Design of a man-machine interface for a computerized numerical controller

Author

Pie, B. ; Decotignie, J.-D.

Author_Institution

Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

1991

fDate

28 Oct-1 Nov 1991

Firstpage

932

Abstract

The authors deal with the design and implementation of the operator console module developed for a computerized numerical controller (CNC) project. An object-oriented development method was used. The implementation language chosen was Ada, and the target was an IBM-PC AT 286 board. The problem has been solved in a way that gives the final software some important properties, such as reusability, maintainability, and portability. The points discussed include the management of concurrent activities with a possible multiwindow display. An example is given of the design method by applying it to create a text editor

Keywords

computerised numerical control; controllers; microcomputer applications; object-oriented programming; user interfaces; Ada; CNC; IBM-PC AT 286 board; computerized numerical controller; concurrent activities; maintainability; man-machine interface; multiwindow display; object-oriented development method; object-oriented programming; operator console module; portability; reusability; text editor; user interfaces; Computer integrated manufacturing; Computer interfaces; Computer numerical control; Control systems; Displays; Error correction; Machine tools; Machining; Statistics; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1991. Proceedings. IECON '91., 1991 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kobe

Print_ISBN

0-87942-688-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1991.239165

Filename

239165