Rockwell Automation 8520-MUM 9/Series CNC Mill Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set - Manual (Page 511)

Tool Control Functions
Chapter 20
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Entering Specific Tool Data
The following steps describe in detail the method of entering specific tool
data for tool management. This includes tool offset numbers, and expected
tool life:
Important: This section assumes that the steps required to assign tools to
specific groups has been performed as described in section 20.5.2.
1. Press the {OFFSET} softkey.
(softkey level 1)
PRGRAM
MANAGE
OFFSET MACRO
PARAM
QUICK
CHECK
SYSTEM
SUPORT
FRONT
PANEL
ERROR
MESAGE
PASS-
WORD
SWITCH
LANG
2. Press the {TOOL MANAGE} softkey.
(softkey level 2)
WORK
CO-ORD
TOOL
WEAR
TOOL
GEOMET
TOOL
MANAGE
RANDOM
TOOL
COORD
ROTATE
BACKUP
OFFSET
SCALNG
3. Press the {TOOL DATA} softkey. The control will display the
prompt “EDIT GROUP:”.
(softkey level 3)
TOOL
DIR
TOOL
DATA
BACK
DATA
4. Key in the group number to edit using the keys on the operator panel
and press the [TRANSMIT] key. The following screen showing all
the information for that tool group will be displayed.