NCT Group Lathe NCT 100T User Manual

NCT 100T

NCT 990T

NCT 2000T

Controls for Lathes

Operator`s Manual

Valid from software version x.057

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1 Operator’s Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.1 The NC Control Panel: Display Unit and Data Input Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.1.1 Data Input Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.1.2 Information Displayed in General Displaying Area and the Status Bar . . . . . . . . 11

1.1.3 Indication of Ready Status of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.2 Machine Control Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 General Operating Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.1 Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2 Action Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.3 Data Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3 General Displaying Areas and Actions Executed on Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 POSITION Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.2 CHECK Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.2.1 PROGRAM TEXT Screen, Listing of Running Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.2.2 FUNCTION Screen, Subprogram and Macro Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.2.3 LAST and ACTIVE screens. G Codes and Compensations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.2.4 OPERATOR’S PANEL Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.2.5 MESSAGES Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.3 PROGRAM Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.3.1 DIRECTORY Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.3.2 VIEW Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.3.3 EDIT Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.3.4 BLOCK INPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.4 OFFSETS Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.4.1 WORK OFFSETS Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.4.2 TOOL OFFSETS Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3.4.3 WORK OFFSET MEASURE Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3.4.4 TOOL LENGTH OFFSET MEASURE Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.4.5 RELATIVE POSITION OFFSETS Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.5 GRAPHIC POSITION Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.5.1 GRAPHIC PARAMETERS Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.5.2 DRAW Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3.6 SETTING Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.6.1 Screen of LOCAL MACRO VARIABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.6.2 Screen of COMMON MACRO VARIABLES #100–#199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.6.3 Screen of COMMON MACRO VARIABLES #500–#599 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

3.6.4 TIMER AND COUNTER Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.6.5 TOOL POT TABLE Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.6.6 PLC TABLE Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

3.6.7 USER’S PARAMETERS Screen (User’s Params) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

3.6.8 SECURITY PANEL Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4 Editing Part Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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4.1 Structure of Part Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

4.2 Division of EDIT Screen during Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4.3 Basic Editing Functions: Typing, Cursor Moving, Delete, Insert, Select . . . . . . . . . . 59

4.4 Editor Action Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4.5 File Actions: Save, Save as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4.6 Edit Actions: Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Find and Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4.7 Insert Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

4.8 Actions of Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

4.9 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5 Switching Over Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

6 Manual Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

6.1 Manual Reference Point Return Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

6.2 Jog Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

6.3 Incremental Jog Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.4 Manual Handle Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

7 Actions Executed in Manual Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

7.1 Single Block Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

7.2 Work Zero Point Offset and Tool Length Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

7.2.1 Work Zero Point Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

7.2.2 Tool Length Offset Measurement inside the Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

7.2.3 Automatic Tool Length Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.2.4 Calibrating Tool Offset Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

8 Modes of Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.1 Automatic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.1.1 Program Execution in DNC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.2 Edit Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8.3 Manual Data Input Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

9 Override Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

9.1 Feedrate Override Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

9.2 Rapid Traverse Override Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

9.3 Spindle Speed Override Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

10 Program Execution Start and Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

10.1 Starting Program Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

10.2 Feed Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

10.3 RESET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

10.4 Programmed Stop: M00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

10.5 Conditional Stop: M01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

10.6 End of Program: M02, M30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

11 Intervention in the Course of Program Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

11.1 Conditional Block Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

11.2 Increasing Feedrate by Means of Rapid Traverse Jog Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

11.3 Intervention by Means of Manual Handle in Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

12 Debugging the Part Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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12.1 Single Block Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

12.2 Dry Run (All Feedrates at High Speed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

12.3 Machine Lock Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

12.4 Other Locking Possibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

12.5 Test Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

13 Interruption and Restart of Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

13.1 Interruption of Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

13.2 Restart of the Automatic Operation. Modal Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

13.3 Unconditional Restart of Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

13.4 Automatic Operation Restart with BLOCK RESTART Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

13.4.1 Return to the Block Start Position by Means of Manual Operation . . . . . . . . . 109

13.4.2 Return to Block Start Position in Automatic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

13.4.3 Cases of Return by Means of BLOCK RESTART Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

13.5 Automatic Mode Restart with BLOCK RETURN Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

13.5.1 Return to the Interruption Point by Means of Manual Operation . . . . . . . . . . 113

13.5.2 Return to the Interruption Point in Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

13.5.3 Cases of Return by Means of Condition BLOCK RETURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

13.6 Automatic Operation Start after Block Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

13.6.1 Pointing at the Desired Block. Entering the Repetition Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

13.6.2 Command SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

13.6.3 Command GOTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

13.6.4 Search for INTERRUPTED Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

14 Listing of Messages and their Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

14.1 Local Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

14.2 Global Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

14.3 Listing of Global Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Alphabetical index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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Introduction

Dear User,

Thank you for having opted for one of our NCT100T, NCT990T, or NCT2000T control

systems. It is hoped sincerely that you will be always satisfied in your work with its facilities.

It should be remembered that the skill of operating the machine can only be learnt in the

possession of the part programming fundamentals. Similarly, no programming is feasible unless

the skills of machine operation are acquired.

THE MACHINE CANNOT BE MANIPULATED OR OPERATED IN SAFETY UNLESS

YOU CAN INTERPRET THE PART PROGRAM AND CHECK IT FOR CORRECT-

NESS!

THE OPERATOR OF THE MACHINE MUST ALWAYS FORESEE ALL CONSE-

QUENCES OF HIS/HER INTERVENTIONS!

Conditions of Operation and Storage

The control system may be operated at an ambient temperature between +10 and +50/C; It

must not be turned on at any other temperature. The programs in the memory cannot be

warranted for preservation if the control is stored at a temperature below +10/C. The storage

temperature range is -10 to +50/C.

The control unit is cooled by one or two built-in fans. The fan with a filter, mounted on top of

the electronic section, should produce a slight over-pressure inside the cabinet. It should be

made sure that the external and the built-in fans are not working against each other. The

cleanliness of the filter of the external fan, or if necessary, a replacement thereof is a basic

condition for the faultless operation of the control system. It is forbidden to open the door of

the cabinet of electronic section (or to disassemble the unit) for aeration or any other purpose

while the control system is under power. It is also forbidden and involves the loss of the

warranty to remove, repair or subsequently adjust the PC boards of the control system. The

only exceptions are the replacements of the 1.6 and 6.3 fuses on the front panel of the PC

board of the power supply, and setting the brightness control of the screen. Replacement of

fuses can only be done if the tool machine is in power-off status.

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1 Operator’s Panel

1.1 The NC Control Panel: Display Unit and Data Input Keyboard

The NC control panel employs the display unit (monitor), the softkeys beneath, and the

data input keyboard.

