Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Integration Maintenance Manual Documentation Set User Manual

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Chapter 9B

Integrating Your Teach Pendant

9B-7

Suspend Transmission of Error Messages to the Teach Pendant:

SD1=05

To stop sending error messages to the teach pendant, send a message with

CMD=61 (hex) and SD1=05. For example:

CMD SD1 SD2 SD3 TNS TNS

DLE STX

61

05

00

00

00

06 DLE ETX BCC

The application software responds by ending the transmission of error

messages to the teach pendant.

This request is useful if alternating error messages are being displayed on

the CRT. The teach pendant is sent a message every time the message

toggles on the CRT. This operation uses much of the serial band width.

This is the default at power turn-on.

The control can be commanded to send error messages. It always sends
watchdog signals to the teach pendant. Since these messages are not

individually requested by the teach pendant, they are called unsolicited

messages. These messages send specific data in the DF1 command fields:

Field

Description for Unsolicited Messages

CMD

62 hex indicates an unsolicited message

SD1

identifies the message as watchdog signal or error

message

Receiving Watchdog Signals

The control sends this watchdog signal to the teach pendant according to

the time interval specified in PAL flag $TPWDFQ:

CMD SD1 SD2 SD3 TNS TNS

DLE STX

62

01

00

00

00

02 DLE ETX BCC

The teach pendant must respond to the message before the next one is sent

or the watchdog timeout PAL flag is set to true. Here is a recommended

response:

CMD SD1 SD2 SD3 TNS TNS

DLE STX

62

01

00

00

00

01 DLE ETX BCC

9B.6

Receiving Unsolicited

Messages from the Control

(CMD=62 hex)

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