Patent ID: 8545233
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G05B,G06F,G09B

Abstract:
1. A machine tool control simulator for a machine tool control having a plurality of first user-actuatable devices and a first display screen, the simulator comprising: a console simulating a user interface configured for programming of the machine tool control, which controls a motion of a machine tool, the user interface corresponding to a conversation programming interface or a numerical control (“NC”) programming interface, the console including: a laptop computer including a keyboard and an attached second display screen, wherein the laptop computer is coupled to the communication medium; a transparent touch screen coupled to the laptop computer for receiving a second user input, said transparent touch screen is overlaid on said second display screen, the laptop computer being coupled to the communication medium to thereby receive the at least first user input, the laptop computer being configured to display images on the second display screen in response to the at least first user input, the images simulating the first display screen of the user interface of the machine tool control in response to the at least first user input.