The NCT100T, NCT990T and the NCT 2000T control panels are available in different

versions. The monitor can be 9" monochrome, or 15" color.

Operator’s panel with 9" monochrome monitor and with optional Machine control

board

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Operator’s panel with 15" color monitor and with optional Machine control board

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1.1.1 Data Input Keyboard

In case of a 9" monitor directly beneath the screen are five softkeys, in case of a 15" monitor

ten softkeys built together with the screen. In both cases the meaning of these softkeys can be

read in the menu bars found in the bottom line of screen, therefore their meanings may alter.

However it is likely, that in some right-side menu bar there are no captions. This can only

mean, that in that situation the softkeys have no function at all.

To the left of the first softkey is the

screen menu key

, while to the right of the last softkey is the

action menu key

. The meaning of these keys is permanent and serve for changing

the meaning of softkeys.

The data- input keyboard may be found beneath or to the right of the monitor. The LED “NC

ready” is placed on the data- input keyboard.

The main key groups found on data input keyboard are as follows::

Delete keys:

RESET

for deleting global and

CANCEL

for deleting local messages.

Alphabetical keys:

On the panel the letters of English alphabets, the space key without a caption as well as key

SHIFT can be found. In case key SHIFT is held down, and at the same time a letter key

is pressed, the symbol indicated at the top left corner of the key appears.

Numeric input keys:

The numeric input keys (digits, decimal point, sign reverser) are beside the letters in a

separate block that gathers up 3x4 keys.

Scrolling and editing keys:

Arrow keys

and

move the cursor on characters within a word.

When editing part programs (using EDIT screen) their meanings are:

: Enter (Line Feed s)

: Backspace

Arrow keys

and

naturally move the cursor in the indicated direction on the

move the cursor from one block to another in the

address chain.

Arrow keys

indicated direction.

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Keys PgUp

PgDn

and

are used for turning pages within the text.

and

Keys INS

DEL

serve for inserting and deleting characters.

The above listed units (monitor and keyboard) constitute the permanent part of NC and are

transported together with the control in any case of configuration.

The NC keyboard is fitted with repeater-type keys. This means

) that a depressed key produces an immediate effect,

) that a held-down key produces an effect again after a programmed delay (Typematic Delay),

) that, with the key held down permanently, the appropriate code will be entered into the

CPU of the system over and over again at a programmed rate (Typematic Rate).

The delay (TD) and the rate (TR) can be set with the help of parameter 1121 TYPEMATIC

(for details see Parameters).

1.1.2 Information Displayed in General Displaying Area and the Status Bar

Information seen in general displaying area can be divided into 3 parts:

– in the bottom line are the fields of current captions of softkeys,

– above - in the middle of screen - is the general displaying area,

– while the top three lines form the status bar.

The Status Bar

The top three lines give a general outlook on the present status of control and machine tool.

The content of this displaying area is permanent, no matter which general screening area is

selected.

In the first line there are eight status fields. Each status field can only display logically

connecting states. In case there are more states to be displayed in one status field (for there are

simultaneously more state conditions), the last one in the list below is shown.

1 State of First Operation Mode Group

– MDI:

manual data input mode

– AUTM:

– AUTD:

– EDIT:

automatic mode, program execution from memory

automatic mode, program execution from external device

edit mode

2 State of Second Operation Mode Group

– JOG:

jog mode

– INCR:

– HNDL:

– REF:

incremental jog mode

manual handle feed mode

manual reference point return mode

execution of a single block

– SBEX:

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3 Functional State of Automatic and Manual Data Input

– NSCH:

– INTD:

– STRT:

– STOP:

block search

automatic execution interrupted

start state

stop state

4 Program Manipulation State

– LOAD:

– SAVE:

– SORT:

– EDIT:

– WFTG:

– TRGD:

– Exch:

loading program from external device

saving program to external device

sorting programs in directory is in progress

long-lasting edit operation

waiting for trigger

triggered

change between general displaying areas is in progress

burning into FLASH

– BURN:

5 Interpolator State

– MOV:

– DWL:

– POS:

– 1:

– 10:

– 100:

– 1000:

either axis moves (interpolator started)

waiting specified by dwell G4

waiting for in position signal

increment size is 1 increment

increment size is 10 increment

increment size is 100 increment

increment size is 1000 increment

– feedrate: feedrate value from table

– DRUN:

dry run

– HOLD:

feed hold state

6 PLC State

– FIN:

execution of a PLC function is in progress

7 Message Line State

– #*®!:

– OPRM:

– PLC:

– ALRM:

– ! !:

# mirror, * scaling, ® active rotation, and ! the common offset is not zero

operator’s message in message line

PLC message in message line

alarm message in message line

access forbidden

– º»:

conflicting state

8 General NC State

– REF:

no reference point on an axis

– TEST:

– LOCK:

– EMG:

– KYBD:

test mode

machine lock state

emergency stop state

no connection to keyboard

In the second line is the message field. In this field the global messages, i.e. messages

independent of the general displaying area, alarm messages of NC, PLC and macros as well as

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the operator’s messages of PLC are displayed. The date and time display can also be found in

this line.

In the third line the name of the active general displaying area and behind the number of

programs indicated for running can be read. In case of manual data input mode, the number

of programs belonging to the manual data input can be seen here, otherwise the number of

programs indicated for automatic mode is displayed.

1.1.3 Indication of Ready Status of Control

The light of the LED "NC ready" indicates the power-on and functional ready condition of the

control system.

The LED will turn dark

– upon power-off of the control system,

– if the control breaks down,

– if the monitoring program (watchdog) of the control detects a malfunctioning or a fatal

error.

If the LED is dark, the control is out of service!

1.2 Machine Control Board

The operation mode and functional state of the machine must be capable of being changed and

the machining must be capable of being started and stopped. The buttons and switches

influencing the function of the machine are called machine control items. The machine control

items can be operated

– partly after selecting the appropriate general displaying area by means of softkeys on NC

keyboard, or

– by means of buttons, switches installed separately.

A summary of the state of control items, the active mode ect. appears if the CONTROL

PANEL screen is selected.

The machine control panel must contain primarily those operating items, that cannot be

accessed from the data input keyboard by means of softkeys (e.g. START, STOP), or their

access is hard. Certain items of the machine keyboard can make the intervention from data

input keyboard through softkeys unnecessary. Of course the developed machine keyboard can

also activate all, from data input keyboard through softkeys attainable machine control items.

