Chain Door failed External Stops step Test 3 Test is currenty being run Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 93 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard Overview Pulse Disable Path J Testi External Stops J Operator Door Tool Chain Door Test3 SPL Inputs Outputs Wiring Cross Check Emergency Stop Functional Relationships SBH Safe Oper Stop SG Safe Speed SE Safe Software Limit st 3 Figure 4 9 Status Display with Test Results Note Status of a given test is displayed as an indented entry that appears beneath the corresponding test step The status of each test is indicated by one of the following icons V4 Test has been run and has passed X Test has been run and has failed Test is currenty being run l e test is incomplete The tester can take action on the test results by right clicking anywhere within the Selection Status display A window appears that offers the following choices Load Test Results allows previously recorded test results to be retrieved from a file Save Test Results allows current test results to be stored in a file
34. the By Address screen PLC Address is the first tab and is thus the default dialog when the By Address option is selected Entries in the following fields are required to identify a specific address Memory Range One of the following memory areas must be selected 1 Input area 2 Output area 3 Bit memory area 4 Data block Offset The specified offset is added to the starting address of the Memory Range The resultant sum is the address of the selected variable Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 71 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Data Type One of the following data types must be selected Character Byte Boolean Integer Word Double Integer Double Word Real ONDARRUN gt The memory location which is identified by the Memory Range and Offset will be interpreted as the identified Data Type Waveforms can also be identified by BTSS Address BTSS is an addressing scheme that is proprietary to Sinumerik A high level of proficiency is required to use this method to identify signals Information on the structure of BTSS addresses can be found elsewhere in Sinumerik documentation Add Waveform by Function Add Signal by Function will be implemented in a future release It is not available at this time Add Waveform Event Only Signals can be added by Event Only This is the special
35. the logged data exceeds this size prior to being offloaded to the HMI Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key nckFileSize Note deferred offloading overrides this size with the value specified for a Trace Amount of data stored in the HMI hard drive log file Maximum size for the log file offloaded to the HMI s hard drive If the session s total amount of data logged exceeds this size without a client consuming the data data loss occurs Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key HmiFileCapacity Note If a session disables deferred offloading the size in the session overrides this Amount of data cached to the HMI RAM Frame Maximum data memory for logging that is cached for quick client access on the HMI This allocation uses the OS virtual memory pool and thereby affects other applications running on the CPU Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key HmiFrameCapacity Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 88 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Size of the NCK Trace Logging Buffer Size of the FIFO buffer on the NCK that spools captured data to the NCK Log File Determines the memory resource allocation on the NCK Decreasing the size can cause data loss Reference MD 18374 MM_PROTOC_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE Type of NCK Memory used for log data file Selects SRAM or DRAM for the NCK Trace log file Reference MD 11295 PROTOC_FILE_MEM Si
36. the two variables InBufferSize 1536 default value OutBufferSize 2048 default value Under the heading COMMON you will find the interface parameterization to be activated directly after power up DEFAULT 0 corresponds to USER or RS232_INI Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 A Appendix A A Appendix A 1 Abbreviations ASCII ATW BTSS DB GUD HMI IPO LUD MD or MaDa MDI NC NCDDE NCK NCU OEM PLC PUD SBH American Standard Code for Information Interchange Amerikanische Code Norm fur den Informationsaustausch SinuCom NC SI Acceptance Test Wizard a k a SI Wizard Operator panel interface BedienTafelSchnittStelle Data Block Global User Data Human Machine Interface Interpolation Task Local User Data Machine Data Manual Data Interface Numerical Control SINUMERIK HMI Base s MPI Communications Server Numerical Control Dynamic Data Exchange Numerical Control Kernel Numerical Control Unit i e the real time hardware Original Equipment Manufacturer Programmable Logic Controller Program User Data a k a Program Global Variables Test of Safe Operating Stop SI Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition A 113 A Appendix 08 2005 SE Test of Safe Software Limit Swi
37. 28 if all but bits 7 and 0 were masked the resulting integer would have a value of either 0 1 2 or 3 not 0 1 128 or 129 Add To New in SinuCom NC 06 04 this drop down list allows the user to specify the window in which any new waveform ap pears Based on the name selected other qualifiers may be needed to identify itas a unique entity Fields designed to assist in this identification will appear in the upper right of the dialog as needed in this example shown as Tool Area Point Tool Off and TN For instance in Figure 4 4 above the Tool Area field has a drop down menu not shown that offers a list of tool areas from which to select Often the selection from drop down menu is self explanatory such as the case of the Tool Area field described above Occasionally however the selection of a name will cause a field labeled See DocOnCD to appear In these cases the information required is very specific to the variable e g the selection of an array index or an override The detailed information needed to correctly select the entry can be found in DocOnCD under the name being configured Add Waveform by Address The By Address tab shown Figure 4 4 represents the second of five dialogs that is accessible under Add Signal Rather than selecting by name the signal can be identified by a PLC address or a BTSS path specification Note Access to this page is password restricted There are two tabs on
38. 40D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 41 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 9 2 Sessions and Their Content Sessions A Trace Session is an environment constructed for the purpose of collecting data This data can be used to display one or more waveforms in a configurable manner The setup configuration and the trace status e g stopped recording no waveform etc are attributes of a session l e at any given time a session has a single setup and a single status independent of other sessions More than one session can exist simultaneously Any or all existing sessions can be operated and can record independently A new session can be created at any time assuming memory disk space resources in the NCK etc are available For example one session can be recording a set of signals while the second session is waiting for a trigger condition When the recording process is manually started or stopped i e by clicking the start trace button gt or the stop trace button on the toolbar only the active session is affected The active session is the session that is currently displayed Likewise when a setup is changed only the active session is affected Typically a session is created by clicking New Session in the file menu In a future release a session will also be able to be created by instructions in the NC part program also called
39. 8 2005 Edition 08 2005 A Appendix PLC Symbols The names used for accessing PLC Variables including 1 PLC VDI Symbols names of PLC data created by Siemens and shipped with a version of the PLC software 2 PLC OEM Symbols metadata created for a particular machine application by a machine manufacturer PLC Variables The variables either PLC or VDI that represent the state of a SIMATIC PLC Plot Same as Waveform Program User Data PUD Local User Data defined in the main part program that have a k a Program Global been globalized by a setting in the machine data Note that Variables PUD may be written and read on all subroutine levels Qualifier An extension of the description of a signal that is required to resolve that signal to a unique entity Reference Waveform A static waveform that is created from an existing waveform standard or reference This waveform type is NOT updated with new data when the record button is clicked A Reference Waveform has many of the characteristis of a Standard Waveform but differes in the following important ways Its data and display remains unchanged when a new recording session begins l e its data is not updated during a recording session It can be repositioned horizontally e g to synchronize it with waveforms recorded at a different time It can be created from an existing waveform that has recorded data either by copying a waveform in the current session or by
40. C 2 4 Installation of SinuCom ARC Requirements SinuCom ARC runs under Windows ME Windows NT Version 4 0 Service Pack 6 and higher WindowsXP or Windows 2000 SinuCom ARC requires approx 0 7 MB Before you can install SinuCom ARC you must first close down all other applications not the Explorer Procedure Insert the CD into the CD drive of your PG PC Start the Explorer or an MS DOS input prompt Change to the CD drive Start the SETUP EXE program in the root directory of the CD This program starts up operator guided installation of SinuCom ARC Select menu Install SinuCom ARC Asystem reset of the PG PC might be performed during installation Setup of SinuCom ARC continues automatically after system reset ROWND ou Starting SinuCom ARC SinuCom ARC is either started via the SinuCom ARC icon or the Start menu in the task bar of the PG PC or from SinuCom NC via the menu Extras SinuCom ARC 2 5 Installation of SinuCom PCIN Requirements SinuCom PCIN runs under Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME WindowsXP or Windows NT Version 4 0 Service Pack 6 and higher SinuCom PCIN requires approx 1 2 MB Before you can install SinuCom PCIN you must first close down all other applications not the Explorer Procedure Insert the CD into the CD drive of the PG PC Start the Explorer or an MS DOS input prompt Change to the CD drive Start the SETUP EXE program in the root dire
41. Com NC Functions 4 5 Toolbar Buttons 4 5 Toolbar Buttons Find in 4 Info 2 Help context sensitive x Open Connection ei Close Connection ba Online Project 4 6 Alarm Messages 08 2005 This button displays a dialog that allows the operator to search for variable names by character string The variables can be filtered to display subsets such as All Data General Data ONLY Axis Data ONLY Channel Data ONLY and Drive Data ONLY If the Machine Data is being displayed either in Dialog View or in the Expert List this button displays the Machine Data version If not in a Machine Data display the SinuCom NC SinuCom NC is displayed This button is available if context sensitive help is available Clicking the button and then clicking a dialog or control element opens a Help window If a control element is selected e g a text field only the machine data used by that control element appear If the background of a dialog box is clicked all the machine data used in the dialog box appear This button open the connection to the NCU This button closes the connection to the NCU This button places the project online and displays a check mark next to Online Project in the drop down menu When an alarm occurs the alarm display area appears near the top of the screen The most recent alarm appears in the alarm text window which is a drop down list that expands to display the most rece
42. D 840Di 810D 2 SinuCom FFS tool for generating SINUMERIK NC image files for the PC card of the NCU CCU 3 SinuCom ARC tool for editing SINUMERIK HMI archives successor of ARCEdit 4 SinuCom PCIN tool for data transfer between the PC PG and the control SinuCom NC The installation service tools tool SinuCom NC offers the following functions Dialog based parameterization of machine data online linked up to the NC Management of series start up files Data exchange Option manager Note The NC card is programmed with standard tools e g Cardware that are not contained in the included in the scope of supply of SinuCom FFS A Flash File System FFS is comparable with a DOS data medium e g a diskette Before data can be archived the system must be formatted Then the directory structures can be created and files stored in a suitable format The data medium is an electrically erasable PROM EEPROM This means that before writing the relevant sector must be erased Algorithms written for the module identification are required for erasing and writing They largely determine the speed with which data are written An FFS system can be read directly from DOS WINDOWS Because the NC system software also stored on the NC card does not exist in FFS format this can only be performed with SINUCOPY FFS Note Please read the A amp D software marketing guidelines before duplicating software Siemens AG 2005 All Ri
43. Data Limit amount No check in this box will cause data collection to be limited only by the Data Limit amount The settings described in this section define the characteristics of the trigger If the use of triggers is specified on the Setup Collection page there is either a stop trigger a start trigger or both These triggers apply to all recording within a given session If no triggers are specified on the Setup Collection page this Setup Trigger page is not used and is not available Start Trigger Stop Trigger Trigger Waveform 4 76 This pair of buttons can optionally be present Two conditions are possible Buttons present Both a start and a stop trigger have been specified Selection is mutually exclusive On screen data switches with the selection Buttons not present Either a start or a stop trigger has been specified The data applies to the specified trigger Note As described above if there are no triggers the window in see Figure 4 8 above will not appear This setting specifies which signal will be used in the makeup of the trigger The following selections are available No trigger i e field is left blank Names of waveforms already defined for collection can be accessed via drop down menu Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Trigger Mode Thi
44. Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 Contents A Appendiks den H a NOU SE nae REDE aast Ac ADDFEVIAtIONS eea ete ai re ea es A 113 Ac DETIMITONS carea ea ed ee ened A 115 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition ix Contents 08 2005 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved X SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 1 Product SinuCom NC 1 1 Product features 1 Product SinuCom NC 1 1 Productfeatures ssssaneetes instants tabs 1 12 1 2 Scope of SUPPLY sceiche aaa 1 13 1 3 Permissible PC platforms 0 cccccecccecceeceeeeeeeseeetceeeeeeeeeeteeed 1 14 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 1 11 1 Product SinuCom NC 08 2005 1 1 Product features 1 1 Product features The installation service tools SinuCom NC provides a simple way of installing SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D On the SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 810D the tool is started from the PG PC in online mode PG PC control via the OPI interface in the case of the SINUMERIK 840Di it is included in the software Product components The installation service tools SinuCom NC comprises four tools 1 SinuCom NC installation tool for controls SINUMERIK 840D sl 840
45. Functions 4 1 Document Scope and Supported Systems 4 1 1 Scope of this Manual 4 1 2 Supported Systems and NCK Versions 4 1 3 Supported Languages 0 eccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeneeeeeeneeeeeeaas 4 2 What s New in SinuCom NC 07 01 I 4 3 Installation Communications and Startup 44 Main MEMU ccecincnccnok data E hotes diipeted terasse 4 5 Toolbar Buttons 4 30 4 6 Alarm Messages aise antennes 4 7 Machine Data MD ii 4 7 1 Viewing and Configuring MD 4 7 2 Machine Data Project Tree 4 7 3 Service Data AB ArI G iecieiieredeiaccedenicccein ceeds name haie nage dead rie derdanree 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 9 1 Overview How Trace is Used 4 9 2 Sessions and Their Content 4 9 3 Reference Waveforms ccccccccccccesssseseececeeeanenseeceeeeeaneasneeees 4 9 4 Toolbars and Menus 4 9 5 Context Menus ccccccessesssceceeeeeceesececeeeeeeeaueeeseeeeeeeeanenseeeess 4 90 DIOS ieicczsogdcezas E T 4 9 7 Trace Symbol Import Wizard TSIW 4 9 8 Trace Setup Wizard TSW cecccceeteeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeed Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 27 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 1 Document Scope
46. Manager by selecting Start Programs SIMATIC then SIMATIC Manager Inthe SIMATIC Manager application select File Open and then select the desired PLC project Double click the compiled logic block for which you wish to export Trace symbols From the LAD editor LAD FBD Programming S7 Blocks select File Generate Source from the File menu The new dialog will appear In the Object Name box key in the name of the source file that will contain the desired PLC OEM symbols then press OK The Generate source lt object gt dialog will appear Highlight the blocks in the Blocks Not Selected window that contain the symbols to be imported then use the right arrow to move these blocks to the Blocks Selected window Make sure the Symbolic option is selected Activate the SIMATIC Manager click on it From the project tree select Sources 10 Right Click the new Source file in the list 11 From the menu that appears select Export Source 12 Select the c siemens sinumerik symbols folder 13 Click Save The PLC OEM Symbols are now ready for import Importing the Symbols Once symbols are prepared for import as described above the Trace Symbol Import Wizard can be invoked from SinuCom NC through the following procedure ts If SinuCom NC Trace is not already running start Trace from SinuCom NC as described in A Hands On Example Select File fr
47. Manual Manual Installation amp Lists NCU Operator Start up Guide CNC 1st Part Components 1st Part NCK PLC drive 2nd Part 2nd Part HMI 3rd Part ShopMill 4th Part ShopTurn 5th Part Basesoftware Manufacturer Service Documentation KZ iN D KZ XZ SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINAMICS SINUMERIK SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D sl 120 840D sl 840D sl 840D 840D 840D 840Di 840Di 840Di 810D 810D 810D Description of Description of Description of Description of EMV Guidelines Functions Functions Fuctions Functions Basic Machine _ Synchronized Drive Function Safety Integrated Extended Functions Actions Spacial Functions ISO Dialects Electronic Documentation SINUMERIK SINAMICS Motoren DOCONCD DOCONWEB These Documents are a minimum requirement Overview of documentation SINUMERIK 840D 840D 810D 08 2005 General Documentation Safety SINUMERIK SINUMERIK Integrated 840D 840Di 810D Brochure Catalog NC 60 Safety Integrated Application Manual User Documentation
