HUSKYMACHINEOPERATIONSThismanualdescribestheinterfacebetweenaHuskyInjectionMoldingMachinewiththeHuskyHostInterfaceoptionandtheHostsystem.Anoverviewofthesystemandadetailedcommandsetaregiven.ThismanualisissuedbytheSystemsSoftwareGroup.HUSKYHOSTINTERFACEPROTOCOLSPECIFICATIONSPECIFICATIONSUBJECTTOCHANGEHuskyInjectionMoldingSystemsLtd.MachineOperations560QueenStreetSouthBolton,Ontario,CanadaL7E5S5REVISIONRECORDRevisionDateComments1.0019941212InitialRelease.1.011995411Addedtextdatavariablesupport,reformatted.1.021995515CleanedupperMD,SPCIIandTandemupdates.1.031995728RestoredreferencetoRFC1179forprinting.2.001998417UpdatedforG-Line,addedEventFunction,updatedvariablelist,muchcleanup.2.0119991012AddedStatusFunction.2.0219991108Changereferencesto“Alarm”to“CycleInterruption”Contents1.INTRODUCTION12.SYSTEMOVERVIEW23.FUNCTIONS33.1HostDisplayInterface33.2SendingMachineSet-upstoHost33.3ReceivingMachineSet-upsfromHost43.4ReadProcessData53.5Events53.6CycleInterruptions53.7SPC63.8MachineStatus63.9RemotePrinting64.TECHNICALIMPLEMENTATION74.1CommunicationsInterface74.2ApplicationInterface84.2.1Type1-MachineFunctions84.2.1.1Initializetheconnection114.2.1.2Startofjob124.2.1.3Languages134.2.1.4Listprocessvariable154.2.1.5Readingprocessvariables174.2.1.6Endofcycle184.2.1.7Events194.2.1.8CycleInterruptions204.2.1.9SPCparameters224.2.1.10MachineStatus244.2.1.11Up-loadamachineset-up254.2.1.12Error294.2.2Type2-DisplayInterface304.2.2.1Initializetheconnection314.2.2.2Startorrefreshthedisplay324.2.2.3Stopthedisplay334.2.2.4Key-strokemessage344.2.2.5Screendisplaycommand354.2.2.6Menukeycommand364.2.2.7Errors374.2.3Type3-RemotePrinting37APPENDIXA-PROCESSVARIABLES38APPENDIXB-CYCLEINTERRUPTIONS39APPENDIXC-KEY-STROKES39APPENDIXD-DISPLAYCOMMANDS39APPENDIXE-EVENTTEXTFORMATS391.IntroductionThisdocumentdescribesthefunctionsandinterfaceoftheHuskyHostInterfaceoption.ThisproductisdesignedtoconnectaHuskyMoldingMachinetoahostcomputer,enablingauser-suppliedhostsystemtoobtainprocessvariabledataandmachineevents,receivemachinecycleinterruptions,andSPCinformation(ifequipped),sendandreceivesetupfiles,querymachinestatus,andcommunicatewithshopflooroperatorsviaadedicatedHostTerminalscreenontheHuskyOperatorInterface.Note:TheHuskyHostInterfaceoptiononlysuppliesthesoftwareandhardwareimplementingtheprotocolontheHuskyMoldingMachine.Thehostsystemmustbesuppliedbythecustomerandisnotprovidedwiththisoption.Thedocumentbeginswithanoverviewofatypicalsystem.Thisisfollowedbyadescriptionofuserfunctions,includinghowtheuserviewsthesystem,andthenbyatechnicaldescriptionoftheinterface.Thisinterfaceisdividedintothreelogicalsections,whereeachsectionprovidesadistinctfunction.Themessagesdescribedineachofthesesectionsflowthroughseparatevirtualcommunicationsportsofthenetworkinterface.2.SystemOverviewThedatacommunicationsmessagesbetweenthehostsystemandtheHuskyOperatorInterface(OI)aresentviaanEthernetconnectionusingTCP/IPsocketstreams.(seeFigure1).Processdata,events,cycleinterruptions,SPCinformation,machineset-upinformation,machinestatus,andterminalcommandsaretransmittedbetweenthehostandthemoldingmachines.ThehostcommunicationsoptionalsoaddsremoteprintingcapabilitiestotheHuskyOI,allowingamachineoperatortouseaprintersupportedbytheprinthost.ThehostsystemandtheprinthostshownbelowinFigure1aredepictedasseparatenodesonthenetwork,buttheymaybeconfiguredona...
