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Function Manual 802DSL PDF
Function Manual 802DSL PDF
SINUMERIK 840D sl
SINUMERIK Integrate
Run MyVNCK
Restrictions
Function Manual
Valid for
Control Version
SINUMERIK 840D sl 4.5 SP2
Software
SINUMERIK Integrate Run MyVNCK 4.5 SP1
05/2013
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Warning notice system
This manual contains notices you have to observe in order to ensure your personal safety, as well as to prevent
damage to property. The notices referring to your personal safety are highlighted in the manual by a safety alert
symbol, notices referring only to property damage have no safety alert symbol. These notices shown below are
graded according to the degree of danger.
DANGER
indicates that death or severe personal injury will result if proper precautions are not taken.
WARNING
indicates that death or severe personal injury may result if proper precautions are not taken.
CAUTION
with a safety alert symbol, indicates that minor personal injury can result if proper precautions are not taken.
CAUTION
without a safety alert symbol, indicates that property damage can result if proper precautions are not taken.
NOTICE
indicates that an unintended result or situation can occur if the relevant information is not taken into account.
If more than one degree of danger is present, the warning notice representing the highest degree of danger will
be used. A notice warning of injury to persons with a safety alert symbol may also include a warning relating to
property damage.
Qualified Personnel
The product/system described in this documentation may be operated only by personnel qualified for the specific
task in accordance with the relevant documentation, in particular its warning notices and safety instructions.
Qualified personnel are those who, based on their training and experience, are capable of identifying risks and
avoiding potential hazards when working with these products/systems.
WARNING
Siemens products may only be used for the applications described in the catalog and in the relevant technical
documentation. If products and components from other manufacturers are used, these must be recommended
or approved by Siemens. Proper transport, storage, installation, assembly, commissioning, operation and
maintenance are required to ensure that the products operate safely and without any problems. The permissible
ambient conditions must be complied with. The information in the relevant documentation must be observed.
Trademarks
All names identified by are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. The remaining trademarks in this publication
may be trademarks whose use by third parties for their own purposes could violate the rights of the owner.
Disclaimer of Liability
We have reviewed the contents of this publication to ensure consistency with the hardware and software
described. Since variance cannot be precluded entirely, we cannot guarantee full consistency. However, the
information in this publication is reviewed regularly and any necessary corrections are included in subsequent
editions.
1 Restrictions .................................................................................................. 5
Please check the software release of the CNC on the machine. Correct start-up
and simulation of the motion and timing response can only be ensured if the
machine data also match those of an NCK 4.5 SP2 on the CNC 840D sl.
VNCK has been designed to simulate an NC part program with a high level of
consistency with the machine.
In particular, the creator does not guarantee the following when performing
simulations using control and position values generated by the VNCK:
1. The execution of the VNCK simulation in either case.
2. The proper material removal at the workpiece for any movement.
3. The detection of all collisions in the machine area between the machine room
components, the workpiece, the clamping devices and tools.
4. The evidence that any collision reported by the software is a real collision.
5. The evidence that the movement behavior of a simulated machine always
corresponds to the movement behavior of a real machine.
! Warning
VNCK must not be used to optimize or modify the CNC machine data. Never load
machine data or start-up archives that have been processed by VNCK into the
CNC on the machine tool.
For known issues with 3rd party software please look at the chapter 1.14.
1.4 Deinstallation
The following steps must be executed manually, when deinstalling VNCK software:
The path to the VNCK installation folder will remain in the Windows PATH
variable.
The environment variable HMI_INSTALL_DIR will not be deleted during
VNCK deinstallation.
If more than one VNCK version was installed to the computer and one or
more of them ran using HMI Base, the content and mmc.ini settings of the
user folders of HMI Base must be checked after deinstallation of VNCK for
consistency. Alternatively a re-installation of the remaining VNCK versions
is required.
After deinstallation of HMI Base/HMI-Advanced the installation folders of
this software components need to be deleted.