48. NC The system description SinuCom NC is part of the online Help it describes the product the installation handling of SinuCom NC the scope of functions No Help found If no Help can be found for the requested topic three alternatives are proposed Start DOCONCD Display the key topic list Open the document System Description SinuCOM NC Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 3 25 3 General Operating Sequences 08 2005 3 3 Using the keyboard 3 3 Using the keyboard You can call up the following functions using key combinations Table 3 1 Calling up functions with key combinations Key combinations Meaning F1 Context sensitive Help dialog box call up machine data Help lt Strg gt F Open Find dialog box in expert list only F3 Find next in expert list only lt Strg gt Pos1 Jump to the beginning of the table in expert list only lt Strg gt End Jump to the end of the table in expert list only gt or lt Incremental increase or decrease of value in expert list only lt Strg gt T Switches between expert list and dialog box view Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 3 26 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 1 Document Scope and Supported Systems 4 SinuCom NC
49. ONCD Machine data Help Alarm Help System description SinuCom NC in German and English as PDF part of the Online Help Context sensitive help dialog box Call Key combination F1 or a x by clicking on the Help icon in the tool bar with the mouse and then clicking into the dialog box or on the control element For each dialog box or control element a Help screen listing the associated machine data is opened If you select a control element e g text field only the machine data used by that control element appear If you click into the background of the dialog box all the machine data used in the dialog box appear Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 3 23 3 General Operating Sequences 08 2005 3 2 Help functions Context help x This group refers to the following machine data MEET i AXCONT MACIA NAMC TAC 20070 4C AXCONF MACHAX USED g Exit DocOnCd Fig 3 3 Machine data Help Context sensitive Help SW functions Requirements The CD DOCONCD gt 10 2000 has been inserted into your CD drive and installed Call The context sensitive Help for software functions is called up from the context sensitive Help window by clicking on the DOCONCD button If several Help topics are output you can select them individually DocOnCd x Description of the axis confiquiation Instal
50. Programs SIMATIC then SIMATIC Manager 2 Press Cancel to dismiss the New Project Wizard 3 From the SIMATIC Manager s File menu select Open 4 When the Open Project dialog appears select the Libraries tab 5 From the list select gp8x0d A list of objects will appear in the window on the right 6 Double click the object named Symbols 7 From the window that appears select Export from the Symbol Table menu 8 From the dialog that appears select a folder recommended folder c siemens sinumerik symbols default for SIMATIC symbols export 9 Provide a filename 10 Click Save 11 Proceed to one of the two following procedures on the next two pages Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 81 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 82 Updating PLC VDI Symbols Avoid this procedure unless you have installed the 810D sl 840D i Toolbox SinuCom NC 07 01 and newer This procedure will take several minutes in the TSIW and several minutes of additional time in SinuCom NC Trace after the TSIW completes After performing the procedure for PLC Symbols on the previous page these symbols can be prepared for export from the machine environment via the following procedure Caution The two procedures on the preceding page must have been performed or this procedure will fail 1 From
51. SIEMENS SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools System Manual 08 2005 Edition Product SinuCom NC Installation General Operating Sequences SinuCom NC Functions SinuCom FFS Functions SinuCom ARC Functions SinuCom PCIN Functions Appendix Index SINUMERIK Dokumentation Printing history Brief details of this edition and previous editions are listed below The status of each edition is shown by the code in the Remarks columns Status code in the Remarks column A New documentation B Unrevised reprint with new Order No C Revised edition with new status Edition Order No Remarks 06 03 included in online help only A 08 2005 included in online help only C Trademarks SIMATIC SIMATIC HMI SIMATIC NET SINUMERIK and SIMODRIVE are all Siemens trademarks The other designations in this publication may also be trademarks the use of which by third parties may constitute copyright violation Further Information is available on the Internet under http www siemens com motioncontrol Other functions not described in this documentation might be exe cutable in the control This does not however represent an obligation This publication was produced with WinWord V8 0 and to supply such functions with a new control or when servicing Designer V7 0 and the DokuTool AutWinDoc ee We have checked that the contents of this publication agre
52. Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 1 13 1 Product SinuCom NC 08 2005 1 3 Permissible PC platforms Foreign languages The installation service tools SinuCom NC is supplied in five languages English German French Spanish ltalian Language switchover only takes effect after rebooting Ordering data Table 1 1 Ordering data Order No SinuCom NC 6FC5 250 AY00 AG Installation Service tools on CD ROM including SinuCom FFS SinuCom ARC SinuCom PCIN documentation Languages English German License Single license current SW version l OL QO 0 Single license particular software NON O 0 version Copy license RUES ALITSE 1 Software maintenance Software maintenance service 0 QO 2 Order updates separately particular eee M ss 3 SW version Example for a particular software version e g SW 6 3 6FC5 250 6 4 1 3 Permissible PC platforms The product components of SinuCom NC can be used on the following PC platforms Table 1 2 SW Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows 95 98 ME 2000 NT XP SinuCom Yes Yes NC SinuCom Yes Yes FFS SinuCom Yes Yes Yes Yes ARC SinuCom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PCIN Note SinuCom NC 07 01 and lat
53. Tool Mgmt Hydraulics Modules Analog Modules Description of Functions Remote Diagnosis Event Electronic Documentation SINUMERIK SIMODRIVE Motoren DOCONCD DOCONWEB lt SINUMERIK 840D Description of Functions Safety Integrated Configuring Kit Operator Interface OP030 HMI Embedded NZ SINUMERIK 840D 810D MCIS Computer Link Tool Data Information System NC Data Mgmt NC Data Transfer Tool Data Communication This documents are a minimum requirement
54. UMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 33 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 7 Machine Data MD Axis Couplings Functions This dialog allows the configuration of coupled axes It is only visible when one of the following control options is set Gantry Axes Master Slave Coupling Synchronous Spindle Measure Functions This dialog is used to set the electrical polarity of each connected sensor probe Protection Zones Functions The Protection Zones dialog is used in setting the number of files for machine and channel related protection zones Resource Displays Functions This feature is new for SinuCom NC 06 04 NCK 51 08 or newer is required There are four categories of Resource Displays They can be accessed from the Functions folder in the Machine Data Project Tree Clock Rates Memory DRAM SRAM Since these resources are MD variables they can be viewed and changed as described in the section Machine Data Detailed descriptions and rationale for modification of specific Resource Display parameters is beyond the scope of this manual For additional information contact Siemens Support Clock Rates The cycle times and burden on the NCU are displayed so the user can estimate the system basic clock rate and the interpolator clock factor Data is displayed for Clock Rates of all channels and for individual Channel Clock Rates If individual Channe
55. Waveforms There are three ways to create a reference waveform 1 By Copy Waveform Paste Waveform as Reference Note that copy from session to session is supported 2 When opening a session file by designating one or more waveforms as reference via checkbox 3 When Inserting i e appending an existing session file by designating one or more waveforms as reference via checkbox Note Any waveform that had been previously saved without data can only be loaded as a standard waveform Note Edits to waveforms can result in one or more waveforms that consist of individual signals with and without collected data e g non cyclic signals with the Same Y Plot Y option If an edit creates a waveform with incomplete data all recorded data for that waveform will be discarded Manual Alignment of Reference Waveforms Dragging A reference waveform can be dragged horizontally to visually synchronize it with data captured at a different time This dragging applies to the display of that waveform in all windows Note When either a reference or standard waveform is hovered over a directional arrow cursor will be displayed that shows the direction s in which dragging is allowed If no dragging is allowed a padlock cursor is displayed Horizontal dragging is enabled only if none of the following conditions are true A zoom tool is selected Waveform can be dragged again after the zoom operation i
56. Win dows clipboard New feature for SinuCom NC 06 04 Leaves the waveform in the session and moves a copy of it and its data onto the Windows clipboard New feature for SinuCom NC 06 04 Pastes the waveform on the Windows clipboard into the session as a Standard Waveform at the end of the waveform order It can subse quently be dragged to another position in the order Note Standard waveforms if pasted in the same session are al ways pasted with data To prevent invalid mixes of data a waveform pasted into a different session will be pasted with out data Application Hint Multiple copies of a Standard Waveform can be pasted into the same session and can subsequently be given a different bit field specification Each will be redrawn according to its specific bit field New feature for SinuCom NC 06 04 Pastes the waveform on the Windows clipboard into the session as a Reference Waveform at the end of the waveform order It can subse quently be dragged to another position in the order Standard waveforms are pasted with data Note Reference Waveforms are always pasted with data Ifa waveform has no data it must be pasted as a Standard Waveform Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 53 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Scale Grouping Note Scale Grouping and Multiple Selection are simila
57. a Ea 4 30 4 6 Alarm Messages 4 30 4 7 Machine Data MD 4 31 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition vii Contents 08 2005 4 7 1 Viewing and Configuring MD 4 7 2 Machine Data Project Tree 4 1 3 Semice Data ici scccteis didi edi ai andi iean icine 4 8 Archiving sis 4 9 SinuCom NC Tratarase ai 4 9 1 Overview How Trace is Used il 4 9 2 Sessions and Their Content l 4 9 3 Reference Waveforms 4 9 4 Toolbars and Menus 4 9 5 Context MenUS 2 5 88 due et ennemi disent CR AE ea A nissan imitant 4 9 7 Trace Symbol Import Wizard TSIW ceeeeereeeeeeee 4 9 8 Trace Setup Wizard TSW cccccceeeteeseeeeeeeeeeeteeeeteeeeeeeeed 5 1 ODErATION sisng aiai a aa iaaa d 5 102 5 2 Display of the NC image 5 102 5 3 Displaying editing the FFS image 5 102 5 4 Writing Reading an NC image to NC card 6 SinuCom ARC Functions sens 6 1 Operation is 6 106 6 2 Displaying the contents of the archive 6 106 6 3 Editing the archive contents 6 106 6 4 Creating an archIVe 22iis aiid 6 108 7 SinuCom PCIN Functions sn isnneennnnnenrss 7 109 EW OP TATION amies d nt en rennes sdetter E a der enceinte eee 1 2 FUNCtIONS 4222 ant ire AE TEE 7 110 7 3 File WINPGINGUN ened a ae mnt 7 111 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved viii SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840
58. al equipment manufacturer OEM to run acceptance testing on safety relevant functions and machine parts generate an Acceptance Test Certificate showing the test results The Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard SI Wizard is a front end designed to accomplish the above tasks It eases the work of the OEM by Providing a standard way of adding the needed safety measures through the use of a user interface which has the look and feel of other components within SinuCom NC Minimizing the number of steps involved in performing a given test Integrating automating the test instructions test actions collection of data and generation of the Acceptance Test Certificate in wizard format Allowing the user to determine pass fail status of each test i e the decision making process is not automated Making the test results easy to view clear and repeat as desired Compatibility with Siemens Software SinuCom NC Must be version 06 03 10 or later NCK Must be version 06 04 15 or later Acceptance Test Certificate The Acceptance Test Certificate is generated in the same language that has been selected as the SinuCom NC UI language It is produced as a file in Rich Text Format RTF RTF is a standard format compatible with many text editors includ ing MicroSoft Word 4 10 1 Example 1 Activate SinuCom NC 2 Click Diagnosis in the SinuCom NC main menu 3 Click SI Acceptance Test in the Diagnosis menu The Int
59. and Supported Systems 4 1 Document Scope and Supported Systems 4 1 1 4 28 Scope of this Manual This SinuCom NC of the manual supports SinuCom NC 07 01 For other SinuCom NCs of the software please consult the corresponding manual Supported Systems and NCK Versions SinuCom NC supports the following SINUMERIK controls 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D NCU 51 01 22 or newer is required An appropriate warning is output if the machine data server from SinuCom NC is started on older NCK versions Furthermore SinuCom NC outputs various error messages when operated on older NCK versions because these versions are not fully supported SinuCom NC Resource Displays requires NCK 51 08 or newer No alarm will occur on older versions The feature will simply not be there SinuCom NC Trace supports IPO signals for NCU 05 03 37 or newer SinuCom NC Trace supports full Trace of IPO servo and PLC signals for NCU 06 04 15 00 or newer versions SinuCom NC SI Acceptance Test is supported for NCU 06 04 15 00 or newer versions SinuCom NC 06 04 is compatible with HMI Advanced for HMI Base 06 03 14 with Patch 06 03 15 and newer versions SinuCom NC 07 01 is compatible with HMI Advanced for HMI Base 07 01 00 00 and higher SinuCom NC is not compatible with HMI Advanced for HMI Base 06 02 or older Supported Languages SinuCom NC supports the same languages as Sinumerik The language setting can be accessed by clicking Tools on the main
60. as described in the following sections Add Waveform by Name The By Name dialog shown in Figure 4 4 is the first of five dialogs that is accessible under Add Signal and thus appears upon entry into this area As its name states it is used to select the signal by name The list on the right side of the dialog displays a list of names ID s and descriptions Descriptions are typically supplied by the machine builder The list can be sorted by any column by clicking on its heading The list is filtered based on the password currently in effect Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 69 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Add Waveform x By Name By Address By Fonction Event Only Favorites From Fite Area Block Name Axis A AA _OFF_LIMIT Bohl E Interpolation cycle IPO cycle Description Compensation value upper limit 44_OFF with clear Chi P lt 1 Axis S24 Show only Trace Variables Trace Variables Area Block Name 08 2005 b Reference b Servo gt Z PLC Axis xj Containing E Bit Mask OH Bits Add To Current window h Add Cancel gt G Global User Data SE AA OFF LIMIT Compensation v A SE ASSIGN_FEED_PER_REV_SOUI SD 43300 5A_ A SE FIXED_STOP_ SWITCH SD 43500 54 J Figure 4 4 Add Wavefor
61. asics through Custom instruction texts which can be adapted to the specific machine Acceptance testing which can then be performed even by the novice Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 96 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard Facts About Custom Templates When a template is active the system displays only the tests in the tree view which are defined in the template A template test cannot be deleted and cannot be removed from the results list as long as the template is active When a template test is reset it returns to its Not Tested state The user cannot create any new tests while a template is active A test which has not yet been performed is marked in the tree view by a blue exclamation mark When a template is active the entries made e g descriptions or instructions cannot be modified Templates are language specific To switch languages a new template must be selected Running a template is much the same as running a normal test except that the system prompts for data entry are skipped This was already done when the custom template was created The user need not make any inputs axis selection input of text while a template is active The user is required only to enter the pass fail status of the test Customized Test Prompts To provide more meaningful instruction
62. ate The Unload Template button on the Template Info page The Unload Template menu item in the context menu of the SI Wizard Selection Status page Unloading a template causes the following to occur All tests in the template with the state Not Tested are removed All tests in the template with the state Passed or Failed are retained including the contents of the Overview page The contents of the Template Info page are changed to show that a template is not active The template indicator at the top of the SI Wizard Selection Status pane is removed All test prompts are reverted to the default prompts Creating and Modifying Templates Templates can be created by Saving the results of a standard SI Wizard test as a template Modifying an existing template then saving it in as new XML file Starting from scratch using the CT Editor See The Custom Template CT Editor Saving Results as a Template A template can be exported from the SI Wizard as a custom template file by using the Export selection in the File Menu The exported file contains the information for each test result including all test commissioning data e g axis selections direction etc and all test documentation data e g trigger condition tested circuit etc The exported file will not contain any prompt information For tests with alarm data the collected alarms will be exported as Must Occur alarm entries Exported alar
