### Step 1: Rotary Table Physical Configuration

To define the Physical configuration for your Rotary Table for use with PC-DMIS NC:

1. Click Define Machine in the CNC Server program.

2. Select the needed machine configuration from the list and click Modify.

3. Open the Physical tab of the MachineDefinition dialog box.

MachineDefintion - Physical tab

4. Specify the Minus Limit and Plus Limit for your Rotary Table. The limits can be set to zero if no limit checking is required. Values less than the minus limit and greater than the plus limit will not be sent to the control.

5. Provide the CNC Address for controls to report the rotary table position for measurements.

6. Specify the Max Velocity of your Rotary Table. The product of this value and the percentage of maximum speed for PC-DMIS moves is used to define the feed rate of table moves.

7. Specify the Number of tables if you are configuring your system to use Dual Rotary or Stacked Rotary tables.

8. Select the CNC Axis that corresponds to each rotary table that is used to generate table motion. Select A, B or C. The first item in the list refers to the PC-DMIS W axis and the second line refers to the V axis. PC-DMIS assumes that the W axis is stacked on top of the V axis.

9. Adjust the Wrist joint values as needed. See the "Working with a Multi-Axis Wrist" topic for more information on these values.

10. Specify the Unlock Table command that is used to unlock the table before rotation can occur. Likewise, provide the Lock Table command that is used after rotation.

11. Axes Map maps the controller axis registers to a named axis for Fanuc style controls. The first axis shown is mapped to the first axis register. ‘b’ symbols are spacers to skip unassigned axes. The example show maps the X,A,Y,Z,C and B axes to position registers 5001,5007 – 5011.

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