The case, whether an operating item is to be accessed from softkeys or only from machine

control panel is determined by the machine tool builder as a function of the developed machine

keyboard, so for details turn to him for an information material.

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Optional machine control board

Bel

ow the operating items of machine control board delivered by NCT are described. The lighting

state of LED in the top left corner of buttons shows, that the function indicated by the key is

active.

Emergency stop. By its depressing the NC registers the emergency stop state,

shuts down all movements, and cuts its outputs off the machine. It can be

undone by rotating the head of the button in the direction of the arrow. For

more details of its functioning turn to the machine tool builder for an

information material.

Machine on button. By affecting it, if the machine is not in emergency stop state (e.g.

the emergency stop is not in held down state) the control and the machine link. Other

parts of the machine, e.g., hydraulics, etc. come into effect. For more details about the

power-on process of the machine turn to the machine tool builder.

Operation mode selectors:

Jog

Incremental jog

Manual handle

Manual reference point return

Edit

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Automatic

Manual data input

Increment selectors:

Selecting 1, 10, 100, 1000 increment size.

Override switches:

Feedrate override switch. By affecting it the programmed feedrate

can be changed in the 0-120% range.

Rapid traverse override value can be influenced by four

optionally supplied buttons.

Spindle speed override buttons. By affecting <–> the pro-

grammed revolution is reduced, by affecting <+> it is increased

by 10% in the 50-150% range. As the effect of button 100% the

programmed revolution is acknowledged.

Switches modifying the conditions of program execution:

Single block execution

Conditional block skip

Conditional stop

Program test

Machine lock

Dry run

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Block restart

Block return

Function lock

Movement, start and stop buttons

Start button. Details of its functioning are discussed in the forthcoming

chapters of the Manual.

Stop button. Details of its functioning are discussed in the forthcoming

chapters of the Manual.

Jog buttons. Operators of jogging and incrementing. In case of

running to reference point they serve for selecting axes. The

arrangement of buttons can vary for machine types.

Spindle start and stop buttons. By affecting them the spindle

starts to spin in CW direction (M3), or in CCW direction (M4),

as well as stops to spin (M5).

Apart from these buttons the machine control panel contains 8 optionally used buttons

equipped with LEDs (with 4 optional rapid traverse override buttons among them), about

which the machine tool builder decides, what function he chooses to build in. Also, a manual

handle can be attached to the machine control panel.

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2 General Operating Knowledge

2.1 Screen Menu

After turning the power on among the captions interpreting the softkeys the screen menu is

active. On a color screen the default background color of the menu bar of the screen menu is

light grey. In order to switch over from another menu to this, the screen menu key

must be pressed. The different screens can be selected in the screen menu by pressing the

softkey with the appropriate caption. Actions (e.g., Data input) cannot be initiated from the

screen menu, this menu is only for to switch over between screens. The screen menu is of two

levels, in the first level the following screen menus can be found:

Check

Program Offsets Graphic Setting Service

Page

Position

If the appropriate screen within the screen menu is active, the caption of the menu field is

highlighted, otherwise the caption is dark (black). After turning the power on the ABSOLUTE

POSITION screen is active, this is why the Position (Positn) is highlighted. In order to switch

over to another screen menu simply the softkey of the desired screen menu must be pressed.

The last softkey of the first level of screen menu (beside the action menu key

) is the

Page. With this softkey can the next screen be switched over within the screen menu without

activating the menu by pushing the softkey of the active screen menu.

The control memorizes the screen within the screen menu, and when returning to the screen

menu it offers the same screen. For example: On the POSITION screen menu the MACHINE

POSITION is displayed by means of Page than after selecting the OPERATOR’S PANEL

screen menu the POSITION screen menu is returned, in this case the MACHINE POSITION

screen appears (the name of the screen can always be seen in the third line).

Should the control contain five softkeys (9" monitor), it can only display five menu fields at a

time. In this case the first level of the screen menu is as follows:

Check

Program Offsets

Page

Position

Note, that the fifth softkey is the Page!

The part containing the further screen menus can be displayed by pressing screen menu key

Graphics Setting

Service

Page

Here the caption of neither screen menu is highlighted, for the POSITION screen menu is

active, but presently it is not shown. As the last screen menu is the SERVICE, by pressing

screen menu key

again the previous part of the screen menu is returned. If there were

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further items after Service screen menu, those would be shown by pressing the screen menu

key

, until the first part of screen menu is returned.

The number seen in the bottom right corner of menu field indicates the softkey number of the

appropriate menu field and not the line number of the menu within the screen menu (for more

see parameter SFNUMB ).

By pressing the softkey of the active screen menu, its menu appears. On the basis of the

previous example the following menu appears by pressing the Position softkey:

Absolute Relative Machine End

Overall

The Position menu consists of five items, therefore starting with the sixth menu field the

forthcoming ones stay blank (for those have no meanings at all).

Suppose, that the second - and last - level of the screen menu is in effect. Here by pressing the

softkeys the caption of the appropriate menu field becomes highlighted and the selected screen

appears immediately. On the second level there is no Page softkey, because there the desired

screen can instantly be selected. If there is not enough room for the screens forming a screen

menu in the menu bar, the subsequent parts can be brought in by pressing the screen menu key

. If the last menu item of the screen menu is already in the menu bar, then by pressing

screen menu key

the first level of the screen menu is returned.

The following menu items (screens) can be selected from the screen menus:

Position

Absolute Relative Machine End

Overall Cartesia

Check

Text

Function Last

Active Oprtr`s Message

panel 5

Program

Director View

Edit

Block

3 input

FEW

Offsets

Work

Tool

W. offs. T. leng. Rel. pos

offsets 1 offsets 2 measur 3 measur 4 offsets 5

Graphics

Graphic Draw

param 1

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Setting

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1 #199 2 #599 3 counter4

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Param PLC

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Summary: The screen menus are in two levels. The first level has eight screen menus. On the

first level the screens can be switched over within the active menu field by means of

Page softkey. If all menu items do not have enough room on the screen, the screen

menu key

turns a page. If the last menu item is shown in the menu bar, then by

again, the first part of the first level is returned.

pressing screen menu key

2.2 Action Menu

If some kind of action e.g., data input is to be done on different screens, the action menu

belonging to the screen can be switched over in the menu bar by pressing action menu key

. As could the screen menu, the action menu can also have maximum two levels, but in

some cases there are menu items already on the first level, that result in direct action.