63. ath SPL Inputs Outputs Safe Operating Stops SBH Safely Reduced Speed SG Safe Software Limit Switch SE Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 99 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard Whenever one of these test types is added three vertical boxes appear on the right side of the screen each with Add Alarm and Remove Alarm buttons These features allow the population of alarms in the following three categories Must Not Occur Must Occur Filtered i e unimportant alarms to be excluded from the tests It is an error to include the same alarm in both the Must Occur and Must Not Occur lists Must Occur or Must Not Occur in the Filtered list Limit Checking of Test Results The user can supply test specific limit values against which test results can be checked Limits and actual values are displayed on the Results page If the limit is violated the data is displayed in red Saving the Template After configuration of the Custom Template is completed the editor creates the XML template The Save function allows preservation of the template in a fash ion similar to other Windows applications XML Structure of the Custom Template 4 100 Note Direct modification of XML code is not recommended However it can be per formed by expert users if necessary This manual d
64. ay either through the View Menu as described in the section Toolbars and Menus Menu View or through its icon Figure 4 3 The numeric readout on the toolbar reflects the X and Y positions of the selected sample point on the active waveform The cursor can be dragged to a desired sample point or can be incrementally moved from point to point using the arrows on the Measurement Cursor toolbar Difference Cursors The difference cursors are a pair of cursors that provides a function similar to the Measurement Cursor But instead of just one position these are two cursors that show two X and two Y positions as well as the difference between them The po sition and difference information is displayed in a dialog that is visible whenever the Difference Cursors are turned on The cursors can be attached to the same waveform or to different waveforms The waveform association is made within the dialog by first expanding the dialog with the LI button and then choosing the waveforms from a dropdown list of waveform descriptions Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 79 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 9 7 Trace Symbol Import Wizard TSIW Note GUD and OEM PLC symbols are not available to SinuCom NC Trace until the TSIW is run SinuCom NC Trace adds selected symbols to the database when this wizard finishes
65. ber Style Style continued 4 66 Read only This field contains the waveform s reference number This number is automatically assigned and is used elsewhere to reference the signal or its waveform When a signal is removed from the list the subsequent signals are renumbered to remove the gap Note The number field can be dragged up or down to a new table row This action moves all the signal attributes connected to that number field to the new row and then renumbers the signals Double clicking on an entry in the Style field displays the Waveform Style window This window facilitates the configuration of the following attributes each of which are further described below Line Style Line Width Marker Style Waveform Color Axis Display Plot Y Option The selected attributes are previewed on the displayed waveform prior to acceptance Dropping down the Line Style menu allows the following characteristics for lines connecting the data points Line None Line Solid Line Dash Line Dash Dot Line Dash Dot Dot Line Dot Line StepXY Line Step YX Note Line Solid is the default for cyclic events Line None is the default for non cyclic events Line Widths between 1 and 5 inclusive can be selected using the up down arrows shown Markers can optionally be plotted on the waveform at the data points Several Marker Styles are available in the drop down menu asterisk diamond cross etc See the actual
66. ble via tab selection Collected Alarms All alarms that were detected during the running of the tests Unexpected Alarms Collected alarms specified in the template as MustNotOccur Missing alarms Alarms specified in the template as MustOccur but did not occur Unexpected alarms are always shown in both the list of Collected Alarms in red and in the list of Unexpected Alarms Repeat Same Test This is a new feature in SinuCom NC 06 04 Through the Repeat Same Test button on the Results page the user can now create a new test with the same commissioning settings as the prior test Note This button does not appear when operating with a template since new tests are not allowed when a template is active 4 10 3 Custom Templates Custom templates also known simply as templates are new in SinuCom NC 06 04 They exist in the form of an XML file These custom templates are typically created by expert users and can be adapted to specific machines The set of tests that a template executes can be made up of any of the test types currently supported by the CT Editor CTEditor exe supplied In addition the user can enter his her own instruction texts Also the axes to be tested and the sequence of steps can be selected Tests for functions which are not provided on the machine are not defined in these templates or included in the test procedure The test to be performed has thus been reduced to the b
67. ction Trigger Sample Rates Display Dialog Setup Waveforms This dialog facilitates the preparation for waveform recording including the selection of signals to be recorded It presents a table of all signals that are currently selected As much as possible only choices that result in a valid configuration are presented The designed configuration is cross checked and validated against system resources This may result in error messages that will describe which part of the setup is invalid Note Settings that affect recording can be changed only when recording is not in progress Note In addition to the functionality described below the Cut Copy Paste functions will also operate in this dialog If a field other than the number field is selected the Cut Copy Paste functions operate only on the value in that field If the number field is selected the Cut Copy Paste functions operate on the entire waveform record This is an effective way for example to duplicate one or more waveform entries or to copy one or more waveforms to another session See also Context Menus Setup Waveform Dialog Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 65 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 08 2005 In the table below each entry is read write unless otherwise specified and has the following attributes num
68. ctory of the CD This program starts up operator guided installation of SinuCom PCIN Select menu Install SinuCom PCIN Asystem reset of the PG PC might be performed during installation Setup of SinuCom PCIN continues automatically after system reset BROWN oun Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 2 19 2 Installation 08 2005 2 6 Uninstalling Starting SinuCom PCIN SinuCom PCIN is either started via the SinuCom PCIN icon or the Start menu in the task bar of the PG PC or from SinuCom NC via the menu Extras SinuCom PCIN 2 6 Uninstalling Requirements Before you can uninstall SinuCom NC you must first close down all other applications not the Explorer Procedure Start the Explorer or an MS DOS input prompt Change to directory SinuCom NC Start the program DEINSTALL EXE Asystem reset of the PG PC might be performed during the uninstall procedure The next time you restart the installation service tools SinuCom NC will have been automatically removed BROWN Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 2 20 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 3 General Operating Sequences 3 1 Installation and start up with SinuCom NC 3 General Operating Sequences 3 1 Installation and start up with SinuCom NC 3 22 3 2 Help TUNCUONS cc
69. currence of the Stop Trigger Data mit 5000 KR After Trigger Recording stops at the specified time At Data Limit Diecaid Uldest Data w after the trigger occurs post trigger Figure 4 6 Stop Trigger Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 75 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Time Limit When To Stop Stop after 3 000 sec Data Limit 5000 4 KB At Data Limit Discard Oldest Data Figure 4 7 Time Limit Endless When To Stop i JV Keep most recent 3 000 Hsec Data Limit 5000 KB Figure 4 8 Endless Dialog Setup Trigger 08 2005 This choice specifies that the recording will occur only for the time period specified in the Stop After field A Data Limit can also be set If the Data Limit is reached one of the two choices from the At Data Limit drop down menu prevails as follows Discard Oldest Data Stop Collecting This choice specifies that the recording continues until the recording is manually stopped A circular buffer is used to store the recorded data so only the most recent data will be available for display i e the oldest data may be lost The size of the circular buffer is specified in the Data Limit field A check in the Keep most recent checkbox will cause only the specified number of seconds of data to be retained Additionally the data is limited by the
70. e The system attempts to create Path_nameArchive if it does not exist If Path_nameOS is a file Path_nameArchive must also assume a file name The content of file Path_nameOS becomes the content of the file Path_nameArchive If Pathname_Archive already exists you are asked whether you want to overwrite the content If the file does not yet exist the program tries to create the file Path_nameOS gt Path_nameArchive With this instruction Path_nameOS is placed in directory Path_nameArchive Path_nameArchive is then always an absolute path to a directory in the archive If it does not exist the program tries to create it Path_nameOS can be either a relative or absolute path If Path_nameOS is a directory the directory and all the data it contains files and subdirectories are placed in Pathname_Archive If Pathname_OS is a file it is entered in Pathname Archive under the same name If this file already exists you are asked whether it should be overwritten Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 6 107 6 SinuCom ARC Functions 08 2005 6 4 Creating an archive 6 4 Creating an archive Select File gt New to create a new empty archive into which you can put files directories Saving the ARC Once the files of the archive file are complete the archive file must be stored in Embedded or Advanced format Siemens AG 2005 All Rights
71. e CD drive of your PG PC If the install does not start automatically start Windows Explorer or MS DOS Change to the CD drive Start the program SETUP EXE which is in the root directory of the CD This program starts up an operator guided installation of SinuCom NC 5 Awarm restart of the PG PC might be required during installation Setup of SinuCom NC will continue automatically after this BROWN The info files Siemensd txt German and Siemense txt English are copied into the SinuCom NC directory on your hard disk by the SETUP program so this information is still available to you after installation Starting SinuCom NC SinuCom NC can be started in one of three ways 1 directly from the Start menu on the Windows task bar 2 by executing sinucomnc exe found in base subdirectory of the SinuCom NC directory 3 with the softkey from HMI Advanced if so configured Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 2 16 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 2 Installation 2 2 Installation of SinuCom NC Note On 840Di the 840Di software is usually installed before the optional HMI Advanced software In this case SinuCom NC will not automatically be installed on softkey 9 To make this softkey operational SinuCom NC must be reinstalled after the complete installation of the 840Di software Note SinuCom NC can be run without a mous
72. e and its tab is gray Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 43 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 44 Note More than one waveform can have focus at the same time If this is the case the paragraph above applies to all waveforms that have focus X and Y Axis labels are the numbers displayed next to the ticks marks They pertain to the waveform that has focus These labels change automatically with panning zooming or change of scale Numeric resolution number of decimal places can also be selected The vertical scroll bars can be clicked or dragged to scroll the off screen portions of the graph window into view i e according to the normal conventions of MicroSoft Windows The specifics of scrolling and scaling are as follows The horizontal scroll bar is shown as a miniature image of the entire waveform see Figure 4 2 This bar can be moved or dragged just like a standard Windows scroll bar Additionally a rectangle is superimposed onto a portion of the bar which corresponds to the portion of the waveform that is being displayed This rectangle can be stretched to change the horizontal scaling Along the vertical and horizontal scroll bars there are buttons to incrementally stretch or shrink the scaling of the axes Alternately the vertical and horizontal axes can be dragged to stretch or shrink t
73. e by using a keyboard however Sinucom NC Trace and SinuCom NC SI Acceptance Test require a mouse Establishing a connection to the NC Starting with SinuCom NC 07 01 the NCU Connection Wizard NCW is the preferred tool for connecting the NCK PLC and drives Within SinuCom NC this wizard can be manually accessed from Target Syst in the main menu If SinuCom NC is unable to connect at startup a message automatically appears that provides the NCW as a selection The wizard makes a selection of MPI or Ethernet connections available based on the answers to a few questions Changes made using the NC Connection Wizard NCW become effective only after SinuCom NC has been restarted For powerline systems a number of drivers are provided however if the driver appropriate to your MPI hardware does not appear you may have to obtain and install the driver separately e g from SIMATIC Software For solutionline there is no need to install a driver Note The software installed on an 840Di must be considered when choosing the connection type It is appropriate to use an Ethernet connection when solutionline software is present otherwise an MPI connection is required Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 2 17 2 Installation 08 2005 2 3 Installation of SinuCom FFS 2 3 Installation of SinuCom FFS Requirements Proced
74. e not described here Annotated items are specific to Trace Edit Menu Fit All Overlaid View Menu Zoom Out Difference Cursor B File Edit View Setup Control Window Help Setup Menu Zoom In Measurement Cursor Control Menu Zoom X and Y with a Box Cursor Control Figure 4 3 ob Ge Rl Undo Redo Ci ah ARE 4 gt 2988450 168 17700 E Setup gt m Offline Trace Status Clear Screen Annotations Setup Button Trace stop Button Fit All Separated Trace start Button Cursor Position Trace Main Entry Menu and Toolbars Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 47 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Menu File 08 2005 The File menu provides access to the following functions session management data export print management The following selections are available from the menu New Session Open Session Selection of this item creates a new session A dialog con taining a suggested session name is presented e g Ses sion 1 but any session name can be applied Selection of this item automatically creates a new graph window for the new session Selection of this item calls up a sub menu that allows retreival of a session either From Preserved Sessions List or From Session File See the two descriptions with these titles direct
75. e pasted into a SinuCom NC Trace Session Insert a waveform The process of placing a duplicate of a waveform from one session into another session Load a waveform A waveform characterization process that is executed during the opening of a session file Waveforms can be loaded as either standard waveforms or reference waveforms A reference waveform can be displayed alongside freshly recorded data e g to be used as a baseline reference or for comparison to a known data signature Reference waveforms have many of the characteristics of standard waveforms and can be manipulated similarly however they differ in the following important ways They have an R prefix before their numeric designation to distinquish them from standard waveforms They are also drawn with a dashed line Their data and display remains unchanged when a new recording session begins l e their data is not updated during a recording session They can be repositioned horizontally e g to synchronize them with waveforms recorded at a different time They can be created from an existing waveform that has recorded data either by copying a waveform in the current session or by inserting a waveform as reference from another file Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 45 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Creating Reference
76. e preprinted form to advise us of these We would also be grateful for ideas and suggestions on how we can improve this documentation Overview of documentation SINUMERIK 840D sl 08 2005 General Documentation NZ N7 SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINAMICS 840D sl S120 Brochure Catalog NC 61 Catalog D21 2 Servo Control User Documentation SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D sl 840D sl 840D sl 840D sl 840D 840D 840D 840D 840Di 840Di 840Di 840Di 810D 810D 810D 810D Operators Guide Operators Guide Program Guide Program Guide Diagnostics HMI Embedded HMI Advanced Fundamentals Cycles Guide ShopMill Short Guide Advance Measuring cycles ShopTurn Short Guide Lists System Variable ISO Turning Milling Manufacturer Service Documentation K7 N 7 SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D sl 840D sl 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D
77. e spreadsheet of configuration data that should only be modified by an expert The process of placing a duplicate of a waveform from one session into another session See also Copy and Load Same as NCK Trace A waveform that is updated with new data when the Record button is clicked A waveform characterization process that is executed during the opening of a session file Waveforms can be loaded as either Standard Waveforms or Reference Waveforms See also Copy and Insert Variables which are valid only in the part program or subroutine in which they were defined See Local User Data 1 Characteristics of data existing elsewhere in the machine environment including type units description access rights storage location array length etc 2 Literally data about data A re initialization of the NCK Data that causes modified machine data to take effect confirmation required A re initialization of the NCK Data that deletes all data in the battery backed memory SRAM and loads standard machine data confirmation required to initiate all user settings will be lost The NCK s data logging facility A software module in the NCK that collects information for the Trace Server see below The information is raw trace data that is in a format not usable by SinuCom NC Trace Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved A 116 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 0
