User manual

WinPC-NC Economy
Table of contents
The structure of this manual................................................................................................5
Definitions...........................................................................................................................5
Use of typography................................................................................................................6
Various versions of WinPC-NC..........................................................................................7
1. What can WinPC-NC do ? .............................................................................................8
2. First steps.........................................................................................................................12
2.1. Requirements to the PC hardware...........................................................................12
2.2. Possible restrictions during realtime operation........................................................12
2.3. Installation...............................................................................................................13
2.4. Launching the program............................................................................................14
2.5. First steps and test moves........................................................................................16
2.6. Exiting WinPC-NC..................................................................................................18
3. Operating WinPC-NC.....................................................................................................18
3.1. Graphical display of the NC file..............................................................................18
3.2. Drop-down menus and function keys .....................................................................22
3.3. The individual menus..............................................................................................22
3.3.1. FILE menu ...........................................................................................................22
OPEN ...................................................................................................................23
OPEN WITHOUT PARAMETERS ....................................................................23
EDIT......................................................................................................................23
EXIT .....................................................................................................................24
3.3.2. MOVE menu.........................................................................................................24
START .................................................................................................................24
JOG ......................................................................................................................26
JOYSTICK JOG ...................................................................................................28
REFERENCE MOVE...........................................................................................29
SELECT TOOL ...................................................................................................29
3.3.3. PARAMETERs menu...........................................................................................31
SAVE ...................................................................................................................31
SAVE AS .............................................................................................................32
LOAD ...................................................................................................................32
3.3.4. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS menu ............................................................................32
SIGNAL TEST......................................................................................................33
MOTOR TEST .....................................................................................................34
STATUS INFORMATION...................................................................................35
JOYSTICK CALIBRATION................................................................................35
CHECK POSITION .............................................................................................36
TEACHIN.............................................................................................................37
3.3.5. HELP menu...........................................................................................................38
TOPICS.................................................................................................................38
DISCLAIMER.......................................................................................................39
ABOUT WinPC-NC.............................................................................................39
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