The default background color of the action menu is orange. The active state of menu field may

also be indicated apart from the highlighted (white) or dark (black) colors of the caption by the

depressed state of menu field. If an action cannot be activated in the given control state, the

background color of menu field changes to the color of the screen menu and the menu field

serves no longer as a start button and is only surrounded by a frame.

If all action menu items belonging to the given screen do not have enough room in the menu

bar, then - as in case of screen menu - it is possible to turn the page within the menu by means

of action menu key

. If the last menu is already on screen, then by pressing action

menu key the first part of the first level of the action menu is returned.

The action menu is determined by the active screen.

2.3 Data Input

On the different screens data input can be initiated. Data input must be started by pressing

action menu key

The data input line is on the bottom of screen, above the softkeys is

the data input line, where the control gathers the entered data.

Numbers are entered according to the following rules:

– The number entered gives value to the address defined in the data input line.

– It is not mandatory to enter the left-hand (insignificant) zeros.

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– The digit entered is interpreted as an integer or as a decimal digit before or after the decimal

point has been pressed, respectively.

– It is not necessary to enter the right-hand insignificant zeros behind the decimal point or the

decimal point (in the case of an integer value).

– The data input can be started with decimal point when the integer part of a number is zero.

– Key

and incremental operator I (provided they are permissible for the given address

character) may be hit several times during the input of the number, any time before the

use of arrow keys terminating the numeric input. The default is a positive absolute

value. The incremental data input and the sign will be indicated in the first and second

positions of the location in front of the number, respectively.

– The control system displays DATA error message during data input whenever a formal error

is committed in the number to be specified for the given address (exceeding the number

of integer or decimal digits, illegal use of the incremental operator or one of keys

– A numeric input in progress can be cleared any time by key <DEL>

before termina-

tion. In this case the condition preceding the commencement of numeric input is

restored.

The effects of keys

forward or backward stepping in the address chain will be performed upon depression of

or , respectively. Keys and can be used for stepping the address chain (in

and

terminating a numeric input differ from each other in that

the absence of a numeric input) as well as for the termination of a numeric input.

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3 General Displaying Areas and Actions Executed on Them

Each general displaying area is accessible any time, independent of the current operation mode

or other states of control.

However actions belonging to the given display cannot be executed any time, the execution

can depend on the mode or other states of control. For example editing of parameters can only

be done in EDIT mode, although the list of parameters can be seen any time, in AUTOMATIC

mode even during machining . If execution of an action is impossible in the given control

mode, it is indicated by two arrows pointing at each other º» (conflicting state) in the status

field of the seventh message line.

It is quite another matter, that the action may be able to be executed in any control mode, still

the action will not be effective immediately. For example the tool offset value can be changed

any time, even during milling, yet the machining must be interrupted (create INTD state) and

restarted for the control to register the new offset value.

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3.1 POSITION Screens

There can be five types of POSITION screens. The first four screens displays the selected

position with big-size characters, meanwhile on the fifth screen all position displays as well as

in case of six or fewer axes the feed and revolution values are also displayed with normal

characters. In case of an oriented spindle when the loop is closed (state M19) the screen shows

the angle position of the spindle instead of the revolution. If the spindle can be programmed as

axis C, the line starts with C in place of S. In the line of feed display the current coordinate

system number can also be read.

ABSOLUTE POSITION Scre-

en (Absolt): In the

selected coordinate

system in respect of the

appropriate offsets and

compensations.

RELATIVE POSITION Scre-

en (Relatv): After refer-

ence point has been re-

turned it corresponds to

absolute position. It can

be overwritten or zeroed

in an optional state.

MACHINE POSITION Scre-

en (Mach): Position measured

in the G53 coordinate system in respect of length offsets.

END POSITION Screen: End

position of the block in

the current coordinate

system in respect of

length offsets.

OVERALL POSITION Screen

(Overll): Beside the

previous four displays

the distance to go also

gets to be displayed. It

shows how much is left

of the current movement.

By this display (in case of

six or fewer axes) the

programmed and current

feed and revolution can

also be seen.

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3.1 POSITION Screens

CARTESIAN POSITION Screen: In the state of polar coordinate interpolation on (G12.1) it

indicates the tool position in the programmed Cartesian coordinate system. In the state

of polar coordinate interpolation off (G13.1) positions indicated here are the same as

on the screen ABSOLUTE.

The first three screens also have a setting function; The position display selected the last time

will be beside distance to go and end position by general displaying areas (except for offsets),

where the position display can be seen on the top of general displaying area.

Actions of POSITION Screens

Actions of POSITION screens correspond to that of the OPERATOR’S PANEL screen (see

the chapter 3.2.4).

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3.2 CHECK Screens

This screen serves for displaying running programs and their states.

3.2.1 PROGRAM TEXT Screen, Listing of Running Program

In the lower part of general dis-

playing area the list of the run-

ning program can be seen. One

block on the list is highlighted;

This is the block under execu-

tion. In the middle part of gen-

eral displaying areas of feed and

revolution can be seen (provided

the number of displayed axes is

not more than six). The position

display is in the upper part of

general displaying area. In the

first column the current tool po-

sition in agreement with the se-

lected POSITION screen (see

the chapter 3.1), in the middle

column the distance to go position, while in the right one the end position can be seen.

3.2.2 FUNCTION Screen, Subprogram and Macro Levels

In the right-side subprogram

field of general displaying area

the active subprogram(s) can be

seen. Directly after the number

of the subprogram stands the

repetition number. The fields on

the bottom of general displaying

area show information on the

revolution state of spindle (M3,

M4, M5, M19), of the gear

range (M11, M12, M113,

M14,...), of the current tool

(Tnnnn), of auxiliary functions

(A, B and C), as well as of

further (in PLC program

defined) M codes.

The first column shows the position in agreement with the selected POSITION screen (see the

chapter 3.2), while the second one shows the distance to go position.

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3.2 CHECK Screens

3.2.3 LAST and ACTIVE screens. G Codes and Compensations.

On the LAST and ACTIVE screens the active G codes and compensations under block

display (LAST) and program execution (ACTIVE) can be seen. The LAST screen corresponds

to the values of #4000..., #4100... macro variables, while the ACTIVE screen to that of

#4200..., #4300... .

The current tool position is

displayed on the upper part of

general displaying area. In the

first column the position in

agreement with the selected

POSITION screen (see the

chapter 3.1), in the middle

column the distance to go

position, while in the right one

the end position can be seen.

If less than seven axes are to be

displayed information on feed

and spindle revolution appears in

the middle part of general

displaying area.

