Manual

Basic Control Operation

Chapter 2

The software MTB panel can control these features:

Feature Description

Mode Select Select either Automatic, MDI, or Manualmodes asthe current operatingmode of thecontrol.

Rapid Traverse This feature replaces the feedratewhen executinga continuous jog movewith therapid feedrate.

Feedrate Override Selects a feedrateoverride percentagefor feedratesprogrammed withan F-word, in10% increments withina

range of 0% to 150%. When set to0%, the controlis effectively infeedhold.

Rapid Feedrate Override Selects theoverride forrapid feedrates. Select from F1, 25%, 50%, and 100%, whereF1 isa rapidfeedrate

override setting established in AMP bythe systeminstaller.

Spindle Direction Selects spindlerotation, clockwise (CW), spindlestop (OFF), orcounterclockwise (CCW). Is overridden by

any programmedspindle directioncommand.

Spindle Speed Override Selects theoverride forprogrammed spindlespeeds in5% incrementswithin arange of 50% to120%.

Dry RunMode Places thecontrol inDry RunMode. This replacesfeedrates withthe DryRun feedrates. See page7-21.

Block Delete Allows theactivation of theblock deletefeature “/ or/1” (see page 7-1 ). Block delete 2 -- 9 arenot available

with the {FRONT PANEL}.

M-Function Lock Allows select M-, S-, T-, and B-codesto beignored. See page7-2.

Optional Stop This enables ordisables theM01 optionalstop code. When thisfeature is “ON,” anM01 ina part program

stops automaticexecution. When this feature is“OFF,” an M01 in apart program is ignored. See page10-30

for detailson M01.

Single Block The control executesor checks oneblock of apart program or MDI entryeach timethe <CYCLE START>

button is pressed whenthis featureis on.

Mirror Image Mirrorsthe axiscommands inthe part program aroundthe selectedaxis. See page 14-19.

Axis Inhibit Preventsaxis commandsfrom being executed. The control simulatesaxis motionon inhibitedaxes byusing

Acc/Dec andfeedrates; however, no actualaxis motionfor the inhibited axesis generated. See page7-20.

Jog the Axes Allows manualmotions tobe performedin anyone of the jogging modes. See section4.1. Multi-axis jogs

may not beperformed byusing theSoftware MTB feature.

Set Zero Change the tool’s current positionin thework coordinatesystem to 0 for theselected axis. This isdone by

shifting the work coordinatesystem. See page 11-18.

Block Retrace This allowsup to15 part programblocks tobe retracedduring programexecution and allow thetool to

automatically re-executethese blocks. See page 7-31.

Jog Retract Allow the toolto bemanually joggedaway from thepart and thenautomatically returnthe toolto the part by

retracing the jogged moves. Up to15 jogmoves canbe remembered. See page7-28.

Cycle Start The control begins or resumespart program execution, MDI program execution, or program checkwhen you

press thisbutton.

Cycle Stop The control stopspart program execution, or program checkwhen youpress thisbutton. If pressed duringthe

execution of a program block, acycle suspendstate occurs.