Fanuc Ladder III

Engineer FANUC Ladder III

Life-Cycle Management for PMC Ladders

FANUC Ladder III is the primary tool used to create, debug and document the CNC-to-machine, PMC Ladder interface. Machine tool builders and retrofitters can add value by add unique capabilities to their total machine solution. End-users take advantage of the advanced troubleshooting tools to quickly diagnose CNC-to-machine interface related problems.

Enhanced Capabilities
FANUC Ladder III is continuously being enhanced to support new CNC models from GE Fanuc, and to increase the productivity of PMC ladder development.

  • Install FANUC Ladder III on the latest PC hardware with Windows Vista compatibility
  • Create your own proprietary PMC ladder building blocks using the Function Block function
  • Complete 3xi-Series support with Extended PMC Ladder Instructions
  • Enhanced version control with PMC Ladder Difference Print function
  • Improved reusability with copy and past ladder between different PMC types
  • Faster address edits with address range search and replace
  • Expanded the settable number of contacts and coils per row to 32
  • Faster PMC development when used with NCGuidePro Software Simulator

Basic Features
FANUC Ladder III includes the functionality to manage the total PMC ladder development and support life cycle.

  • Upload, download and real-time monitoring of PMC Ladders using Ethernet or RS-232, depending on the PMC model being used
  • Creating, viewing, editing, and saving of ladder sequence programs
  • Monitoring and debugging ladder sequence programs including displaying the signal status, signal trace and analysis, alarms, and PMC status, and online monitoring
  • Setting and displaying PMC parameters
  • Executing and stopping sequence programs
  • Transfer to and from the PMC RAM
  • Writing to the PMC Flash ROM
  • Documenting and printing PMC Ladder and reference information

PMCs Supported
FANUC Ladder III can be used for Ladder development for PMCs used in most current GE Fanuc CNCs.

  • PMC models PA1/PA3/SA1/SA2/SA3/SA5/SB/SB2/SB3/SB4/SB5/SB6/SB7/SC/SC3/SC4/NB/NB2/NB6 (refer to Ladder Language Programming Manual B-61863E)
  • All 3xi-Series PMCs ( refer to PMC Programming Manual B-63983EN)