In the lower part of general

displaying area starting from the left, downwards the G codes and the tool number with the

compensation number can be seen.

Of the G codes only those, different from default setting are displayed.

Actions of sreens PROGRAM TEXT, FUNCTION, LAST and ACTIVE.

Block Input action menu: Pushing action menu button

and selecting action menu

Block Input, it is possible to input and execute a program block or to modify an old

one. Block Input and execution is only available in modes jog (JOG), incremental jog

(INCR) or handle (HNDL).

The block demanded can be edited by the alphanumerical keys. In the line has been

edited cursor can be moved by the keys

written or deleted. For insertion use key

if something is to be over-

INS. By pushing it INSERT and

OVERWRITE state can be toggled. Use buttons

for deletion.

DEL, or

(Backspace)

Block input can be terminated by keys

(Enter),

. Then in status

field 2 the title (SBEX) (single block execution) appears. Using START button the

single block is executed. With RESET key single block exetution can be cancelled

(even before pushing START) and the block can be edited again. Single block in buffer

is saved and can be recalled until turning the control off.

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3.2 CHECK Screens

Action I can be used for input of incremental operator. Action Block Delete clears the

whole block in buffer.

3.2.4 OPERATOR’S PANEL Screen

The general display area of OP-

ERATOR’S PANEL shows a

view on the state of the most

essential machine control items.

The controllability of different

item groups from softkeys is

permitted by the PLC program.

The illustration shows the gen-

eral displaying area of the con-

trol panel.

In the topmost button group the

state of operation mode switches

can be seen. Below it the state of

axis selecting switch is shown.

This is followed by the incre-

ment selecting switch, than in

the third line the percent switches are displayed.

The button group in the middle reflects the state of condition switches and the one below that

of PLC switches.

Actions of OPERATOR’S PANEL Screen

The following actions can be activated on Operator’s Panel screen by pressing action menu

key

Modes Axes

Incr

Conditio Mach Clear

4 ns 6 rel.pnt.7

The first six keys are menu keys, i.e. by pressing the appropriate softkey the action keys

belonging to the given menu become visible. On the menu field of action keys, if the appropri-

ate softkey is pressed and the control accepts it the key stays depressed. The seventh CLEAR

RELPNT is an action key, i.e. its pressing results in an immediate effect.

The controllability of each action menu from softkeys is permitted or prohibited by the PLC

program. If an action cannot be controlled from softkeys, it can be accessed from an external

control device. Instruction regarding this can be found in the enclosed manual of the machine.

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3.2 CHECK Screens

Operation Modes Actions (Modes)

The following modes can be selected:

Edit

Auto

Mdi

Jog

Incr

Handle Ref

Axes Actions

In the menu bar all axes of the machine tool are listed. Here the axis, with which an action

must be done, can be selected. This action is necessary for example if an axis is to be moved by

means of a manual handle. The axis to be moved must be selected by the use of the appropriate

softkey In this case a highlighted frame surrounds the letter indicating the selected one in the

Axis line of general displaying area.

Increment Actions (Incr)

In the menu bar the eligible increment sizes are listed. If one is selected, it is surrounded by a

highlighted frame. The selected increment has function in the Incremental feed (INCR) and

Manual handle feed (HNDL) modes. The values seen in the menu bar are in increments.

100

1000

% Actions

The rapid traverse, spindle and feedrate switches can be modified by pressing softkeys.

R- R+ S- S+ F- F+

The current position of switches can be seen in the middle of general displaying area at

addresses G, S and F.

Conditions Actions

The following states can be switched on or off:

Single Cond.

Cond.

Block

Block Dry run Machin Test

block 1 block 2 stop 3 return 4 restart 5

6 e lock 7

Machine Actions (Mach)

Maximum eight optionally used softkeys. Their captions are determined by the PLC program,

about their operation and usage instructions can be read in the enclosed manual of the machine.

Provided the :197 module of PLC program does not contain the caption of keys, the PLC1,

PLC2 ... PLC8 is set automatically.

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3.2 CHECK Screens

Clear Relative Position Actions (Clear Relpnt)

The relative coordinate displays can be zeroed by means of action keys. Relative position

setting by axes is discussed in the chapter 3.4.5.

3.2.5 MESSAGES Screen

In this general displaying area the momentary messages in waiting state can be seen. As in the

2^ndfield of the status bar only the active message (waiting for intervention) can be read, this

general displaying area shows, whether there are any other messages at the moment apart from

those seen in status bar, that due to this cannot be displayed.

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3.3 PROGRAM Screens

Screens of actions executed on part programs.

3.3.1 DIRECTORY Screen

In the top line of general displaying area the number of programs in memory and the free

memory in bytes can be seen.

The programs in memory are listed in the middle part. The control records the programs

according to their code; These

numbers can be read in the first

column. In the middle column

may be the name of program (it

is not obligatory to name the

program, therefore this column

may be here and there blank).

The last column contains the

program length in bytes. If above

or below the last column arrows

can be seen, this means, that the

entire list does not have enough

room in the general displaying

area and in the direction of the

arrow further programs can be

found.

On the list a highlighting bar can

be moved by means of arrow

keys. This highlighting bar enables to select the program with which an action needs to be

done.

Actions of DIRECTORY Screen

The following actions and action menus can be activated to the DIRECTORY screen by means

of pressing action menu key

New

Search Delete Load

Save

Run

Restore Sort

Protect

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3.3 PROGRAM Screens

New Action: When pressing the

softkey a window opens

in the bottom left part of

general displaying area,

where the program num-

ber can be typed in. The

input can be terminated

by any arrow key. In this

case a new program oc-

curs with the number

entered, or an error mes-

sage is displayed, if there

is already a program with

the same number or if

there is no room in the

memory.

If the program number input is terminated by the arrow pointing to the right, the name of the

program can also be specified here. When typing a name, switch-over between normal and

capital letters can be done by means of page keys, while by pressing INS

, and ', :, " or !

accented or special characters can be entered.

Search Action: After pressing the softkey a program number can be entered into the window

in the bottom left corner of general displaying area. By terminating number input by

means of any arrow key the highlighting bar goes to the registered program, or an error

message is displayed, if there is no program with the entered number in the memory.

Delete Action Menu: By pressing the key another three actions occur: Ramdisc, Exec,

Cancel. By means of Ramdisc key it can be decided, whether the programs in memory

or the programs of NCT90RD unit connected to the control are to be deleted. As the

effect of Exec the action is executed, while with the help of Cancel the action can be

canceled; in this case the first level of the action menu is displayed.

