Control Unit

Operation mode

Description

Control unit to switch over the operation mode and poll the current state of operation mode management, including flow control of user data.

Data type

MC_CONTROL_MCM_MODE_STATE_UNIT, see description Control Unit with usage check

ST path

gpCh[channel_idx]^.channel_mc_control.mode_and_state

Commanded, requested data

ST element

.command_w

.request_r

Data type

HLI_PROC_TRANS_TO_MODE_STATE

Access

PLC writes command_w and reads request_r

Return data

ST element

.state_r

Data type

HLI_IMCM_MODE_STATE

Access

PLC reads

Flow control of commanded value

ST element

.command_semaphor_rw

Data type

BOOL

Value range

[TRUE, FALSE]

Special features

Consumption data item

Access

CNC accepts the commanded data if this element has the value TRUE and sets this element to the value FALSE after complete acceptance of the data.

PLC can write data for commanding if this element has the value FALSE. The PLC sets this element to the value TRUE if all data to be commanded is written.

Flow control of requested data

ST element

.request_semaphor_rw

Data type

BOOL

Value range

[TRUE, FALSE]

Special features

Consumption data item

Access

CNC writes the data requested by the GUI if this element is FALSE and then sets this element to TRUE.

PLC reads the data requested by the GUI if this value is TRUE. After the PLC fully accepts the data, the PLC sets this element to FALSE.