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US 10,416,653 B2Granted
Parameter setting device and parameter setting method
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsKazuomi Maeda, Kunihiro Honma
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Abstract
A parameter setting device sets parameters for driving a machine in which a numerical controller is incorporated. The parameter setting device uses a machine configuration file in which information is described pertaining to the configuration of the machine. Furthermore, the parameter setting device is equipped with a parameter generating unit for generating parameters based on the machine configuration file, and a parameter setting unit for setting the generated parameters in the numerical controller.
Claims10
A parameter setting device configured to set parameters for driving a machine in which a numerical controller is incorporated, comprising:
- a machine configuration file in which information is described pertaining to a configuration of the machine;
- a parameter generating unit configured to generate parameters for driving the machine, based on the machine configuration file;
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- a parameter setting unit configured to set the generated parameters in the numerical controller, wherein the machine configuration file contains:
- order information including information of a model of the numerical controller, a type and number of motors, and a type and number of amplifiers;
- connection information indicative of wire connections in the machine;
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- machine information including information of a configuration of axes of the machine,
- wherein the parameter setting device further comprises a file construction unit configured to acquire or generate the machine configuration file and wherein the file construction unit comprises a file supplementing unit having a supplementary table including the order information, the connection information, and the machine information, and in a case that a portion from among the order information, the connection information, and the machine information is insufficient in the machine configuration file that was acquired or generated by the file construction unit, the file supplementing unit supplements the insufficient portion of the information automatically from the supplementary table and, wherein the file supplementing unit, when automatically supplementing the insufficient portion of the information from the supplementary table, in a case that information requiring confirmation by an operator is to be added, adds information indicative of non-confirmation to the machine configuration file;
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- the parameter generating unit, when generating the parameters for driving the machine, generates a parameter indicative of non-confirmation, based on the information indicative of non-confirmation.
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A parameter setting method for setting parameters for driving a machine in which a numerical controller is incorporated, comprising:
- a step of acquiring or generating a machine configuration file in which information is described pertaining to a configuration of the machine;
- a parameter generating step of generating, by a parameter generating unit of a device, parameters for driving the machine based on the machine configuration file;
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- a parameter setting step of setting, by a parameter setting unit of a device, the generated parameters in the numerical controller, wherein the machine configuration file contains:
- order information including information of a model of the numerical controller, a type and number of motors, and a type and number of amplifiers;
- connection information indicative of wire connections in the machine;
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- machine information including information of a configuration of axes of the machine,
- wherein the parameter setting device further comprises a file construction unit configured to acquire or generate the machine configuration file and wherein the file construction unit comprises a file supplementing unit having a supplementary table including the order information, the connection information, and the machine information, and in a case that a portion from among the order information, the connection information, and the machine information is insufficient in the machine configuration file that was acquired or generated by the file construction unit, the file supplementing unit supplements the insufficient portion of the information automatically from the supplementary table and, wherein the file supplementing unit, when automatically supplementing the insufficient portion of the information from the supplementary table, in a case that information requiring confirmation by an operator is to be added, adds information indicative of non-confirmation to the machine configuration file;
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- the parameter generating unit, when generating the parameters for driving the machine, generates a parameter indicative of non-confirmation, based on the information indicative of non-confirmation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.