Get Tool Data

The Get Tool Data action gets general information about the Stahlwille controller. The data returned will vary based upon the software revision level installed on the controller.

Parameters

Parameter Description
Device Input Type The method to supply the device name to the action. The options are:
  • Static - select the device name from the Device Name parameter
  • Dynamic - enter the device name in the Device Name input variable. This allows the device name to be passed to the action during trigger execution
Device Name Select a Stahlwille device.

Displayed when the Static option is selected in the Device Input Type parameter.
Revision Level The software revision level to use when sending the MID0040 request. The options are 1 - 5. Higher revision levels will result in additional data being returned by the controller

Input tab

Parameter Description
Device Name Displayed when the Dynamic option is selected in the Device Input Type parameter.

This variable holds the device name that tool data will be requested from.

Output tab

The revision level describes the minimum level required to retrieve a variable. Revision 5 contains all variables from revision 4, 3, 2, and 1.

Name Revision Level Description
Tool serial number 1+ The tool serial number. 14 ASCII characters
Tool number of tightenings 1+ The number of tightenings a tool has performed.
Last calibration date 1+ The last calibration date as a timestamp.
Controller serial number 1+ The controller serial number. 10 ASCII characters.
Calibration value 2+ The tool calibration value.
Last service date 2+ The last service date as a timestamp.
Tightenings since service 2+ The number of tightenings since last service.
Tool type 2+ The tool type is specified as an integer.

  • 00=No Tool

  • 01=S-tool

  • 02=DS-tool

  • 03=Ref.transducer

  • 04=ST-tool

  • 05=EP-tool

  • 06=ETX-tool

  • 07=SL-tool

  • 08=DL-tool

  • 09=IRC Offline

  • 10=STB-tool

  • 11=QST-tool

  • 12=STT-tool

  • 13=STwrench

  • 14 =ES-tool
Motor size 2+ The motor size is specified as an integer.
  • 00 = no motor
  • 01-99 = motor size xx
  • 10xx = motor size
Open end data 2+ The open end data is specified by 3 ASCII digits.
  • The first digit represents the “use open end”: 1=true, 0=false.
  • The second digit indicates the tightening direction: 0=CW, 1=CCW.
  • The third digit indicates motor rotation: 0=normal, 1=inverted.
Controller software version 2+ The software version is specified by 19 ASCII characters.
Tool max torque 3+ The tool max torque is specified by a float.
Gear ratio 3+ The gear ratio value is specified by a float.
Tool full speed 3+ The tool full speed value is specified by a float.
Primary tool 4+ The primary tool is specified by an unsigned integer.
  • 01=Cable (invalid for IRC-controller)
  • 02=IRC-B,
  • 03=IRC-W
Tool model 5+ The Tool model is specified by 12 ASCII characters.