OVERVIEW | HEIDENHAIN

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For machines with Heidenhain TNC/iTNC controllers CNCnetPDM enables you to acquire and monitor machine-, process-, part-counter and quality-data and integrate it seamlessly with your business information systems. It also enables to write and change data on these devices.

BENEFITS

CNCnetPDM for Heidenhain is a worldwide unique software solution that allows you to

• Read machine data from oldest (TNC 426) to newest (TNC 7) controllers within a single instance of the program
• Automatically output comparable Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) machine states
• Acquire part counter data
• Communicate with machines that do not have Heidenhain DNC Option 18
• Work with secure communication (SSH) (TNC 320 -> TNC 7)
• Read & write machine parameters with your own applications
• Read & write Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) data by usage of symbolic PLC address names (TNC 320 -> TNC 7)
• Deliver data to OPC UA, MTConnect and SQL Databases

CNCnetPDM for Heidenhain comes with a free license and can immediately be used without a 'book a free demo' or 'call us for details' procedure.

CNCnetPDM Heidenhain IIoT Interfaces

Data that can be read from or written TO Heidenhain controllers

USAGE

Read typical machine data (GUI program)

Please start by following the instructions for reading of typical machine data and Heidenhain controller setup for iTNC and TNC controllers.

Machine monitoring & control

Monitoring of machine data with sampling rates down to 1 second and writing of PLC data and machine parameters is provided by our IIoT Adapter for Heidenhain machine monitoring.

Heidenhain Option 18 (DNC)

For data acquisition from controllers that do NOT have DNC Option 18 activated see these how-to instructions.

Part counters

For automatic acquisition of Heidenhain part counter data see our article on reading of Heidenhain workpiece counters.

Read PLC data (GUI program)

With Heidenhain PLC you can read PLC data from different areas, scan ranges of PLC addresses and search for target values.

Read & write PLC data and machine parameters (GUI program)

The tool Heidenhain PLC RW enables you to write and read PLC data as well as machine parameters.

All acquired data can easily be accessed and used by your own applications. Device data can directly be modified from your program. For bidirectional communication between machines with Heidenhain controllers connected to CNCnetPDM and your applications you can use our free Open Source Client (C-Sharp)