Method for establishing communication in a machine tool system and a communication apparatus therefor
AssigneeAB Sandvik Coromant
InventorsTennerth HOLMSTROM, Anders GABERT
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Abstract
A method for establishing communication between a control node and a machine in a machine tool system includes notifying the control node of an identifier of the machine. The machine includes a numerical control (NC). The method further includes the steps of retrieving a machine configuration file including machine attributes at the control node based on the identifier; determining a data structure of a data signal transferring information in the machine tool system by interpreting the machine configuration file; and acknowledging from the control node to the machine that communication has been established.
Claims15
A method for establishing communication between a control node and a machine in a machine tool system, comprising the steps of:
- notifying the control node of an identifier of the machine, said machine including a numerical control;
- retrieving a machine configuration file including machine attributes at the control node based on the identifier;
- determining a data structure for a data signal transferring information in the machine tool system by interpreting the machine configuration file;
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- acknowledging from the control node to the machine that communication has been established.
An apparatus for establishing communication between a control node and a machine in a machine tool system, the apparatus comprising:
- a notifying unit configured to notify the control node of an identifier of the machine 12), said machine including a numerical control;
- a retrieving unit configured to retrieve a machine configuration file including machine attributes at the control node based on the identifier;
- a determining unit configured to determine a data structure for a data signal transferring information in the machine tool system, by interpreting the machine configuration file;
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- an acknowledging unit configured to acknowledge from the control node to the machine that the communication is established.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.