Load Action Menu: By pressing the key the following actions appear in the menu bar: Serial,

Ramdisc, Prom, Exec and Cancel. By means of the first three switches it can be set,

from where is the program to be loaded in the control memory. As the effect of Exec

the loading process starts, while with the help of Cancel the first level of action menu

can be displayed.

Save Action Menu: By pressing the key the following actions appear: Serial, Ramdisc, Exec

and Cancel. By means of the first two switches it can be set, where to is/are the

selected program(s) to be saved. The saving process starts as the Exec key is affected,

while the Cancel key displays the first level of action menu, this way canceling the

action.

Run Action Menu: By pressing the key the following softkeys appear in the menu bar: Auto,

Manual data input, DNC and DNC NCT, Table. By means of the first softkey

(Auto) the program can be selected for automatic operation. The key is ineffective, if

the control is in automatic mode and state INTD, STRT or STOP is in effect. With the

help of the second action key the program of manual data input mode can be selected.

The last two action keys determine the DNC mode. The DNC key switches over the

control to simple DNC mode without protocol, while with the help of DNC NCT key

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3.3 PROGRAM Screens

DNC contact working on the basis of DNC protocol can be implemented. The Chart

action is only effective in Edit mode. By pressing it, provided program No. T (tool pot

table) or P (PLC table) is highlighted, the file containing the selected chart is loaded to

the appropriate chart. See the chapter 3.6.5 “TOOL POT TABLE” and the chapter

3.6.6 “PLC TABLE”. Using key DNC FEW programs can be executed from PC

optionally integrated into the control.

Restore Action Menu: When pressing the softkey the deleted files, that are still in the control

memory and can be totally undeleted are displayed in the general displaying area. By

moving the highlighting bar to the appropriate program the selected file can be re-

applied with the help of Exec action.

Sort Action Menu: The sorting of programs found in directory in the - by softkeys - selected

aspect can be implemented. Within the sort action menu the following softkeys exist:

Incrsg (increasing), Decrsg (decreasing). the sorting direction, as well as Selected

(selected), Type, Size (byte) and Number for selecting the sorting aspect. As the

effect of Exec the action is executed.

Protected Action: As the effect of the action the protected attribute of the selected file(s) can

be switched on or off.

3.3.2 VIEW Screen

In the general displaying area the

list of the program selected on

DIRECTORY screen, can be

seen. The number and name of

the program can always be seen

in the topmost line. A highlight-

ing bar can be moved on the

program, which highlights one

block at a time. The highlighting

bar can be moved by arrow and

page keys.

The highlighting bar has function

by Block search actions. There

the bar is also a means of

selecting the block from which

the machining is to be continued.

Actions of VIEW Screen

On the VIEW screen the following actions and action menus are at disposal, after the action

menu key

is pressed:

First

Last

Check Block

3 search 4

First Action: When pressing the key the highlighting bar goes to the first block of the pro-

gram.

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3.3 PROGRAM Screens

Last Action: When pressing the key the highlighting bar goes to the last block of the program.

Check Action: When pressing the key control brings the highlighting bar to the last block of

the program, meanwhile it reads the entire program and examines its check sum. This

way it checks if the program in memory is damaged (the program can be damaged for

example due to storage or operation in too low temperature).

Block Search Action Menu: When pressing the key the following actions occur: First, Last,

Exec, Go, Interrupted and Cancel. For description of the search actions see the

chapter 13.6 “Automatic Operation Start after Block Search” on the page 117.

3.3.3 EDIT Screen

In the general displaying area the

list of an editable program can

be seen. The number and name

of a program can always be read

in the first line of the area.

It is possible to write or modify

the program by pressing action

menu key

. Modification

of protected programs is not

possible. If EDIT mode is active

and no program execution is

interrupted (INTD), the selected

main program is displayed on

Directory screen, while if execu-

tion is interrupted it is the

program, in which the line under execution can be found. In case the control is not in EDIT

mode, or the second window is opened, the program selected on Directory general displaying

area is displayed. If execution is not in INTD state modification of running program is not

permitted.

Actions of EDIT Screen

For description of EDIT screen see the chapter 4.4 “Actions of EDIT Screen” on the page

62.

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3.3 PROGRAM Screens

3.3.4 BLOCK INPUT Screen

In the upper part of general

displaying area the current posi-

tion can be seen. It is possible to

enter single block as well as to

re-execute or to modify a block

entered earlier on by pressing

action menu key

. A sing-

le block is to be entered similarly

to that of a program block, how-

ever in the address chain of the

single block the address letters,

of which the entering would be

here senseless are automatically

not specified. Entering single

block is only possible in jog

(JOG), incremental jog (INCR), or manual handle feed (HNDL) mode, otherwise by pressing

action menu key the address chain does not even show up.

Actions of BLOCK INPUT Screen

After pressing action menu key

the following actions are available to the BLOCK

INPUT screen:

Block

Help

1 delete 2

I Action: The key makes it possible to switch the I (incremental) operator on and off on the

current address letter. When executing a letter I shows up directly after the coordinate

address.

Block Delete Action: The key serves for deleting a block in the single block buffer (that has

been written in earlier on).

Help: if the cursor stands on a G function and softkey Help is pressed, than the illustration of

the G code execution is drawn on screen.

The single block is to be terminated by key

. In this case caption SBEX occurs in the 2^nd

field of status bar. By affecting START

button the single block is executed. The

execution of a single block can be interrupted by means of RESET

key (even before

pressing the START button), this way the previous block can be re-edited. The block in the

buffer is kept until the power is turned off.

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3.4 OFFSETS Screens

Screens of actions executed on zero point and offset registers.

3.4.1 WORK OFFSETS Screen

In the general displaying area are

offset values of G54, ..., G58,

common zero point offsets, as

well as of offsets programmed

by means of commands G52 and

G92. The coordinate values

belonging to one zero point form

a group. Along the groups the

highlighting bar can be moved

forward (in the direction of

increasing coordinate system

numbers) with the help of key

and backward with key

. Within the highlighting

bar indicating the coordinate system the inverse bar on axis addresses can be moved with keys

and . This bar makes it possible to select the wished axis within the coordinate

system.