78. e with the hardware and software described herein Nevertheless differences might exist and we cannot therefore guarantee that they are completely identical The information given in this publication is reviewed at regular intervals and any corrections that might be necessary are made in the subsequent editions Suggestions for improvement are welcome at all times Subject to changes without prior notice Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved Bestell Nr included in online help only Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Printed in the Federal Republic of Germany 08 2005 Preface Preface Structure of the documentation SINUMERIK documentation is organized in 3 parts e General documentation e User documentation e Manufacturer Service Documentation Please contact your local Siemens office for more detailed information about other SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D publications and publications that apply to all SINUMERIK controls e g universal interface measuring cycles etc An overview of publications updated monthly indicating the language versions available can be found on the Internet at http www siemens com motioncontrol Select Support Technical Documentation Overview of Documents The Internet version of DOConCD DOConWEB is available at http www automation siemens com doconweb Reader group This manual is intended for users of machine tools with SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D and SIMODRIVE
79. eceived XON or not XOFF DTR DSR and RTS CTS Hardware procedure handshaking for flow control with serial data transmission Note Wherever possible hardware handshaking should be used as this is much quicker Transmission with error detection and correction 7 110 With SinuCom PCIN you can activate the protocol Transmission with error detection and correction ZMODEM High degree of error detection If transmission fails it is resumed again precisely at the point at which it was interrupted Adapts the size of the transmitted blocks to the transmission conditions If an error occurs during transmission transmission is not aborted The protocol attempts to resume data transmission from the point of interruption This happens automatically After five failed attempts transmission is then aborted Note You can only activate transmission with error detection and correction with hardware handshaking RTS CTS Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 7 SinuCom PCIN Functions 7 3 File WINPCIN ini Sending receiving data SEND DATA RECEIVE DATA You send data with SEND DATA or F3 and receive data with RECEIVE DATA or F2 In both procedures you enter the source and target file name after triggering the procedure from a menu You can cancel transmission with ABORT Transfer or F4 Editing data Edit si
80. ecssiecessacchacesvsstvasre EEA 3 23 3 3 Using the keyboard 3 26 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 3 21 3 General Operating Sequences 08 2005 3 1 Installation and start up with SinuCom NC 3 1 Installation and start up with SinuCom NC Interactive installation and start up The SinuCom NC installation start up tools allow you to install and start up the SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D controls interactively Creating a project When you perform installation with the tool SinuCom NC 1 a project is created application window 2 a project tree is generated project window 3 in which you can configure functions parameterization window 2 SinuCom NC Online SinuCom_NC_Project oy x B File Edting Target syst Diagnosis Tools View Window 2 x a 116 ssal Fa x 2 objects mC SINUMERIK B40D 1 connectec SINUMERIK 840D 1 connected PW CPS NUM SCRL Z Fig 3 1 Initial display SinuCOM NC application window E SinuCom NC Online SinuCom_NC_Project MD block1 olx BY File Etiting Target syst Diagnosis Tools View Window 2 lelx 8 MD Bausti Axs configuration ND Baust CHT CHANT E Drive bus Channel mode group Machine axis Assignmert Axis type assignment to WCS a y linearais fE azl SpindleST gt s 4X2Y1 DRIZ5 B AXIL DHS AH e m AXLAT DR4 SL
81. ed 1 Specify what signals to record 2 Specify when to start and stop recording can involve the definition of a trigger condition Note A mode of operation called endless collection can be enabled by simply not specifying a stop condition l e the recording process continues until it is stopped manually This mode operates like a strip chart recorder Instead of printing on paper however when the data storage area becomes full the oldest data is discarded to make room for the newest I e the data is stored in a circular buffer Start the recording process by arming the trigger The Awaiting Stop message is displayed until data collection stops Note If it is desirable to view waveforms as the data as it is collected the user can set Keep Data on NCK off 4 View the resulting waveform s 5 Manipulate the waveform s as desired to examine details e g Zoom scroll etc 6 Optionally print the waveform s or save to a file w N gt Note Siemens or the machine builder can supply setup files that are pre configured for certain tasks such as troubleshooting or performance analysis Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace A Hands On Example The easiest way to learn about Trace is to actually use it This section illustrates
82. eds directly to the Summary screen and starts the import process However if there is nothing for the Wizard to do only the Cancel button will be available Custom Import Allows users to decide whether to import GUDs and which kind of PLC symbols to import This is only recommended for users who need a greater degree of control over what symbols are added into the database Clicking the Next button advances the dialog to Global User Data The following screens apply only to the Custom selection Global User Data PLC Variables Global User Data If there are GUDs available for import this selection on the left of the screen is ac tive Selecting it yields a list of any GUDs available for import if any Note that the wizard will display only GUD categories with defined GUDs For example when there are no GUDs in a category the category is skipped Each GUD displayed might have available GUDs for Channel General both or neither Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 84 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace PLC Variables Note Typically PLC VDI symbols are already installed The mention of PLC VDI symbols only applies when a SinuCom NC update is required If there are either PLC VDI or PLC OEM variables available for import the PLC Variables selection on the left of the screen is active Import of th
83. eeeas Permissible PC platforms 08 2005 Product components Product features PIOJGCl ur eese dec desssde eue rte aise meneur Project tree R Reading an NC image from NC card 5 103 Recording Basics Data and Events S Scale and Scroll Icons Scope of Supply ccceeeeeseeeeeteees Service Data Setup Method Dialog SI Acceptance Test Wizard SinuCim NC 07 01 SinuCom NC Available help Installation tool Permissible PC platforms Scope of supply SinuCom NC Trace SinuCom PCIN SINUMERIK SinuCom NC Product components Starting SinuCom NC Summary Screen Supply medium Supported Systems T Templates Creating Template Editor OT ramasser FACIS i oiiae ea aia Loading a Custom Template Modifyd Template eee Saving Unloading a Custom Template XML Structure Toolbar Button Wise feces Ne eee aves Online Project Open Connection Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 1 122 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 Index Toolbar Buttons ccccccccccceseeeeeeeeeees U TOOIDAMS vraie TRACE cinn ak n EEE Uninstalling 2
84. eforms to share the same Y scale and optionally the same Y position The following table describes grouping behavior Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 54 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Group Scenarios Menu Initial Resulting State Condi Effect tion One waveform selected grayed AAABB no effect Selection spans groups normal AAABB AACCO Subset of group selected normal AAA AAO Subset of large group selected normal AAAA AACC Selection contains ungrouped waveforms normal AA0000 AAAAOO Entire group selected normal AAAA no effect Scale Grouping cont Ungroup This choice is available if the selection contains at least one waveform that belongs to a group Selection will ei ther cause a simple group to ungroup or will cause one of the other resulting effects as described in the following table Ungroup Scenarios Menu Initial Resulting State Condi Effect tion Subset Selected normal AAAABB_ O0AABB Selection spans groups grayed AAABB no effect Set minus one element normal AAA 000 Entire set selected normal AAA 000 Selection includes unselected normal AAAO AAOO Scale Grouping cont Select Entire Group This choice is available when a selection contains one or more waveforms from a single group and no others It is u
85. emens sales office for further information about other publications relating to SINUMERIK 840D 840Di 810D and publications that are applicable to all SINUMERIK controls e g universal interface measuring cycles Other functions not described in this documentation might be executable in the control This does not however represent an obligation to supply such functions with a new control or when servicing References NAD SINUMERIK 840D Installation Guide NAC SINUMERIK 810D Installation Guide HBI SINUMERIK 840Di Manual Important This System Description is applicable to the following control types SINUMERIK 840D sl SINUMERIK 840DE sl export version SINUMERIK 840D powerline 840DE powerline export version SINUMERIK 840Di powerline 840DiE powerline export version SINUMERIK 810D powerline 810DE powerline export version with operator panel types OP 010 OP 010C OP 010S OP 12 or OP 15 PCU 50 PCU 70 Finding information A table of contents and an index have been provided to help you find your way around the manual Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved iv SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 Notes I Preface The following notes with special significance are used in the documentation Note This symbol always appears in this documentation to draw your attention to further information relevant to the subject in
86. emens Software NCK 05 03 or NCK 06 03 basic functionality NCK 06 04 or later extended functionality Note The level of available Trace functionality is automatically determined when the NCK SinuCom NC is detected at startup Compatibility with Microsoft Windows Trace is a Microsoft Windows application It runs on a standard Windows PC platform under Windows XP SP1 or SP2 Common Windows controls such as scroll bars toolbars tabbed dialogs etc are used A mouse or other pointing device is required for selecting dragging etc Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 37 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Trace s Relationship to SinuCom NC 4 9 1 4 38 Trace can be started from SinuCom NC by selecting the Trace menu item from the Diagnosis menu If a Trace session is already active in the NCK when this menu item is selected SinuCom NC switches to the active Trace session Trace runs as a separate executable exe file in its own application window This means that Trace has its own set of menus that do not integrate into the menus of SinuCom NC These Trace specific menus are described in the section Toolbars and Menus Overview How Trace is Used Typically Trace is used to record data signals shortly before or after an event To do this the following sequence can be execut
87. er can only be installed with Windows XP Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 2 Installation 2 1 Installation variants 2 Installation 2 1 Installation variants 2 iveseesscvesedecdeusa eee caesenesccaeved enlecuestscaevevenlevie teres 2 16 2 2 Installation of SINUCOM NC 2 16 2 3 Installation of SINUCOM FFS 00 0 cece eeeeeeeeteeneeeeeteeneeeteeaeed 2 18 2 4 Installation of SINUCOM ARC 2 19 2 5 Installation of SinuCom POIN eee eeeteeeeeeeteeeeeeeeneeeeeeeaeey 2 19 2 6 Uninstalling wisis2 ieictnaitiendten cates endieh aiden EREE 2 20 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 2 15 2 Installation 08 2005 2 1 Installation variants 2 1 Installation variants The installation service tools SinuCom NC includes four different installation variants 1 SinuCom NC only 2 SinuCom FFS only 3 SinuCom ARC only 4 SinuCom PCIN only 2 2 Installation of SinuCom NC Requirements SinuCom NC 07 01 requires Windows XP professional SP1 or SP2 and cannot be run on any other platform SinuCom NC occupies approximately 7MB in the Windows system directory and approximately 52MB in the SinuCom NC directory If HMI Advanced is not already installed an additional 156MB are required Procedure Insert the CD into th
88. ese two variable types is identical Thus they are loaded at the same time with the same tool In addition to allowing the user to select a pertinent folder or project file first two buttons the following selections allow the user to specify the types of symbols to be imported Note The following choices appear on the General tab Import I Q M symbols Import User DB symbols When a user prepares VDI Symbols for upgrade the Advanced tab becomes available Using this tab requires prior selection of Import Q M symbols Clicking the Advanced tab reveals the following additional choice Import PLC NC Interface VDI symbols After the choices above have been made any new PLC variables available for import are displayed Summary Screen Prior to exiting the TSIW the Summary Screen confirms the choice of symbols for import and displays progress as it creates the database files to be used by SinuCom NC Trace When importing activities complete the TSIW dismisses itself Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 85 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 9 8 Trace Setup Wizard TSW SINUMERIK 840D Trace must be properly configured to support SinuCom NC Trace and the SI Acceptance Test The TSW provides two choices for configuration EXPRESS to minimize the required steps yet still provide a typica
89. ew Test screen will appear 7 Note that a New Test has been added to the List of Tests under Functional Relationships 8 Click the Continue Test button The Results New Test screen is now updated to allow tester to perform any test that is desired The tester can manually name the test and and can document the Test Trigger Condition and Result in the fields provided The name given to the test now appears in the List of Tests 9 Select Click here if functional test valid The test is now marked as passed green check In any other case a red cross is displayed 10 Click the Finish button near the bottom of the screen The Finished screen will appear 11 Click the Generate Certificate button Because the test suite for this example is not complete a prompt asking if a partial certificate will appear 12 Click Yes A Save dialog box will appear 13 Key in a path and filename and click the Save button Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 92 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard 4 10 2 Common Screen Contents All SI Wizard screens consist of two major display regions A Selection Status Pane i e the List of Tests on the left A Dialog Pane i e the area on the right The following features are found at the top of each screen The Test Title The screen type
90. f the same name found under Menu Edit Paste Waveform This menu item is identical to the one of the same name as Standard found under Menu Edit Paste Waveform This menu item is identical to the one of the same name as Reference found under Menu Edit Edit Graph Win This menu item opens the Graph Window Colors dialog dow Colors identical to the dialog accessed by the Colors button in the Setup Display Dialog Show All Wave This menu item is identical to the one of the same name forms found under Menu View Hide All Wave This menu item is identical to the one of the same name forms found under Menu View Hide Dropouts This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu View Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 61 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Show Custom View Set Custom View Control All Scales Zoom Annotations Context Menu Waveform 08 2005 This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu View This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu View This menu item cascades to a sub menu with the following selections Set Time Scale Lock All Vertical Drag Unlock All Vertical Drag Fit Time to Window Descriptions for these choices can be found under Menu View This menu item cascades to
91. g screens are available only in Custom Setup mode Trace Applications List SinuCom NC Trace Generic Trace Client Advanced Features Trace Applications List Note Warning text indicates if an earlier NCK SinuCom NC will not allow the SI Acceptance Test to run The Trace Applications List provides information to balance the available trace resources among the SinuCom NC applications Therefore it is best not to click Yes for an application unless you have a known need to run it There is also a choice between sharing slots or configuring multiple slots Each allocated slot corresponds to a resource that hosts a trace recording session Sl Acceptance Test uses only one recording session but SinuCom NC trace can use more than one recording session SinuCom NC Trace can start a recording session and switch to another Simultaneous use of multiple trace recording sessions is an advanced feature Slot allocation selections are One shared slot for all applications This is only choice for earlier NCK SinuCom NCs Multiple slots to be shared for all applications Note A configuration page is provided for Trace and Generic applications Generic applications are optional and are not available in most cases Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 87 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Note A configuration
92. ghts Reserved 1 12 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 1 Product SinuCom NC 1 2 Scope of supply SinuCom ARC for SINUMERIK HMI archive With service tool SinuCom ARC you can read delete insert and change if data can be edited HMI archive files e g series installation files in online offline mode SinuCom PCIN for data transfer With the service tool SinuCom PCIN you can read data e g installation data to and from the PC PG and the control via the RS 232 serial interface transfer data safely set the parameters for the RS 232 interface edit archive files store files from directories singly request the status of the RS 232 interface The service tool SinuCom PCIN can be operated with the mouse or keyboard 1 2 Scope of supply With HMI SW 6 4 HMI Advanced and higher the installation service tool SinuCom NC is available with the following components SinuCom NC Insrtallation tool for controls SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom FFS Tool for editing SINUMERIK NC image files supersedes Sinucopy SinuCom ARC Tool for editing SINUMERIK HMI archives successor of ARCEdit SinuCom PCIN Tool for data transfer from PC PG to control supersedes PCIN Online Help Licenses The following licenses are available Single license Copy license Maintenance service Supply medium The installation service tools SinuCom NC is supplied on CD
