The tool load and unload dialog of the Siemens tool management system provides a link to an automatic tool identification system, e.g., SIMATIC Ident. This means that you can automatically read and write to the tool code carrier, instead of having to manually enter tool data.

When unloading, the data record for the tool is saved; when loading, it is read via the code carrier and entered in the tool management system. In the interim, the tool data can be re-edited as during tool selection from the tool catalog, e.g., offset
data.

Using an editable description file containing precisely defined tool and cutting data, the code carrier data are converted during
loading into dialog data, which can be read by the tool management. When unloading, the dialog data is converted back into code carrier data using the description file.