Actions of WORK OFFSETS Screen

Actions executed on WORK

OFFSETS screen overwrite off-

set registers immediately, how-

ever this is registered by the pro-

gram under execution only in

case the program has been start-

ed from the beginning or the

program execution is interrupted

(INTD state) and afterwards re-

started. So the current

coordinate system is overwritten

in vain, the modified value will

not be registered till the modified

coordinate system is not used by

the system. It also follows, that

hasty overwrite of the coordina-

te system will not cause immediate problem during program execution, its effect may only be

perceptible in case of the next running of program, so when overwriting it be extremely

cautious. To the WORK OFFSETS screen the following actions and action menus can be

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3.4 OFFSETS Screens

activated by pressing action menu key

Clear

Save

group 1 all

Clear Group Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR G5x? (G5x

according to current coordinate system) appears in the bottom left part of general

displaying area, together with Exec and Cancel actions in menu bar, the meaning of

which is the usual.

Clear All Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR ALL? Occurs in the

bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and Cancel actions in

menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

I Action: The key enables switching of I (incremental) operator on and off on the current

address letter. During the execution letter I appears directly after the coordinate

address. The value entered will be added to the original offset value.

/2 Action: It halves value written on the current address letter. After execution half of the

value in the coordinate address can be seen.

Save Action: When pressing the key the program number can be entered into the bottom data

input line. In case the input is terminated by any of the keys

program can also be named there. As the effect of keys

, the

and

the offset

values are saved in the appropriate macro variable. If in such way saved offset values

need to be reset, the program must be selected for automatic execution and executed in

automatic operation.

3.4.2 TOOL OFFSETS Screen

In the general displaying area the

values of tool offsets in X, Z

(optionally Y) directions as well

as the tool nose radius compen-

sation value and the imaginary

tool nose number at address Q

can be seen. The offset registers

with identical number form a

group. The real offset value is

specified by the signed sum of

geometry and wear values.

Along the groups the highlight-

ing bar can be moved forward

(in the direction of increasing

of key

, while backward

with key

. Within the highlighting bar indicating a group an inverse bar can be moved by

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3.4 OFFSETS Screens

keys

and

. This bar selects the offset register to be modified.

Actions of TOOL OFFSETS Screen

Actions executed on TOOL OFFSETS screen overwrite offset registers instantly, however it is

registered by the program under execution only if the program has been started from the

beginning or the program execution is interrupted (INTD state) and restarted. So the current

offset is overwritten in vain, the modified value will not be registered till the modified values

are not called by the system. It also follows, that hasty overwrite of offsets during program

execution will not cause an immediate problem, its effect may only be perceptible in case of the

next running of the program, so when modifying be extremely cautious.

The following actions and action menus can be activated to the TOOL OFFSETS screen by

pressing action menu key

Clear all Clear

Clear

Ofs No Save

6 search 7

1 geomtry2 wear 3 group 4

Clear All Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR ALL? can be read in

the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and Cancel actions

in menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

Clear Geometry Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR ALL

GEOMETRIES? can be seen in the bottom left part of general displaying area,

together with Exec and Cancel actions in menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

Clear Wear Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR ALL WEARS? can

be seen in the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and

Cancel actions in menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

Clear Group Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR THIS GROUP?

can be seen in the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and

Cancel actions in menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

I Action: The key enables switching of I (incremental) operator on and off on the current

address letter. During the execution letter I appears directly after the coordinate

address. The value entered will be added to the original offset.

/2 Action: It halves value written on the current address letter. After execution half of the

value in the coordinate address can be seen.

Offset Number Search Action: When pressing address N occurs in bottom data input line.

After the value has been entered and terminated (by any of the arrow keys) it searches

for the entered offset group in the memory.

Save Action: When pressing the key an O program number can be entered into the bottom

data input line. In case the input is terminated by any of the keys

program can also be named there. As the effect of keys and

, the

the offset

values are saved in the appropriate macro variable. If in such way saved offset values

need to be reset, the program must be selected for automatic execution and executed in

automatic operation.

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On the figures below the interpretation of the imaginary tool nose number (Q) can be seen.

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3.4.3 WORK OFFSET MEASURE Screen

In the upper part of general

displaying area the current tool

position can be seen. The first

column always shows the

machine position, the middle

column the position in the

selected coordinate system,

while the last one the distance to

go position. The following infor-

mation can be seen in the lower

part of general displaying area

going downwards. In line Nnn

the length offset values of the

indicated offset group can be

seen for each axis. In the next

line stands the number of the se-

lected coordinate system, and below its offset registers. Along the offset registers highlighting

bar can be moved by means of keys

the offset register to be modified.

and

. This highlighting bar enables to select

Actions of WORK OFFSET MEASURE Screen

The following actions and action menus can be activated to the WORK OFFSET MEASURE

screen by pressing action menu key

Work

Ofs No /2

Single

coordnt1 search 2

3 block 4

Work Coordinate Action Menu: When pressing the key the eligible coordinate systems

appear in the menu bar: G54, G55, ... G59 and Work shift. After pressing the

appropriate softkey the system returns to first level of action menu.

Offset No. Search: When pressing the key letter N appears in spite of the axis address. At this

point the number of offset the register can be entered. After entering the offset number

the desired length offset register can be seen in general displaying area.

/2 Action: It halves value written on the current address letter. During execution half of the

value in the coordinate address can be seen in input field.

Single Block: By pressing the key a single block can be entered in the bottom, data input line

by the use of the alphanumeric keyboard. After closing block edit (key

)

caption SBEX appears in the 2^ndfield of status bar. The block is executed with START

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For detailed description of work offset measure see the chapter 7.2.1 “Work Offset Mea-

sure” on the page 76.

3.4.4 TOOL LENGTH OFFSET MEASURE Screen

In the upper part of general

displaying area the position dis-

play can be seen. The following

information can be seen in the

lower part of general displaying

area going downwards. In line

Nnn the length offset values of

the indicated offset group can be

seen for each axis. In the next

line stands the number of the

selected coordinate system, and

below its offset registers. A

highlighting bar can be moved

along the axis addresses of leng-

th offset register by means of

keys

and

Actions of TOOL LENGTH OFFSET MEASURE Screen

The following actions and action menus can be activated to the TOOL LENGTH OFFSET

MEASURE screen by pressing action menu key

Work

Ofs No Auto

Single

coordnt1 search 2 meas 3 block

Work Coordinate System Action Menu (Work cld): When pressing the key the eligible co-

ordinate systems appear in the menu bar: G54, G55, ... G59. After pressing the

appropriate softkey the system returns to first level of action menu.

Offset Number Search: When pressing the key the letter N appears in spite of the axis

address. At this point the number of the offset register can be entered. After entering

the offset index the desired length offset register can be seen.

Automatic Measure: The function can only be used provided the machine is mounted with a

tool length sensor.