93. he scaling Also the Fit Height to Window and Fit Time to Window buttons can be used to force the entire waveform into view See figure Scale and Scroll Icons After selecting Zoom X and Y from the View menu a portion of the waveform can be boxed i e left mouse button down then drag then left mouse button up in order to zoom to that section See the section Toolbars and Menus Menus View for details pertaining to the zoom function Other aspects of the graph window can be configured such as graph style grid lines scaling style etc See Dialog Setup Display for details Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 9 3 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Reference Waveforms An understanding of the following terms will be beneficial in understanding this section Waveform Any single graphical plot of a series of recorded data points Standard Waveform A waveform that is updated with new data when the Record button is clicked Reference Waveform A static waveform that is created from an existing waveform i e from either a standard or reference waveform This waveform type is NOT updated with new data when the Record button is clicked Copy a waveform The process of selecting a waveform and placing a duplicate on the Windows clipboard Such a waveform can subsequently b
94. ier MD number of a waveform in the context of the SinuCom NC Trace Setup Waveforms dialog The name of a waveform Technical description of the signal as it is understood by the Sinumerik NCK or PLC may be an address a BTSS link item a variable name a Sinumerik reference or other syntax The configuration tool for commissioning of the Siemens SINUMERIK line of controls A facility that records and plots dynamic information from the NC drives PLC and or HMI Also known as Trace HMI and Trace Ul The SinuCom NC Trace application that runs when the user selects Diagnostics gt Trace from SinuCom NC See also trace lower case t A waveform that is updated with new data when the record button is clicked See also Waveform and Reference Waveform Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 A Appendix Start Trigger Stop Trigger Symbol Symbol File System Resources Template Template Test Trace upper case T trace lower case t Trace Checker Trace Graph Trace Server A trigger that initiates the recording of a waveform A trigger that terminates the recording of a waveform A name for a piece of data in memory With respect to Trace these can be GUDs or or PLC variables and have the following common characteristics 1 PLC VDI and NCK BTSS symbols are synchrono
95. ines the number of digits to the right of the decimal point that will be displayed on the axis labels Note This selection also affects the number of decimal places shown in the hover display If there is a text string in this field it synchronizes the de scribed waveform with all other waveforms having the same text string This collection of waveforms is called a Scale Group If this field is empty there is no synchronization of scaling Example Assume this text string is AxisPos for waveforms 2 and 3 Whenever the scaling of either is changed the scaling for the other is changed as well If either is stretched or shrunk the other stretches or shrinks to match This field contains the identification of the signal in proprietary Sinumerik format This field specifies the Machine Data number of the signal if one exists See the appropriate Sinumerik documentation for a definition of Machine Data number In addition to the fields described above this dialog also includes the following buttons Add Edit Remove This button calls up the Add Waveform dialog This dialog allows the addition of an item to the list of waveforms to be recorded See Dialog Add Waveform for more information This button allows editing of the selected item It brings up the same dialog as the Add button This button removes the selected item from the list Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 68 SINUMERIK 840D
96. is kept running only system shutdown will terminate the server This may present problems if other HMI Base servers are terminated Maintain NCU Trace diagnostic file Causes the Trace Server to create and maintain an NCK Trace Diagnostic file on the NCK The file SIEMPROTOKSTATUS MPF is maintained in the MPF directory The diagnostic file records configuration and memory utilization data that can be used for problem diagnosis Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key RetainTraceDiagnosticFile Note Feature not currently supported Summary Screen The Trace Setup Wizard transitions to the summary page when the user presses the Finish Button The summary page indicates progress through the configuration list with an arrow that appears next to each completed item The process suspends if an NCK reset or NCK memory archive is required Continue the process by pressing the Execute button on the SinuComNC tool bar When setup activities complete the TSW returns to the Overview Dialog Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 90 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard for SinuCom NC 06 03 10 Note Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard is not available in SinuCom NC 07 01 Background and Definitions EC Machine Directive requires the origin
97. just as if the session had not been interrupted however its data will be lost the next time recording is started Open Session Prior to SinuCom NC 06 04 when opening from a Session continued File only the data associated with a waveform could be suppressed Now the user can decide via checkbox 1 whether or not to load each waveform 2 whether to load each waveform as reference or stan dard Close Session Selection of this item closes the active current session and calls up a dialog that provides the option of either discarding or preserving the session and its recorded data If Preserve Session is selected the session will be maintained in the NCU even if the Trace application is exited and even if the NCU is shut down The preserved session maintains the NCU resources the entire setup the recorded signal data if any At some later time Trace can be reconnected to a preserved session See Open Session for information about reconnecting to a preserved session This reconnection allows work with the session to resume If any signal data was recorded by the NCU while the Trace was disconnected the HMI will retrieve that recorded data immediately upon reconnection to the session Save Session Selection of this item opens the Save Session dialog Either Save Session to File or Preserve Session on NCU or both must be checked in order to perform a save The Advanced gt gt button can be pressed to a
98. l configuration CUSTOM for experts who wish to fine tune the configuration If a message box suggesting use of the TSW appears at startup an unsuitable configuration is present The TSW must be run in this case Note A startup check is performed by SinuCom NC Trace Trace and SI Acceptance Test for minimum Trace resources A message box appears if this test fails If this occurs use the Trace Setup Wizard TSW to configure the Trace applications that you want to run After successfully running the TSW SinuCom NC Trace applications will start up without interruption Previous releases of SinuCom NC relied on the user to locate and modify configuration items according to the read me file The TSW new with SinuCom NC 06 04 streamlines the configuration process TSIW applies the default configuration for trace resources with minimal user effort To start the TSW from the SinuCom NC opening screen Select Open Online Project from its toolbar button or the Target Syst menu Expand the Sinumerik folder and double click on the machine data block e g MD block 1 Ensure that the Display Dialog not the Expert List is active Click on Trace Setup Wizard in the project tree Overview Dialog 4 86 The Overview Dialog is the opening screen for the TSW It describes the current state of the system s Trace Server and NCK configuration according to the selected trace applications This shows whether the currently co
99. l Clock Rates are selected a drop down list is displayed to select the channel See the actual display for the specific parameters Field updates are started and stopped via the Start and Stop buttons Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 34 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 8 Archiving Memory This function allows the user to allocate the total user memory space for the following two types of RAM Static SRAM data needing to be retained e g configuration data Dynamic DRAM data not needing to be retained e g current axis position DRAM and SRAM These functions allow a piecewise allocation of memory as described by the Resource Display screens provided See the specific screen for the actual variables that can be configured These memory areas are set to reasonable default subsections during a general NCK reset To use the user memory optimally these areas can be adapted by the user by changing the relevant machine data items This memory configuration comes into effect after an NCK reset 4 7 3 Service Data The Service Data Display is opened by clicking Diagnose in the main menu then Service Data The Service Overview page gives an indication of the overall health of the axes and drives on the machine The Axis display shows the actual and setpoint values for key axis and drive parameters 4 8 Archiving
100. lapped horizontal tiles Selection of this item arranges all windows in non overlapped vertical tiles This menu item selects a particular graph window for viewing This menu item is repeated for each available graph window Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 60 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 9 5 Context Menus A context menu is a pop up menu that appears when the right mouse button is clicked over a specific area or type of item It appears at the click point and is context specific i e the items in the menu will vary depending on the area clicked Context menu items are often the same items found on normal menus but they provide an alternate way to quickly access functions that apply to the area that was clicked Context Menu Graph Window This context menu appears when any empty space in the graph window is right clicked i e where there is no waveform Add Waveform This menu item opens the Add Waveform dialog identical to the Dialog Setup Display Setup This menu item cascades to a sub menu that is identical to that found under Menu Setup New Session This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu File Cut Waveform This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit Copy Waveform This menu item is identical to the one o
101. lation and Start Up Guide Brief Description Axe Basc Machire Part 1 Aus configuration Basc Machire Part 1 Fig 3 4 Context sensitive Help SW functions Several Help topics Note If DOCONCD is not installed the button DocOnCD does not appear Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 3 24 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 3 General Operating Sequences 3 2 Help functions Machine data Help Call Key F1 or by clicking on the Help icon in the tool bar with the mouse and then clicking into the dialog box or on the control element For each dialog box or control element a Help screen listing the associated machine data is opened The machine data are sorted numerically in ascending order and displayed as a link By clicking on one of these links you open the associated machine data Help The Help dialog remains open until you click on the Close button or select another dialog you can select several Help texts Alarm Help Call If alarms occur while you are performing installation and start up interactively you B can start the alarm Help by clicking on the info symbol with the mouse in the alarm line and then clicking on the alarm The Help for the alarm in question is opened The Help dialog remains open until you click on the Close button or select another dialog you can select several Help texts System description SinuCom
102. llow checkbox selection of a only a subset of the waveforms and parameters to be saved If the Advanced window is not used all setup parameters and the waveforms will be saved to the file Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 49 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace A path is initially suggested e g f user A filename must be specified Optionally a new path can precede the filename If this is done the suggested path disappears In subsequent saves the new path becomes the suggested path At some later time the sequence File Open Session From Session File can be used to reload the file Note A saved session file that includes waveform data can be used later to load reference waveforms See the section Sessions and Their Content Reference Waveform for information on the use of Reference Waveforms Save Image Selection of this item calls up a standard MicroSoft Windows Save As dialog that allows the image of the active graph window to be saved to a Windows graphic metafile or bmp This graphic metafile contains the graphical content of the graph window including waveforms axis scales and annotations but excludes borders scrollbars tabs etc Note A Windows metafile is a format that can be resized without losing detail Import Symbols New in SinuCom NC 06 04 01 00 Selecti
103. ly below Note When a session is retreived it becomes the active session Le it replaces any currently displayed session From Preserved Session List Selection of this item opens the Preserved Sessions dialog This dialog presents a list of sessions that are currently preserved in the NCU Any entry in the list can be selected making it the active session From Session File Selection of this item allows a saved session file to be opened using the standard MicroSoft Windows Open dialog Selection of a specific file calls up the Select Session Contents to Load dialog Via checkbox this dialog allows the loading of the following Setup Waveforms Collection and Triggers Setup Display All Waveform Data If signal data is loaded it is immediately displayed just as if it had been freshly recorded Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 48 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Note Siemens or the OEM can provide pre configured session files for common tasks If this is the case only the session file needs to be loaded to obtain the desired setup A new session can also be created with this information This would allow the previously active session to reside in its window rather than over writing it After this waveform data is loaded it is presented in the graph window s as the active session
104. m By Name Note If the PLC or Global User Data GUD categories display no entries run the TSIW as described in the section Trace Symbol Import Wizard TSIW Show Only Containing This box provides a means to filter the list of names Selec tions in this area cause the list to show either All Variables or to show only one category of variables i e Axis Channel NCK etc A B C etc Selecting one category shortens the list to make it easier to find a specific name The content of each category is described on screen in the dialog This box acts as an additional filter showing only variable names or IDs that contain the entered text Even if only part of a name is entered the list will be reduced to aid in finding a specific name Note An orange X will appear in the containing field to indicate that the list is being filtered Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 70 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Bit Mask If the variable is an integer this field can be used to specify an optional Bit Mask The signal value is AND ed with this Bit Mask before it is displayed After masking all the selected bits are squeezed to the right so that the bit bits appear to start at bit O e g if all but bit 7 were masked the resulting integer would have a value of either 0 or 1 not 0 or 1
105. m data is provided as a convenience to the user however it is not intended to be a complete solution but rather a starting point for the created template Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 98 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard Note This capability is not intended to fully allow a template to be created from an ex isting set of test results but rather is intended as an aid in the conSinuCom NC of existing results to a template file The Custom Template CT Editor Note Use of the CT Editor requires that SinuCom NC 06 04 or later be installed but not necessarily running To start the CT Editor 1 On the Windows Desktop open the SinuComNc folder 2 Drag the CT Editor shortcut to the Windows Desktop 3 Double click on the CT Editor icon When the editor is launched the Template Information page appears Menus There are four sub menus in the main menu the File Menu the Action Menu the Settings Menu the Help Menu The File Menu allows Creation of a new template Opening an existing template Saving a Template Exiting the editor The Action Menu allows the adding or removal of tests Right clicking on any test type in the tree view yields a pop up menu identical to the Action Menu Alarm Control The following tests have alarms Pulse Disable P
106. n the recording starts relative to the trigger At Trigger start recording exactly at the time of the trigger Before Trigger start recording at the specified time before the trigger occurs pre trigger After Trigger start recording at the specified time after the trigger occurs post trigger Specifics of the trigger condition are defined on the Setup Trigger page The following Funktions will be implemented in a future release Additionally there are three checkboxes available to further define when collection should start Automatic A check in this box will cause the trigger to re arm each time restart the recording stops This immediately places Trace back into the active state waiting for another trigger After each trigger the new waveforms are displayed as the new data is collected Note This selection is not valid for Endless Recording see Figure 4 7 Auto Start at A check in this box activates Trace at power on In addition to power on automatically being ready for a defined trigger this feature also allows for the recording of data that occurs during the power on sequence Note Triggers function the same during the power on sequence as they do at any other time Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 74 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Append data A check in this box ca
