Parameter management apparatus and parameter management system
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorSatoshi Uchida
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Abstract
A numerical controller according to the present invention stores comparative relationship between parameters related to setting of the numerical controller, extracts data having comparative relationship among parameters related to the setting of the numerical controller based on the stored comparative relationship, and causes a display to display the data having the comparative relationship in association with each other.
Claims16
A parameter management apparatus configured to manage parameters related to setting of a numerical controller that controls a machine tool having a plurality of drive shafts, the parameter management apparatus comprising:
- a parameter storage for storing identification information on the parameters related to the setting of the numerical controller and data of the parameters, wherein the identification information and the data are stored in relation to each other;
- a comparative relationship storage for storing comparative relationship between pieces of the data stored in the parameter storage;
- a comparative parameter extractor configured to extract the pieces of the data having comparative relationship from the parameters stored in the parameter storage, based on the comparative relationship stored in the comparative relationship storage;
- a parameter comparator configured to compare the pieces of the data having the comparative relationship, wherein the pieces of the data include a function of the numerical controller and the plurality of drive shafts driven by the function;
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- a display processor configured to cause a display to display the pieces of the data having the comparative relationship in relation to each other, wherein
- the display processor is configured to cause the display to
- display the pieces of the data including the function of the numerical controller, the plurality of drive shafts driven by the function, the parameters of the function, and values of the parameters of the function, and
- indicate a value of the values of the parameters of the function being different from other values of the values of the parameters of the function as a result of comparison by the parameter comparator, and
- the parameter management apparatus is configured to manage the parameters to control the machine tool having the plurality of drive shafts.
A parameter management system configured to set a plurality of numerical controllers each for controlling a corresponding machine tool having a plurality of drive shafts, the parameter management system comprising:
- a parameter storage for storing identification information on parameters related to the setting of each numerical controller of the plurality of numerical controllers and data of the parameters, wherein the identification information and the data are stored in relation to each other;
- a comparative relationship storage for storing comparative relationship between pieces of the data stored in the parameter storage;
- a comparative parameter extractor configured to extract the pieces of the data having comparative relationship from the parameters stored in the parameter storage, based on the comparative relationship stored in the comparative relationship storage;
- a parameter comparator for comparing the pieces of the data having the comparative relationship, wherein the pieces of the data include a function of said each numerical controller and the plurality of drive shafts of the corresponding machine tool driven by the function;
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- a display processor for causing a display to display the pieces of the data having the comparative relationship in relation to each other, wherein
- the display processor is configured to cause the display to
- display the pieces of the data including the function of said each numerical controller, the plurality of drive shafts of the corresponding machine tool driven by the function, the parameters of the function, and values of the parameters of the function, and
- indicate a value of the values of the parameters of the function being different from other values of the values of the parameters of the function as a result of comparison by the parameter comparator, and
- the parameter management system is configured to manage the parameters to control the corresponding machine tool having the plurality of drive shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.