Single Block: By pressing the key a single block can be entered in the bottom, data input line

by the use of the alphanumeric keyboard. After closing block edit (key

)

caption SBEX appears in the 2^ndfield of status bar. The block is executed with START

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For detailed description of work offset measure see the chapter 7.2.2 “Tool Length Offset

Measure inside the Machine” on the page 79.

3.4.5 RELATIVE POSITION OFFSETS Screen

In the general displaying area

below the current tool position

are the values of relative position

offsets. An inverse bar can be

moved on axis addresses by

means of keys

and

This bar enables to select the

offset register to be modified.

Modification of registers does

not have the slightest effect on

program execution, this display

is only for the operator.

Actions of RELATIVE POSITION OFFSETS Screen

The following action menu can be activated to the RELATIVE POSITION OFFSETS screen

by means of action menu key

Clear all

Clear All Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR ALL OFFSETS?

appear in the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and

Cancel actions in menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

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3.5 GRAPHIC POSITION Screens

In automatic operation mode the graphic position display shows the path of the imaginary tool

nose. In the case of graphic position display the tool nose path stored in a buffer is drawn on

the screen. As the buffer (which is a part of the control memory) is finite, it is possible, that in

case of complex and long programs the entire path might not be stored.

3.5.1 GRAPHIC PARAMETERS Screen

In the general displaying area the parameters of graphic position display can be seen in two

columns. The highlighting bar can

be moved between columns with

keys

and

, while

downwards by means of key

and upwards by means of

key

The number entered for graphic

plane sets the coordinate system

(axis arrangement) of the graphic

position display. One of 8

arrangements can be chosen.

Diagrams seen on SETTINGS

screen show the direction of axes in each case; The axis name is drawn to the positive direction

and the axis line positions correspond to their start positions on the screen.

With the help of work size the size of the rectangular solid, which contains the work must be

given. The specified sizes are diametric and length values, i.e., they are positive in all cases

(The work position can be influenced when selecting the graphic plane). Should the given

sizes be correct (the work sizes are positive values), then the screen center and the graphic

scale are calculated automatically.

The screen center is calculated from the work sizes and axis arrangement automatically,

However definition of the screen center does not change sizes. The point defined as screen

center will always be in the center of the screen at the start of graphic position display.

The graphic scale defines the size of drawing displayed on the screen. If the scale is 1, then 1

raster equals to 1 mm. The graphic scale is always calculated from the work size and graphic

plane, when those are changed. In case of automatic scale defining the work size is taken into

account enlarged by 10%, due to which a little margin appears round the drawing displayed on

the screen. The drawing area can always be halved or doubled by means of page buttons up

and down. Naturally in this case the diagram is re-drawn. In case of graphic position display

the graphic scale occurs on the right side of the screen in form of a scale. A scale unit is 60

rasters long, thus in case the graphic scale is 1, number 60 000 displayed above indicates that

the length of a scale unit is 60 mm.

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In case the value of the auto erase is other than zero, when starting the automatic program

execution both the drawing area and the buffer are cleared.

If the value of the path color is 0 rapid traverse is drawn with red, feed with green, while

thread cutting with yellow color. If the value is not zero, the rapid traverse movements are not

drawn.

In case the value of tool color is other than 0 the

movements are drawn with the appropriate tool

color (current T in the course of movement ). The

color code is the lower three bytes of the addition

of the tool number and the tool color.

Color

grey

Code

blue

green

gentian

red

If the value of auto change color is not 0 the draw-

ing starts with the color code specified here, and

afterwards every tool change (T change) adds to

the color code.

purple

yellow

white

Actions of GRAPHIC PARAMETERS Screen

The following action can be activated to the screen by pressing action menu button

Recalc Graphic

Recalculate Action: When pressing the softkey the position of screen center and the graphic

scale are recalculated from the work size according to the selected plane.

Graphic Action Menu: After pushing the softkey the following actions appear: Auto Erase,

G40, G53, Dotted. Using Auto Erase the item with the same title in graphic parame-

ters table can be set or reset. Its effect detailed above. The softkey G40 can only be

used in case of running in TEST mode. In its switched-on state the drawing appears on

the screen without tool radius compensation. In the pushed in state of button G53

drawing is done in machine coordinate system instead of the actual work coordinate

system, that is if more coordinate systems are used in the same program the tool path

can be seen separetely. In the pushed in state of button Dotted the separate points are

not connected together with lines. It is useful when the program consists of small

minute lines.

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3.5 GRAPHIC POSITION Screens

3.5.2 DRAW Screen

In the drawing area in the middle

of screen the current tool center is

shown by a cross. The following

information can be read in the top

right corner of the screen: Current

feed, spindle revolution and the

number of the current tool. Fur-

ther on in the column the position

display of axes can be seen as se-

lected on the POSITION DIS-

PLAYS screen. (see the chapter

3.1 on the page 22). In the bottom

right corner the scale, below it the

diagram symbolizing the position

of the coordinate system are

shown.

In case of automatic execution the cross indicates the current tool position. A dot is also put to

the center of the cross. The drawing depends on the speed of movement; as the points are

drawn only a few times per second, in case of fast movement the drawn tool path will be not a

continuous line, but a dotted one.

L Note: the size of the cross is defined by parameter 0561 CROSS DOT. The value entered

at the parameter specifies the length of the leg of the cross in raster. The value cannot

be greater than 7.

Actions of DRAW Screen

The following actions and action menus can be activated to the draw screen by pressing action

menu button

Erase

Move

Zoom Graphic Refresh Window

Erase Action Menu: When pressing the softkey actions Image and Buffer appear in the

menu bar. As the effect of Image action the tool path that has been drawn till now is

erased from the screen. Buffer action erases the drawing not only from the screen but

also eliminates the movement data stored in the buffer.

Move Action Menu: The softkey is always highlighted. If the drawing is to be moved in the

plane of the screen use the appropriate cursor keys. When pressing the softkey Move

four arrows appear on softkeys for each movement direction. The arrows indicate the

directions in which the drawing can be moved the same way as with the cursor buttons.

Zoom Action Menu: The drawing always can be zoomed by the paging keys:

When pressing the softkey Zoom actions appear for zooming up and down. The

actions refer to the page keys in the bottom left corner of the softkeys: Up (PgUp),

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Down (PgDn). By means of softkeys, as well as the page keys the drawing area can be

halved or doubled. As the effect of Full Sceen action the centre of the screen

automatically adjusted to the middle of the tool path and scaling is set that the tool path

covers the whole screen.