107. n which a specific event is to occur The field is blank for events that are not channel specific See the appropriate Sinumerik documentation for the definition of the term channel Description This comment field is available for general description It is used to annotate the waveform It can be overwritten as desired When a signal is first selected its signal description appears in this field if it has been defined by the machine builder If there is no signal description the signal name appears and is appended with a channel axis drive index if it exists Bit Mask If the signal is an integer this field can be used to specify an optional Bit Mask The signal value is AND ed with this Bit Mask before it is displayed After masking all the selected bits are squeezed to the right so that the bit bits appear as if they start at bit 0 e g if all but bit 7 were masked the resulting integer would have a value of either O or 1 not 0 or 128 if all but bits 7 and 0 were masked the resulting integer would have a value of either 0 1 2 or 3 not 0 1 128 or 129 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 67 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Units Decimal Places Scale Grouping Signal Specifica tion Signal ID 08 2005 Read only This field describes the signal s units e g mm min This setting determ
108. nfigured trace applications are consistent with the current NCK configuration and NCK SinuCom NC The Overview displays the connected NCK s name SinuCom NC number and current SRAM and DRAM utilization The Overview also shows the status of each configured application A green check mark lt L icon indicates that the current configuration supports the running of this application A red X means that this application cannot run with the current configuration Along with the red X a Results button appears Pressing this button describes why the application won t run with the current configuration Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Setup Method Dialog Note Express Setup is recommended to reduce the complexity of this procedure Express Prepares the wizard to accept all default selections Clicking the Finish button proceeds directly to the Summary screen and starts the setup process However if the Wizard finds nothing to do only the Cancel button will be available Custom Allows users to decide whether to provide specific values for resource allocations This is only recommended for users who want a greater degree of control over the settings for individual trace application Clicking the Next button proceeds to the applications list The followin
109. ngle archive file Select a SINUMERIK archive file A list of the files in this archive file is displayed Double click the selected file to transfer it to the editor where you can continue to work on it Only individual files can be returned to the control Saving individual files from directories Split archive All the files of the selected archive are stored as individual files as of this directory Querying the RS 232 status window Show RS 232 status A status line with the status signals of the RS 232 interface is displayed here Red gt no transmission possible Green gt transmission possible For an explanation of the signals see PIN functions under Interconnection diagrams 7 3 File WINPCIN ini The tool SinuCom PCIN can also be parameterized by experts in the WINPCIN ini file The four possible settings enabled by pressing a key can be found in file WINPCIN INI under User to USER3 or RS232_INI to RS232_INI3 User or User1 User2 User3 Both paths for upload and download can be preset Upload path c winpcin updata Download path c winpcin downdata If a different path is selected for uploading or downloading during a SinuCom PCIN session it remains valid for the duration of the program Background c v24 winpcin myBild jpg Here you can load your own logo image as a background RS232_INI or RS232_INI1 RS232_INI2 RS232_INI3 Softkey USER Here you will find the softkey text Bildschirm_aktiv
110. nt alarms If an alarm can be selected its selection can be followed by a click on the information button This provides detailed alarm information in the form of a PDF file definitions reactions remedy and program continuation data The Alarm Log button provides chronological alarm data The Alarm Remedy button can be used to guide the user through the process of eliminating the alarm Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 30 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 7 Machine Data MD 4 7 Machine Data MD 4 7 1 Viewing and Configuring MD Machine data can be viewed in either the Dialog Display default or the Expert List The Dialog Display provides better navigation and grouping of data points valuable for the novice while the Expert List provides more data per screen The user can toggle between these two display types with Ctrl E or from the View menu The MD Server is started from the project tree left side of screen with a machine data block To do this Select Open Online Project from either its toolbar button or from Target Syst in the main menu Expand the Sinumerik folder click on MD Block then double click on the MD Block 1 icon Click on any element shown under MD Block 1 in the tree to display or change that element s configuration Note The units displayed depend on the system of unit
111. nuCom NC Trace SinuCom NC Trace has requirements that vary with each session A minimal resource allocation is provided by default Generic Trace Client The Generic Trace Client does not appear in most installations If it does appear there are a few unique configuration details Application Name Text string user name displayed for generic trace application Generic Trace Client Name Text string representing the key used to identify the application in the TraceSrv ini file Advanced Features The Trace Setup Wizard advanced features page provides entries for expert configuration of Trace services Some items represent resources that are shared by multiple applications For these items the current values and the required values are displayed The user can override the required values or accept the calculated value Amount of data storage in the NCU SRAM DRAM Log Maximum file size for the NCK log file Data loss occurs when the logged data exceeds this size prior to being offloaded to the HMI Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key nckFileSize Note deferred offloading replaces this size with the value specified for a Trace Amount of data stored in the HMI hard drive log file Maximum size for the log file offloaded to the HMI s hard drive If the session s total amount of data logged exceeds this size without a client consuming the data data loss occurs Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key HmiFileCapacity Amount of data cached to
112. oStop _ D Immediately Z Stop Trigger i m After Trigger j 0 500 sec J Automatic restart Data Lima 5000 ke Danone At Dats Limit Discard Oldest Date JE Append data J Keep data on NCU until stopped Close Figure 4 5 Dialog Setup Collection The settings described in this section specify when collection recording is to start and when it is to stop As these settings are changed a graphic image i e the bar across the window near the bottom dynamically changes to illustrate how these settings affect the collection process Note Depending on the capabilities of the SinuCom NC of Trace that is installed driven by the SinuCom NC of NCK software some of these choices may not be available and therefore will be hidden or disabled Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 73 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace When to Start Collection left side of screen Figure 4 5 There are two choices in the drop down menu for this feature as shown directly below Immediately This choice specifies that recording should start immediately when the start button is pressed i e don t wait for any start trigger condition Start Trigger This choice specifies that recording should start only if the start trigger condition has been satisfied If so the next setting specifies exactly whe
113. oes not address the details of XML code modification The description of the xml structure can be found on the SinuCom NC 06 04 CD Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 5 SinuCom FFS Functions 5 1 Operation 5 SinuCom FFS Functions 5 1 Operation 5 2 Display of the NC image 5 102 5 3 Displaying editing the FFS image 5 102 5 4 Writing Reading an NC image to NC card 5 103 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 5 101 5 SinuCom FFS Functions 08 2005 5 1 Operation 5 1 Operation The program SinuCom FFS is started by clicking on the SinuCom FFS icon Start menu or desktop or with SinuCom NC menu Tools gt SinuCom FFS You can call up the various functions of the program from the menu bar or directly from the user interface using the buttons Help is available for all actions that can be called up via the Help menu 5 2 Display of the NC image In the basic display the modules of the NC image are displayed with name version date size and checksum Properties With menu items View gt Properties you can display the contents of the serial number file or the PCM version with which the image was generated 5 3 Displaying editing the FFS image Irrespective of the SINUMERIK system software NC Sin
114. om the main menu Select Import Symbols The Overview screen will appear indicating if any symbols now exist in the NC that have not yet been imported into SinuCom NC Select Next The user is then asked if a Custom or an Express Import is to be performed Select Express Import Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 83 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 6 For PLC symbols the Include PLC Symbols check is made available by typing the name of the PLC folder only if the symbols are located in a folder othere than the default Typing an invalid folder or one with no symbols invalidates the Include PLC Symbols check box 7 Click Finish 8 When the procedure completes the wizard disappears The new symbols are now available for use in SinuCom NC Trace Express versus Custom Import Note An Express Import is recommended to reduce the complexity of this procedure Express Import Prepares the wizard to accept all default selections and to import PLC symbols from the specified folder TSIW will disable the Include PLC sym bols checkbox if the folder specification is incorrect or the folder does not contain the required symbol files reference How to Make Symbols Available for Import The Browse button can be used to correct the folder specification Clicking the Finish button proce
115. on of this item opens the Trace Symbol Import Wizard The function of this tool is self explanatory This wizard allows the user to manually update GUDs and PLC Variables at any time Export Wave Selection of this item opens the Export Waveforms dialog forms The Advanced gt gt button can be pressed to allow checkbox selection of a only a subset of the waveforms to be exported If the Advanced window is not used all waveforms will be saved to the file A path is initially suggested e g f user A filename must be specified Optionally anew path can precede the filename If this is done the suggested path disappears In subsequent saves the new path becomes the suggested path Unlike a saved Session an exported waveform file cannot be reloaded and re displayed Note Unlike the XML format of a saved session an exported waveform is a numerical representation of the waveforms to be saved in a comma delimited csv format This format can be easily imported into other applications such as Microsoft Excel Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 50 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Print Preview Selection of this item displays a preview of the impending printout in standard MicroSoft Windows Print Preview format Print Selection of this item opens the Print dialog Note that toggling Page
116. or a given waveform the occurrence of a state change which results in the recording of one point of data See also List of Events 2 The point at which sampling occurs Same as NCK Reset General A database of variables that is accessible by all part programs Often contains data specified by multiple providers such as 1 System GUDs provided by Siemens 2 OEM GUDs provided by a machine manufacturer 3 User GUDs provided for a part program or specific factory floor application 4 GUD 4 through GUD 9 special purpose Same as Waveform The area of the screen where acquired data is displayed as one or more waveforms Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition A 115 A Appendix 08 2005 Event Event Channel Event only Signal Expert List Insert IPO Trace Live Waveform Load a waveform Local User Data LUD LUD Metadata NCK Reset NCK Reset General NCK Trace a k a IPO Trace 1 For a given waveform the occurrence of a state change which results in the recording of one point of data 2 The point in time when sampling occurs The Sinumerik channel in which a specific event occurs See the appropriate Sinumerik documentation for a definition of the term channel A special recording case in which no data is recorded l e only the time of the event is recorded A modifiabl
117. oth Note It may be preferable to show the text name if there are only a few signals conversely to reduce clutter it may be preferable to show only the number if there are many signals Colors This button calls up Graph Window Colors dialog Through its use the colors of the following components of the graph window may be changed Background color Grid lines color major and minor Axis labels color To change the color of one of these items click the Select button adjacent to it A standard color selection dialog will appear The desired waveform color can be defined by simple selection or custom colors can be defined using the associated button Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 78 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Scaling both X These settings determine the type of scaling for the graphs and Y Axes axes The choices are Linear scaling Logarithmic scaling Note Logarithmic scaling is not allowed for the X axis if Graph Style is Y vs Time Grid Lines both A check in one or both of these boxes determines if either the X and Y Axes horizontal grid lines vertical grid lines or both are visible Measurement Cursor Accurate values of sampled data points can be determined through the use of the Measurement Cursor This cursor can be added or removed from the waveform displ
118. ows and various changes to setup parameters Undo will not be available for actions that involve the actual recording of data or clearing of recorded data Redo Each redo restores an undo operation until the state prior to first undo operation is achieved Note If an undo redo operation is performed on a setup parameter while the Setup dialog is visible the dialog is automatically switched to the page that contains the changed parameter Cut Selection of this item will perform the standard Windows Cut operation Replaced by Cut Waveform in SinuCom NC 06 04 and later as described below Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 52 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 Copy Paste 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Selection of this item will perform the standard Windows Copy operation Replaced by Copy Waveform in SinuCom NC 06 04 and later as described below Selection of this item will perform the standard Windows Paste operation Replaced by Paste Waveform as Stan dard and Paste Waveform as Standard in SinuCom NC 06 04 and later as described below The following Edit Menu functions are available for waveform editing Cut Waveform Copy Waveform Paste Waveform as Standard Paste Waveform as Reference New feature for SinuCom NC 06 04 Removes the waveform from the session and moves it and its data onto the
119. page is not presented for the SI Acceptance Test because its requirements are fixed Common General Configuration Items These items are available for fine tuning SinuCom NC Trace and Generic applications Please avoid changing these values unless you need to customize your settings The Summary section can be skipped if performing an Express Setup Maximum simultaneous sessions Total user slots required by this application Slots should be used sparingly to avoid impairing other control functions Maximum standard unique data lists memory Total standard events Each combination of a different standard event and NCK data item requires one list Reference MD 18371 MM_PROTOC_ NUM _ETPD STD LST Highest standard event ID memory highest event number used Normally all standard events should be included Reference MD 28302 MM_PROTOC_NUM_ETP_STD_TYP Maximum OEM unique data lists memory Total OEM events Each combination of a different OEM event and NCK data item requires one list Reference MD 18372 MM_PROTOC_NUM_ETPD_OEM LST Highest OEM event ID memory Highest NCK OEM event number Reference MD 28301 MM_PROTOC_NUM_ETP_STD_TYP Maximum simultaneous servo signals memory Total servo data items per session Reference MD 18373 MM_PROTOC_NUM_SERVO_DATA Common Advanced Configuration Items Amount of data stored in the NCU SRAM DRAM log file Maximum file size for the NCK log file Data loss occurs when
120. ple Graph Windows tiled horizontally Each graph window can have a user defined title All settings described in this section are independent for each graph window Each graph window can be manipulated in the following ways The focus of the graph window determines which of the displayed waveforms is ready for manipulation The focus can be changed from one waveform to another by clicking the associated colored tab or by clicking the waveform itself The colored tab can be configured to show either the waveform number or the waveform description name as in Graph Window 1 in Figure 4 2 above The waveform that has focus is indicated in the colored tabs by a change in coloration Focus can be applied to more than one waveform at a time by holding down the CTL key when clicking another waveform or tab This feature is useful for performing the same manipulation on multiple waveforms at once for operations such as drag resize show hide remove and cut copy paste When two waveforms have focus tick marks and Y labels will appear for both waveforms at the same time When more than two waveforms have focus tick marks and Y labels will appear for only the last two waveforms selected A show hide checkbox is used to show or hide the waveform that has focus When the box is checked the waveform that has focus is made visible and its tab is shown in color when the box is not checked the waveform that has fo cus is made invisibl
