Methods, systems, and devices for determining a machining process in a CAM system where the determining is based on CNC machine capabilities, user defined process constraints, and CNC machine configurations.

In a numerical control system including a numerical controller and a plurality of I/O units, a serial communication signal monitoring circuit is included inside the I/O unit to monitor a serial communication signal (data and an idle signal). When a state is detected in which a serial communication signal is high or low for a predetermined time or longer, the numerical control system acknowledges the state as disconnection of the serial communication signal, and generates a reset pulse signal to reset an internal register of the I/O unit. With this configuration, when the power supply of the numerical controller is turned off/on, it is unnecessary to turn off/on the power supply of the I/O unit.

Gauge system, including methods and apparatus, for positioning workpieces according to entered and/or calculated target dimensions and processing the workpieces with a tool to generate products having the target dimensions.

A numerical control device includes at least an operation-pattern storage unit that stores operation patterns each including commands for causing operations by a peripheral device to be executed, the commands using a shaft configuration of the peripheral device, a unique M code, or a moving amount of the peripheral device as variables, a machine-information storage unit that stores machine information in which a value with respect to each of the variables is specified for a shaft of the peripheral device or for the unique M code, and a program analysis unit that when a command in a received numerical control program is a command for the peripheral device, acquires an operation pattern corresponding to an argument indicating the operation pattern and delivers the operation pattern to a peripheral-device operation generation unit together with a moving amount indicated by an argument indicating the moving amount of the peripheral device.

Methods, systems, and devices for determining a machining process in a CAM system where the determining is based on CNC machine capabilities, user defined process constraints, and CNC machine configurations.

Methods, systems, and devices for determining a machining process in a CAM system where the determining is based on CNC machine capabilities, user defined process constraints, and CNC machine configurations.