Additionally the registry entries
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens\AUTSW\SIN_HMI-ADV
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens\AUTSW\SIN_HMI-BAS
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens\Shared Tools\HMI-Base
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens\SINUMERIK\HMI-Advanced
need to be deleted.
After deinstallation of SINUMERIK Operate the installation folders of this
software component needs to be deleted.
Additionally the registry entries
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens\AUTSW\SIN_HMISL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens\SINUMERIK\HMI sl
need to be deleted.
The environment variable HMI_INSTALL_DIR needs to be deleted.
When deinstalling one VNCK version HMI Base services are deinstalled as
well. The remaining VNCK version must be reinstalled with option HMI
Base.
VNCK has been designed to simulate either a single NCU or a NCU link system
with up to three NCUs.
SIMATIC STEP7:
Running SIMATIC STEP7 on the same PC as VPLC has not been tested. Although
the configuration may succeed sometimes, Siemens will take no responsibility for a
correct behaviour of this system. Please use a separate PC with STEP7 to connect
to VPLC using a standard Ethernet connection. VPLC inherits the IP-Address from
the Host-PC it is executed on.
A compatible version of the PLC Toolbox 840D sl required for SIMATIC STEP7 to
work with VPLC. The PLC application has to include a matching version of the
basic program (Grundprogramm). Please check VNCK_server_versions.txt for
the enclosed version of the NCK system software.
VPLC:
The integrated PLC version is based on PLC firmware version 20.70.45 of PLC
317-2DP (released with SINUMERIK V2.7 SP1). It does not support firmware
version 32.71.07 of PLC 317-3DP/PN (released with SINUMERIK V4.5 SP1) or
higher.
In version VNCK4.5 SP1 however the VPLC was extended to be compatible with
Profibus-based hardware configurations.
Profinet-based hardware configurations are not supported.
The real PLC controller 317-3DP/PN comes with some additional PLC functions,
which are not supported by VPLC. The following PLC functions are not supported
by VPLC:
Safety:
A SINUMERIK Safety Integrated configuration is not supported by VNCK with
VPLC. However, it is possible to download a SINUMERIK Safety Integrated
configuration to VNCK with VPLC, as the system will adjust the settings in the
archives accordingly to run with VNCK and VPLC.
When a VPLC unit is running simulation has to provide a virtual machine control
panel vMCP using the delivered API.
The software HMI-Advanced for PC can only be used with restrictions (e.g. missing
VPLC or drives) or with special extensions in connection with VNCK. The
connection between HMI-Advanced for PC and VNCK was tested exclusive.
Note
HMI-Advanced full version must not be installed to the standard program folder
(e.g. c:\program files\...). Instead c:\HMIAdv is suggested.
The software SINUMERIK Operate for PC can only be used with restrictions (e.g.
missing VPLC or drives) or with special extensions in connection with VNCK. The
connection between SINUMERIK Operate for PC and VNCK was tested exclusive.
Note
SINUMERIK Operate full version must not be installed to the standard program
folder (e.g. c:\program files\...). Instead c:\Siemens\SINUMERIK\HMIsl\... is
suggested.
If more than one version of SINUMERIK Operate shall be used with VNCK, it is
necessary to install SINUMERIK Operate to version specific folders. The default
installation path does not contain a version specific part, thus would overwrite
existing versions.
Additionally the environment variable HMI_INSTALL_DIR must point to the
SINUMERIK Operate installation to be used with VNCK before VNCK is started.
Since Windows messages are usually sent to all top-level windows in the system,
When a DDE connection is opened, only the DCTL control should be used to
access process variables. The DCTL control reduces the number of cases where
messages are sent to existing top-level windows upon opening a DDE connection,
and uses timeouts to prevent the continuous blocking of an application.
In order to minimize the risk of blocking an HMI application, it is recommended to
set up a hotlink to a process variable via a DCTL control when launching the
application, and to keep the hotlink as long as the application is running.