06.93 10 Axis and Spindle Installation
10.2.4 Resolution codes
10.2.4 Resolution codes

The following Table shows the codes for the various types of resolution.

Alarm 4 ("Illegal input system") is issued when illegal values are entered as machine data. NC

MD 5002, bit 4 is used to identify the units system. Metric input system G71 (bit 4 = 0) is the

reset state.

Table of resolution codes

0 1 0 0 = standard machine data

NC MD 5002

NC MD 1800*

NC MD 1800*

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Input resolution
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Display resolution
Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Pos. contr. resol.
0000 –––––––– 10
-1
[mm]
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-1
[degr.]
100010
-2
[mm]
[degr.] 10
-2
[mm]
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-2
[mm]
[degr.]
010010
-3
[mm]
[degr.] 10
-3
[mm]
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-3
[mm]
[degr.]
1100 –––––––– –––––––– 2 x 10
-4
[mm]
[degr.]
001010
-4
[mm]
[degr.] 10
-4
[mm]
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-4
[mm]
[degr.]
101010
-5
[mm]
[degr.] 10
-5
[mm]
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-5
[mm]
[degr.]
0110 –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
1110 –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
0001 –––––––– 10
-1
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-1
[degr.]
1001 –––––––– 10
-2
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-2
[degr.]
010110
-3
[inch]
[degr.] 10
-3
[inch]
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-3
[inch]
[degr.]
110110
-4
[inch]
[degr.] 10
-4
[inch]
[degr.] 0..5 x 10
-4
[inch]
[degr.]
0011 –––––––– –––––––– 2 x
10
-5
[inch]
101110
-5
[inch]
[degr.] 10
-5
[inch]
[degr.] 0.5 x 10
-5
[inch]
[degr.]
011110
-6
[inch]
[degr.] –––––––– ––––––––
1111 –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

Metric

(degrees)

Inches

(degrees)

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