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To report Mazak machine data to your applications you have to be able to acquire it from your devices. For Mazak machines equipped with Mazatrol & Matrix controllers that are connected to your company network via Ethernet you can use the utility program MTConnect.exe (GUI) to do so. This article contains instructions on controller setup and test of data acquisition.

CONTROLLER SETUP | TEST PROGRAM | SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD | USAGE | ADAPTED CONTROLLERS

CONTROLLER SETUP

MAZATROL SMOOTHC / SMART CNC

• Update NC software of the controller at least to the version shown under Adapted Controllers
• Install and configure MTConnect SMART Adapter (Part# CCWMPD0740E) on a PC with Ethernet that is reachable by your company network and the controller

MAZATROL SMOOTHX / SMOOTHG

• Update NC software of the controller at least to the version shown under Adapted Controllers
• Install and configure MTConnect Adapter (Part# CCWMPD0600E) at the controller

MAZATROL FUSION CNC

• Update NC software of the controller at least to the version shown under Adapted Controllers
• Install and configure MTConnect Adapter according to your CNC OS (Windows 95 Part# CCWMPD0720E, Windows 2000 Part #CCWMPD0730E) at the controller

MATRIX CNC

• Update NC software of the controller at least to the version shown under Adapted Controllers
• Install and configure MTConnect Adapter (Part# CCWMPD0690E or Part# CCWMPD0700E) at the controller
  
  
• Note: For any of the above controllers do NOT install the Agent software supplied with the Adapter

MAZAK TEST PROGRAM

To see and test data output from Mazak machines you need the program MTConnect.exe. It allows you to read machine data output by the Mazak MTConnect Adapter that may be installed directly at the controller or on a remote PC. Data output by both variants can also be accessed from a remote PC.

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD

USAGE

Extract all content of MTConnect.zip to a folder on your PC and double click MTConnect.exe. If you run the program directly at the controller or PC that runs the Mazak MTConnect Adapter you can simply click on button [Connect] to get data. Otherwise you have to enter the IP Address or DNS Hostname of the device with the Mazak MTConnect (1) and the appropriate Port (2) default = 7878. To avoid that the controller automatically disconnects you have to set a suitable ping interval (3) default = 10 sec.

FIG 2:    Mazak test program

After clicking button [Connect] initially the controller outputs one line with ALL items (5) acquired from your machine to the test program. After that, the device outputs only data for items that have changed (6). If you check 'Show Ping' (4) the program additionally outputs ping and pong communication between test program and controller. As described in ‘MTConnect Overview’ a line output by a controller adapter starts with a timestamp in UTC or local time followed by key | value pairs delimited by a pipe character ‘|’.

• Notes: Diagnostic messages output by MTConnect.exe like ‘Agent received: ’ are added by MTConnect.exe, they are not part of the adapter output. Sending commands other than * PING to the controller does not have any effect as the Mazak machine software is 'read only' by design.

ADAPTED CONTROLLERS

Controller	NC Software Version	Mazak Machine Models
640T NEXUS	BND365W004B8G	Quick Turn
640M NEXUS	BND360W004ABD	M/C
640T/MT/TE	BND36_W000DDG	QT, Integrex, MPX
640M/M-5X	BND360W000CGG BND378W000ACG	M/C
640MPro	BND398W000ABP	Integrex e-series
640T NEXUS	BND36_W006A8G	Quick Turn
640M NEXUS	BND360W006A9D	M/C
640T/MT/TE	BND36_W002A8G	Integrex, MPX
640M/M-5X	BND360W002AAG BND378W002A9G	M/C
640MTPro	BND399W000ABD	INTE MK3
640MPro	BND398W002A5P	Integrex e-series
MATRIX	E0	e-series, Ramtec
MATRIX	C4B	INTEGREX-IV
MATRIX	D4	Versatech
MATRIX	C3	CTT, HQR, MP-II
MATRIX	D3	VRX, VRX-II, VRX-T, SVC
MATRIX	D3	VTC
MATRIX NEXUS	D4	VCN, HCN, FJV mk2
MATRIX NEXUS	D4	QTN-II, MTM, STN, CT
Matrix	C9	Integrex i150-series
Matrix	D1	Integrex i200-series
Matrix	D2	Integrex j-series
MATRIX II	All	All Machine Models
SMART CNC	Turn AFE Mill ADE	All Machine Models
Smooth X/G CNC	All	All Machine Models
Mitsubishi M700	All	Orbitec, Specials
Smooth C CNC	Turn:A2 Mill:A3	All Machine Models