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TRAK LPM Programming, Safety, & Operating Manual

7.3.3 Program Header Softkeys

The following softkeys are encountered in the Program Header Screen. The first five

listed below are always there. The last four appear when relevant to the general

programming option.

GO TO BEGIN: puts the Program Header on the left side of the screen and the Event #1

on the right side.

GO TO END: puts the last programmed event on the left side of the screen and the next

event to be programmed on the right side.

GO TO #: enter the event number you wish to go to and then press SET. Puts the

requested event number on the right side of the screen and the previous event number on

the left.

Note: for a new program that has no Events, all the GO TO selections will take you to the

beginning, with the program header information summarized on the left (as Event 0) and

the Select an Event options for Event 1 on the right.

YES and NO: YES and NO appear when the Dwell Request and the Event Comments are

highlighted. Choosing YES will give you prompts for using these options while you are

programming. You may return to the Program Header Screen at any time to choose or

cancel these prompts.

NEXT PART: appears when a Master Program is in memory. Pressing this allows you to

switch between the programs within the Master Program.

PART GEO: sets up the programming as Part Geometry.

TOOL PATH: sets up the programming as Tool Path.

7.4 Assumed Inputs

The ProtoTRAK PMX CNC will automatically program the following when you simply

press SET (either INC SET or ABS SET):

Tool Offset: On the first event with an offset, it will become CENTER. If it is not the

first event then it will enter the offset, which is the same as the last event if that event was

a Mill or Arc event

Feedrate: same as last event if that event was a Mill, Arc, Pocket, Frame, or Helix

Tool #: same as last event, or Tool #1 if the first event

DRILL OR BORE: Drill

# PECKS FOR DRILL: 1 peck

CONRAD: 0

You may change these assumed inputs by simply inputting the desired data when the

event is programmed.

7.5 Z Rapid Positioning

Between any two events the head will always move to the higher of the Z rapid of the

event just completed or the Z Rapid of the next event, unless the two events are

connective (see Section 5.9). Remember, when using part geometry programming, two

milling events are not connective unless they lie in the same plane.