121. plete the operation Reading In an Archive 1 2 Click File Archive then Read In The Read in archive dialog appears Select one of the following archive choices Data management File system NC card Click the Next button Atthe prompt enter a file name Click the Finish button to complete the operation Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 36 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Note SinuCom NC Trace uses several unique terms To better understand the descriptions in this section please review the Appendix entitled Abbreviations and Definitions SinuCom NC Trace Definition and Use SinuCom NC Trace also simply called Trace in this document is a SinuCom NC facility that can dynamically record data from the NC drives PLC or HMI Once recorded this data can be graphically displayed in a form similar to that of an oscilloscope or logic analyzer printed or saved to a file Saved files can be loaded into Trace for viewing at a later time even on a different machine Trace can be used to assist machine manufacturers end users and Siemens service personnel in activities such as Trouble shooting and debugging Machine performance analysis benchmarking and tuning Process performance analysis benchmarking and tuning Compatibility with Si
122. r e g whenever any one waveform is compressed or expanded all associated waveforms are compressed or expanded but they have two major differences 1 Scale Grouping is more permanent l e waveforms in a Scale Group stay together until explicitly split apart waveforms under Multiple Selection stay to gether only until another selection is made 2 All waveforms in a Scale Group have the same Y axis scaling To perform a multiple selection 1 Click on any waveform or its tab to select it 2 Ctrl click any other waveform or its tab to add it to the selection 3 Repeat step 2 to add additional waveforms To perform a scale grouping 1 Perform a multiple selection as described directly above 2 Select Scale Grouping from the Edit drop down menu Scale Grouping Selection of Scale Grouping opens a submenu with three cont choices as described below A table of scenarios is shown for each For these tables the following rules apply Group names A and B designate existing groups Group name C designates a resulting group 0 indicates an independent ungrouped waveform A BOLD A B or C is a selected waveform Note If possible existing group names are preserved Group This choice is available if two or more waveforms are se lected Selection brings up the Scale Group Properties dialog in which the group i e all selected waveforms can be given a unique name Radio buttons allow the wav
123. ram or a subprogram The NCK creates this data at the request of a part program and removes it when the program terminates The TSIW does not address this type of data in SinuComNC 06 04 Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 80 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace How To Make Symbols Available for Import Before using the TSIW certain types of symbols must be staged for import as described below GUDs Nothing needs to be done for these symbols The machine environment either has them available or it doesn t PLC Symbols OEM or VDI This 2 step procedure must be performed only once prior to first use of SIMATIC Manager It installs the SIMATIC Manager toolbox If this procedure has already been performed please skip to the next appropriate section Note If the toolbox installer has been downloaded start the downloaded file It may be called 07010100 exe This creates a folder that contains the setup exe program 1 Using the PG PC call up PLC Toolbox Setup 2 Under Programs to be installed click PLC Basic Program for lt control gt Vv w and click SINUMERIK Add on for STEP 7 Vx y 3 Click Next then continue with the procedure directly below Exporting the PLC Input Output Bit Memory Symbols from SIMATIC 1 From the Windows desktop launch the SIMATIC Manager by selecting Start
124. roduction Overview Screen will appear Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 91 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 10 Safety Integrated Acceptance Test Wizard 4 Key in representative data in the fields on the right side of the screen Entries made here describe the test environment and will ultimately appear on the Ac ceptance Test Certificate Field descriptions are as follows Machine designation The machine name e g Polaris 9000 Machine type The kind of machine e g Knee mill Serial number The unique serialized number assigned to the machine by the OEM Manufacturer The machine maker or OEM PLC SinuCom NC manufacturer The manufacturer of the PLC Ultimate customer The end user of the machine Name of tester The person running the test Series machine startup Check if the machine is part of a production run of similar machines Safe programmable logic automatical setting whether SPL existent or inexistent 5 Click Functional Relationships in the List of Tests on the left side of the screen The Summary Functional Relationships screen will appear Note Functional Relationships was chosen for this example because it is a basic type of test It simply allows manual entry of any test and the results of the test 6 Click the Begin This Test button The Results N
125. s completed A trace is being recorded An annotation is being dragged Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 46 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 9 4 Toolbars File Menu 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Dragging Facts When a reference waveform is dragged it tears off from its original position i e a faded dotted original waveform is left behind Both a numeric absolute position and a delta position are displayed in real time in the graph window during the dragging process The original waveform and the position data are removed from the display when the mouse button is released While the mouse button is still depressed the dragging operation can be terminated with the Escape key Similarly an Undo operation after release of the mouse button will undo the drag Either operation restores both the pre drag waveform position and the window pan position All reference waveforms in the same scale group are dragged together If multiple waveforms are selected they are dragged together if they are all reference waveforms Toolbars and Menus Functions of Trace are accessed through dialogs covered later in this manual toolbars and menus See also section Context Menus The Trace Main Entry Menu and its toolbars are shown in Figure 4 2 below Items found in common MicroSoft Windows toolbars are shown but ar
126. s maximum vertical size within its partition Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 57 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Annotations Difference Measurement Show All Wave forms Hide All Wave forms Hide Dropouts Show Droputs 08 2005 Repetitive selection of this item toggles the annotations on and off for all displayed waveforms Note Annotations are color coded waveform names The names are derived from the Waveforms Setup If a Description has been supplied in the Waveforms Setup it is the annotation Otherwise the Waveform Name is the annotation Note Both the annotation and its arrow can be dragged to a new position on the screen The arrowhead remains stationary when the annotation is dragged the arrow remains parallel to its original orientation when the arrow is dragged Repetitive selection of this item turns the difference cursors and their associated dialog display on and off see a description of Difference Cursors Repetitive selection of this item toggles the display of the measurement cursors as well as their control display features on the measurement toolbar see the section Dialogs Measurement Cursor for information on the use of the Measurement Cursor Selection of this item causes all waveforms to be visible Selection of this item causes all waveforms to be
127. s selected Note Variables that have a white background can be changed Those that have a gray background are read only The Dialog Display When a folder is selected the first level dialog is displayed When a dialog within the folder is selected the data associated with that dialog is read out of the NC When the buttons Channel or Channel or Axis Axis etc are clicked the dialog with the data of the next previous channel is selected After an NCK reset warm restart the project tree and the dialog display are regenerated When the dialog is exited the displayed status data is written to the NC Note On single channel systems the structure view does not contain any channel folders The axis specific dialogs are then located directly below the control folder Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 31 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 7 Machine Data MD The Expert List All configuration that can be performed with the Dialog Display View can also be performed using the Expert List The difference is in presentation The tabular structure of the Expert List offers the experienced user a considerable amount of flexibility without the guiding presence of the Dialog View Right clicking anywhere on the grid section of the Expert List brings up a context sensitive menu of tools for working with
128. s setting specifies the type of test to be performed on the trigger waveform The following selections are available Rising edge Recording begins or ends when the trigger transitions from lower to higher than the trigger level Falling edge Recording begins or ends when the trigger transitions from higher to lower than the trigger level Equals Recording begins when the trigger is equal to the trigger level Not equal to Recording begins when the trigger is not equal to the trigger level Greater than or equal Recording begins when the trigger is greater than or equal to the trigger level Less than or equal Recording begins when the trigger is less than or equal to the trigger level Value changed Recording begins when the trigger changes from what it was at the start of recording 1 These functions will not appear if the installed NCK SinuCom NC does not support them Trigger Level This setting specifies the trigger waveform threshold that is tested by the Trigger Mode Dialog Setup Sample Rates Some events are cyclic in nature see the section Overview How Trace is Used List of Events They appear in the Setup Sample Rates dialog This dialog al lows a multiplier or skip count to be applied to each of these events to reduce their associated sampling rates or stated another way increase their intervals The multipliers must be positive whole numbers Note Sometimes after a ses
129. se button down then drag then left mouse button up in order to zoom to that section The proportion of X to Y is dictated by the proportion of the zoom box Zoom X only Selection of this item is the same as Zoom X and Y but only the X dimension is zoomed Zoom Y only Selection of this item is the same as Zoom X and Y but only the Y dimension is zoomed MODAL ZOOM The three zoom capabilities directly above involve dragging the mouse Their capability can be enhanced by MODAL ZOOM This mode can be locked on by double clicking the zoom button on the toolbar While in modal zoom the selected area can be zoomed repeatedly by dragging without having to click the zoom button again Modal zoom is unlocked by clicking the zoom button again or by clicking anywhere in the graph window without dragging Zoom In Selection of this item causes the display to be enlarged by a preset amount The center of the display is maintained Zoom Out Selection of this item causes the display to be reduced in size by a preset amount The center of the display is maintained Fit All Overlaid Selection of this item fits all waveforms to maximum size Since all waveforms occupy the full extent of the vertical screen they are overlaid with each other Fit All Separated Selection of this item divides the screen into partitions one partition for each visible waveform or scale group if any waveforms are grouped Each waveform is displayed to it
130. seful for seeing the full complement of signals for a given group adding a waveform to a group To do so Right click on a waveform in the target group Click on Scale Grouping Click on Select Entire Group lt ctrl gt click the waveform to be added Click on Scale Grouping Click on Group to add the waveform to the group performing an operation on an entire group i e making sure a group is completely disbanded Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved The following scenarios apply Select Entire Group Scenarios Menu Initial Resulting State Condition Effect One item selected normal AAABB AAABB Selection spans groups grayed AAABB no effect Subset of group selected normal AAA AAA Subset of large group selected normal AAAA AAAA Selection spans unselected items grayed AAOO no effect SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 55 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Menu View 08 2005 The View menu allows waveforms to be enlarged reduced repositioned and labeled The following selections are available from the menu Show Custom Selection of this item returns the scaling and position of all View waveforms to a previously established state called the Custom View If no Custom View has been set the initial view is used Note Establishing a Scale Grouping overrides
131. sion file is loaded the sample rate parameters specified in the newly loaded session file cannot be realized with the current Basic Interval of the NCU In this case a text message in red letters will appear on the Setup Sample Rates dialog to indicate that the sample rates have been adjusted to numbers that can be realized In this condition a button on the dialog can be selected to acknowledge this adjustment and dismiss the warning message Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 77 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Dialog Setup Display This dialog allows the visual characteristics of the waveform display to be configured Note The effects of the changes are immediately reflected in the waveform display Note Unlike other tabbed pages of the Setup dialog these settings except Colors apply to each graph window independent of other graph windows Rename Select This setting selects the graph window to which the display Graph settings are applied The Graph Window name can also be modified from this dialog Note This field is not visible if only one Graph Window is present Waveform Tabs This setting specifies the markings on the waveform tabs The choices are 1 Show Text The complete text description name of the waveform 2 Show Numbers The number of the waveform 3 Show B
132. sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Dialog Add Waveform The Add Waveform dialog appears when the Add button on the Waveforms page of the Setup dialog is pressed See Figure4 4 In this dialog the event name and other characteristics of a signal are selected The Add button can then be clicked to add that signal to the list of items to be recorded There are five tabs across the top of the dialog They allow the various methods of selection described in the next few pages The following item is common to the screens associated with the first four tabs Event This setting specifies when to record on a per point basis See the section Overview How Trace is Used List of Events Description The content of this box defaults to the Name of the selected waveform in the list of names below it Typically the user will change this to a descriptive phrase for the waveform When Ada is clicked the description follows the entry to the Setup Waveforms dialog If a new waveform is added the makeup of the session is changed To ensure that settings always match data and unless there are no waveforms displayed the Keep Data dialog appears before access to the Add Waveforms dialog is allowed This provides the opportunity to either save the session as it currently exists or discard it After the choice is made new waveforms can be added
133. t avoided may result in property damage Notice Used without the safety alert symbol indicates a potential situation which if not avoided may result in an undesirable result or state If several hazards of different degrees occur the hazard with the highest degree must always be given priority If a warning note with a warning triangle warns of personal injury the same warning note can also contain a warning of material damage Qualified personnel Start up and operation of the device equipment system in question must only be performed using this documentation The device system must only be started and operated by qualified personnel Qualified personnel as referred to in the safety guidelines in this documentation are those who are authorized to start up earth and label units systems and circuits in accordance with the relevant safety standards Correct usage vi Note the following Warning The unit may be used only for the applications described in the catalog or the technical description and only in combination with the equipment components and devices of other manufacturers where recommended or permitted by Siemens This product can only function correctly and safely if it is transported stored set up and installed correctly and operated and maintained as recommended Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005
134. t power on is set True monitoring for the trigger condition starts automatically at power on Selection of this item makes Trace inactive and stops recording or stops waiting for the trigger condition This action is not needed if recording stops automatically because the recording duration is satisfied Selection of this item clears the current graph window of any waveforms The Window menu provides features comparable to its MicroSoft Windows counterpart In addition to windows arrangement and control it allows multiple graph windows to be created and manipulated All graph windows draw from the same acquired data but each window can be manipulated independently The following selections are available from the menu New Window Cascade Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Graph Window n Selection of this item creates a new graph window The new window becomes the new active session Waveforms in the new window are a copy of the old window This allows manipulation in the new active window without change in the old When more than one window is present tabs appear below the windows to allow for quick selection with the mouse Note Multiple windows allow convenient waveform comparison They also can relieve clutter by grouping sets of relevant waveforms and eliminating irrelevant ones Selection of this item arranges all windows in an overlapped fashion Selection of this item arranges all windows in non over
135. t sensitive Help SW functions H Creating a project Creating an archive SinuCOM ARC 5108 Help functions 3 23 Customized Test Prompts neaaeaen 4 97 i D Importing the FFS eee Installation and start up with Data ASPECT iia aR BIA NS kissteice fees eter thee Dialog Installation of SinuCom ARC Add Waveform si ir ein tenue Installation of SinuCom FES Setup Collection Installation of SinuCom NC Setup Sample RATES issue installation of SinuCom PCIN Setup TJE sn Installation variants ce eeeeeeeeeeeees Setup Waveforms Dialog Display Display of the NC image Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition I 121 Index K Keyboard operation key combinations 3 26 L LICENSES dresse restau 1 13 M Machine Data activating ere changing configuring VIQWING METTERE Machine data Help Machine Data Project Tree Main Menu Menu N NCK Versions O Operation SinuCOM ARC SinuCOM FFS SinuCom NC 2 ieee cece eee ee eens Ordering data SinuCom NC miesst Overview How Trace is Used 4 38 Overview Dialog 4 86 P Parameterization window Passwords ccccecccceeeeeeseeeesceeuueeeeea
136. tch SI SG Test of Safely Reduced Speed SI Sl Safety Integrated SPL Safe Programmable Logic SI SRAM Static Random Access Memory SYNACT Motion Synchronous Action Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved A 114 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 A Appendix A 2 Definitions Acceptance Test Certificate Acceptance Test Wizard Archive Bit Mask Copy a waveform Custom Template Data Data Manager Event General NCK Reset Global User Data GUD Graph Graph window The certifying document that is the product of running the SI Acceptance Test Same as SI Acceptance Test A backup of data e g of SinuCom NC configuration data A signed or unsigned integer byte word or dword used to select only certain bits of information from a target integer The process of selecting a waveform and placing a duplicate on the Windows clipboard Such a waveform can subsequently be pasted into a SinuCom NC Trace Session See also Insert and Load An SI Acceptance Test XML file that contains all the information necessary to run its preconfigured set of Acceptance Tests Same as Customizing Template or Template See also Template Test A general term for stored values of any variable A facility within SinuCom NC Trace that collects and caches data from the Trace Server and formats that data for display via TraceGraph Event 1 F
137. the HMI RAM Frame Maximum data memory for logging that is cached for quick client access on the HMI This allocation uses the OS virtual memory pool and thereby affects other applications running on the CPU Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key HmiFrameCapacity Required User Slots The number of NCK Trace user slots required to support the currently configured applications If the slot range is not correctly specified a session may not be hosted by the NCK because of slot limitations Lowest valid trace user slot This is the lowest user slot that can be reserved by the Trace Server for use Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key LowestUserSlot Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 89 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Note 1 This item in conjunction with the highest user slot determines the valid range of NCK Trace user slots available for use by the Trace Server and its client applications Note 2 User slots 1 2 and 3 are reserved for use by Siemens applications Highest valid trace user slot Highest user slot that can be reserved for use Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key HighestUserSlot Trace Server stays alive when no client exists Prevents the Trace Server from shutting down when no client applications are running Corresponds with TraceSrv ini key KeepTraceSrvAlive Note If the Trace Server
138. the Windows desktop launch the SIMATIC Manager by selecting Start Programs SIMATIC then SIMATIC Manager 2 From the SIMATIC Manager s File menu select Open 3 When the Open Project dialog appears select the Libraries tab 4 Select the library named gp8x0d64 or other desired library SinuCom NC ex gp8x0d71 then press OK A new dialog with a project tree on the left will appear 5 From the project tree select Sources 6 Right click the object named nst_udtb This is the object that contains the PLC VDI symbols 7 From the context menu that appears select Export Source 8 Select the c siemens sinumerik symbols folder in which to save nst_udtb AWL English or nst_udt AWL German Note this location since the TSIW will be set up to search here for the PLC VDI symbols 9 Click Save The PLC VDI Symbols are now ready for import Updating PLC OEM Symbols After performing the procedure for PLC Symbols on the previous page these symbols can be prepared for export from the machine environment via the following procedure Caution The two procedures on the preceding page must have been performed or this procedure will fail Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 8 9 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace From the Windows desktop launch the SIMATIC
139. the list as follows Find Find next Bit Editor Display options Plaintext The Bit Editor is used to change values that are bit oriented i e those with the suffix H such as 3EABH or OH The Bit Editor can also be invoked by double clicking the desired MD item or just by pressing 5 on the keypad To assist in searching four separate Expert List MD ranges can be can be accessed from the project tree General MDs Channel specific MDs Axis specific MDs Drive MDs The following key combinations can be used to find and position within the Expert List Tabelle 4 1 F1 Opens the Help for the selected machine data Ctrl F Opens the Find dialog box F3 Find next Ctrl Home Jumps to the beginning of the table Ctrl End Jumps to the end of the table Note Any Machine Data item can be located in the Expert List via the Find dialog using either its MD number or its description This Find dialog can be invoked by pressing Ctrl F from the Expert menu The lt and gt keys can be used to make 10 increases and decreases in the values The color and font of the title values table and status bar can be accessed by selecting Tools from the main menu then Settings then Expert List The settings take effect immediately and are not lost when the system is restarted Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 32 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC
140. the waveform to appear as a sawtooth The above example is intended to be an introduction to the Trace function Review of the remainder of the material in this section and further work with Trace will allow discovery of a variety of additional capabilities Passwords Certain functions of Trace require use of a password Variable Selection Some variables are available for selection only at approved password levels If the appropriate password has not been entered certain variables will not be displayed and thus cannot be recorded Functions Some functions are available only at approved password levels e g selecting signals by address rather than by name Sessions The creator of a session can make the session read only or password accessible E g a session intended for troubleshooting might be executable by an operator but its setup can be modified only by a technician Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 4 40 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Recording Basics Data and Events There are two main aspects of recording The Data aspect i e what to record sometimes called the signal The Event aspect i e when to record on a per point basis The Data aspect can be selected as subsets of the following main types of data All NC variables axis data drive data channel data etc
141. tton A graph window will appear without a waveform but with axis labels and a tab for the new waveform 10 Click the Start Trace icon gt The Trace Status will change from Stopped to Ready to Recording Data recording is now in process 11 After a short period of time click the Stop Trace icon Ls The waveform representing the collected data will be drawn 12 The figure below is an enlargement of the lower left corner of the display Click the Fit Height to Window and Fit Time to Window icons to show the entire waveform at its maximum size Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 39 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Scroll down Compress Y Expand Y gt Fit Height to Window ne T scroll Left Fit Time to Compress X Window Expand xX Figure 4 1 Scale and Scroll Icons The entire waveform is now shown at its maximum size The plot is either a diagonal line or a sawtooth Note The scale of the observed waveform will vary because of the data limit sampling rates and amplification that had previously been set Y axis scaling will vary de pending upon when Start Trace and Stop Trace are clicked Also the variable acTime is a continuously running clock that can roll over to zero It also restarts at the beginning of each block This might cause
142. uCom FFS can read change rewrite reformat the FFS range of the NC card create new directories copy and insert a file in the directories and subdirectories via the clipboard You can call up the various functions of the program from the menu bar or directly from the user interface using the buttons Displaying the FFS If the contents of the FFS image are not displayed in the right hand window the FFS image must be formatted with Edit gt Format In the formattng window you specify the start address size and file name Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 5 102 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 5 SinuCom FFS Functions 5 4 Writing Reading an NC image to NC card Processing the FFS Once the FFS image is formatted the menu items for creating files and directories are enabled Exporting the FFS You can export transfer a formatted FFS image by selecting menu items File gt Export In the dialog box Export to you can specify the target and target directory to which the FFS image is to be exported Importing the FFS To import the FFS image select it in the left hand window and start the function File gt Import In the dialog box Import from you can specify the target and target directory to which the FFS image is to be imported In this case the image does not have to contain an FFS If one does exist it is overwritten 5
143. uCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 6 SinuCom ARC Functions 6 3 Editing the archive contents Importing the ARC The ARC file is imported by selecting it in the window and then starting the function File gt Import The target and description file containing the import instruction is displayed in the dialog box Import from Description file For all ARC import actions whether to an empty or existing archive a description file containing the individual instructions for the import action must be specified Each line of the file is read in and interpreted Comments are either separated from the instruction itself by a or stand alone in a line preceded by a at the beginning of the line The following commands are possible ROOT path name Path name Absolute path within the file system of the operating system Specifies the path from which all relative paths in the following instructions are located This instruction can occur several times within a single file Path_nameOS Path_nameArchive This instruction ensures that the content of Path_nameOS becomes the content of Path_nameArchive Path_nameArchive is always an absolute path within the archive hierarchy in every instruction Path_nameOS can be either a relative or absolute path If Path_nameOS is a directory Path_nameArchive is always interpreted as such and the files and subdirectories of Path_nameOS are added to Path_nameArchiv
144. uCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 63 4 SinuCom NC Functions 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace 08 2005 Context Menu Setup Waveform Dialog This context menu appears when the Setup Waveform Dialog is right clicked Add Waveform Edit Waveform Remove Wave form Cut Waveform Copy Waveform Paste Waveform as Standard Paste Waveform as Reference Event Data Display This menu item opens the Add Waveform dialog identical to the Dialog Setup Waveforms This menu item cascades to a sub menu with the following selections Edit Style identical to Edit Style Edit Description identical to Edit Description Edit Signal Specification identical to Edit Wave form Edit Bitmask opens the Bit Editor Dialog identical to the dialog accessed by the Bit button in the Edit Waveform Dialog See also Bit Mask This menu removes the selected waveform identical to the dialog accessed by the Remove button in the Dialog Setup Display This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit This menu item is identical to the one of the same name found under Menu Edit More than one data item can be recorded on the same event If this occurs a single marker point will be visible but others may be
145. unctions of the program from the menu bar or directly from the user interface using the buttons Help is available for all actions that can be called up via the Help menu 6 2 Displaying the contents of the archive As soon as an archive has been loaded the files contained in the archive appear in the basic display together with the name path size Properties available soon You can view file the properties with View gt Properties 6 3 Editing the archive contents Processing the ARC With SinuCom ARC you can create new directories and files change directories and files copy and insert files directories into the directories and subdirectories via the clipboard and delete files directories You can call up the various functions of the program from the menu bar or directly from the user interface using the buttons Saving the ARC When the files of the archive file are complete the archive file must be saved upgrade archive available soon Exporting the ARC You can export transfer an archive file by selecting menu items File gt Export The dialog box Export to shows the target directory to which the archive file is exported The same hierarchy is reproduced and the data are placed in the same hierarchy structure At the same time the system automatically generates a standard import description file see below Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved 6 106 SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D Sin
146. ure BROWN O O1 SinuCom FFS runs under Windows NT or Windows XP SinuCom FFS requires approx 1 2 MB Before you can install SinuCom FFS you must first close down all other applications not the Explorer Insert the CD into the CD drive of your PG PC Start the Explorer or an MS DOS input prompt Change to the CD drive Start the SETUP EXE program in the root directory of the CD This program starts up operator guided installation of SinuCom FFS Select menu Install SinuCom FFS Asystem reset of the PG PC might be performed during installation Setup of SinuCom FFS continues automatically after system reset The info files Siemensd txt German and Siemense txt English are copied into the SinuCom NC directory on your hard disk by the SETUP program So this information is still available to you after installation Note You can choose any drive name for the OMNI97 device Enter the drive letter in menu Control Panel Device Manager Drives OMNI97 Windows NT Enter the drive letter in menu OmniControl DriveLetter Starting SinuCom FFS SinuCom FFS is either started 2 18 via the SinuCom FFS icon or the Start menu in the task bar of the PG PC or from SinuCom NC via the menu Extras SinuCom FFS Siemens AG 2005 All Rights Reserved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 08 2005 2 Installation 2 4 Installation of SinuCom AR
147. us with a release 2 New symbols are added asynchronously to an NCK release 3 New symbols are added asynchronously to a PLC release 4 Users of Trace may be called upon to import these symbols A file containing information correlating names with memory addresses Other metadata may also be present depending on the source of the file The resources that the NCK can provide E g if the NCK allows only one slot only one Trace Application can run at a time Note also that User Requirements can exceed System Resources See also User Requirements Same as Custom Template An installed test that is the result of loading a SinuCom NC SI Acceptance Test custom template See also Custom Template Same as SinuCom NC Trace A generic term that applies to a graphical presentation of data whether it is on a SINUMERIK control or elsewhere A utility service used to verify that adequate resources exist and are properly configured when a user attempts to run a SinuCom NC Trace application The graphical presentation facility of SinuCom NC Trace 1 A facility within SINUMERIK that collects and caches data from NCK Trace and formats that data for it clients e g SinuCom NC Trace and SI Acceptance Test through Trace UI Core Note that the caching of data is done asynchronously to the running of Trace Additionally the Trace Server transforms the data from a Trace Session XML file into a setup for a Trace Session
148. uses new data evoked by a new occurrence of the trigger to be appended to old data If the box is not checked the new data replaces the old data Note If appended the data will not represent a continuous timeframe There will be time gaps within it Note This setting is useful in combination with the trigger setting Automatic restart Note This selection is not valid for Endless recording see Figure 4 7 Keep data on A check in this box will cause Trace to keep recorded data on NCU until the NCU until recording is stopped i e to defer offloading stopped the data to the Trace HMI If this box is not checked Trace will offload recorded data from the NCU to the Trace HMI as soon as possible even while recording is in progress Note If this box is checked the Data Limit value see next page applies to storage on the NCU If this box is not checked the Data Limit value applies to storage on the Trace HMI When to Stop Collection right side of screen Figure 4 5 The upper drop down menu has three choices This area of the screen changes based on the choice so a figure is provided for each as shown directly below Stop Trigger This choice specifies that termination of the recording is controlled by a predetermined Stop Trigger The second When o Stoo drop down menu can place a time qualifier on the Stop 0 eae Trigger as follows At Trigger Recording stops exactly at the sl TE 0 500 ee oc
149. ved SINUMERIK 840D sl 840D 840Di 810D SinuCom NC Installation Service Tools INC 08 2005 Edition 4 51 4 SinuCom NC Functions 08 2005 4 9 SinuCom NC Trace Note Any printout will contain the graphical content of the graph window waveforms axis scales and annotations but borders scrollbars tabs etc will be excluded The displayed scaling of the graphs will be reflected in the printout Exit Trace Selection of this item exits the Trace facility Menu Edit Starting with SinuCom NC 06 04 previously recorded individual waveforms can be added edited or removed without discarding waveform data that are not involved in the changes To accommodate this the Edit Menu is now context sensitive l e if the focus of activity is on a text this menu accommodates text editing as described directly below If one or more waveforms have focus this menu supports waveform editing as described on the following page Hinweis Edits to waveforms can result in one or more waveforms that consist of individual signals with and without collected data e g non cyclic signals with the Same Y plot Y option If an edit creates a waveform with incomplete data all recorded data for that waveform will be discarded The following Edit Menu functions are available for text editing Undo Selection of this item will perform an Undo revert on the last action if possible Possible actions for undo include scaling and zooming of graph wind

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