Operators Manual
Electronic Cutter
600 Pro Series
(Models 626,646 and 656)
BREN Inc.
8256 Horton Highway
College Grove, TN 37046
All rights reserved. 2016
1-800-826-3991
Page 1: ...Operators Manual Electronic Cutter 600 Pro Series Models 626 646 and 656 BREN Inc 8256 Horton Highway College Grove TN 37046 All rights reserved 2016 1 800 826 3991...
Page 2: ...e Cutter 4 2 Loading the Material Page 10 4 3 Setting Cutting Conditions Page 14 4 4 Allowable Range of Conditions Table Page 16 4 5 The Cutting Test Page 16 4 6 Selecting the Unit of Measure Page 17...
Page 3: ...Lubrication of the mechanisms is NOT required and will result in cutter malfunctions To avoid scratching the cutting strip ensure that the Blade is properly extended While the cutter is operating do n...
Page 4: ...and snugging it against the side of the leg wing Once the Front Roller is installed through the leg wings you may place the legs in an upright position on a flat surface either floor or table and tig...
Page 5: ...flange down 2 M6 screws each end Attach Roller support wings to uprights with 4 M6 screws each side Wings are marked for Left and Right and extend to the rear Insert Rollers into slots on wings Put R...
Page 6: ...rews at each end attach the cutter to the Uprights going up through the bracket on the Upright and threading into the holes in the bottom of the cutter At this time attach the black Roller Support Win...
Page 7: ...grit positions 6 Roller lever Raises or lowers the pinch rollers to enable the material to be loaded 7 Control panel Keyboard used to set and use the machine s various functions 8 Stand Holds the mach...
Page 8: ...RESUME Restart operation of the cutter ENTER After setting a new value press ENTER to register the same in memory SPEED Sets the movement speed of the tool while cutting See Chart FORCE Adjusts the am...
Page 9: ...and rubber material 3 2 Installing a Blade Adjusting the Blade Extension If the material thickness cannot be accurately determined adjust the blade extension by gradually rotating the nose of the hol...
Page 10: ...p and fits into the slot on the moving side of the holder Properly installed the Tool will be locked into place by the Clamp not able to move up or down When the tool is fully seated tighten the holdi...
Page 11: ...ff 1 Connect one end of the power cord provided to an electrical outlet of the rated supply voltage connect the other end to the cutter s AC line inlet located on the left side 2 Turn on the cutter wi...
Page 12: ...aterial s leading edge SINGLE Select SINGLE for single pieces detects width and length of the material The leading and trailing edges of cut material are detected to the maximum length 1 301mm and the...
Page 13: ...rial from the single rear roller You may place sign vinyl on top of the two rolls so that it is cradled 2 Pull forward on the pinch lever handle to raise the pinch rollers Feed the material from the T...
Page 14: ...12 Adjust the Pinch Rollers to a position in a GRIT AREA GRIT AREAS are marked by labels along the track above the Pinch Rollers Locate the pinch rollers about 12 5mm each from the left and right sid...
Page 15: ...ss ENTER to complete Speed setting Press ON OFF LINE to return to Ready to Cut Template 13 Offline for System Setup Speed 28 34 ips Select OK Enter Offline for System Setup S28 34 F 2 80 O 0 011 L 984...
Page 16: ...Ready to Cut Template OFFSET Set the OFFSET to compensate for the angle of the Blade used Each Blade type has a specific Offset this value is used by the cutter to compensate for the offset from cent...
Page 17: ...ode TEST Press the F4 key The display will show Press ENTER to select the standard test pattern Square Cut If the Tool is positioned where you want the test cut Press the ENTER Key to start test cut A...
Page 18: ...the F1 key Press the key until the display shows Press ENTER then use the Keys to change between English inch oz or Metric cm s Press ENTER key to set the desired value Press ON OFF LINE to return to...
Page 19: ...ge to your desired starting origin position Press the ON OFF LINE key to take the cutter Offline Press one of the ARROW keys to access the move display Using the ARROW Keys put the Tool over the posit...
Page 20: ...le Key Key Key Sizing Media Width Lever Up to Abort S F O L W T1E Processing Data Pause Setup Resume Offline for System Setup Speed 72 cm s Select OK ENTER SPEED key Up Speed 72 cm s Select OK ENTER Q...
Page 21: ...anel Setup Select OK Enter Restore Default Select OK Enter Save Parameter Select OK Enter Auto Unrolled Media Select OK Enter Media Back Forth Select OK Enter Paper Saving Mode Select OK Enter Set Com...
Page 22: ...two 2 width modes Expanded and Unexpanded In Expanded mode the the cutting area will increase by 20mm 0 78 over Unexpanded Set Comm Sets serial RS 232 parameters for communication via serial port with...
Page 23: ...plug unplug the cable from the cutter or computer and if possible avoid using a switchbox to select the cutter If a switchbox is used it should be a simple mechanical A B type 7 1 Connecting to the US...
Page 24: ...e cutter activates its BUSY signal outputs an ACK signal then reads the input DATA signals to begin a cutting or plotting operation When the specified operation is completed the cutter awaits the inpu...
Page 25: ...ntronics compatible parallel interface connector is described below Pin No Signal Name Pin No Signal No 1 STROBE 19 GND 2 DB 0 20 GND 3 DB 1 21 GND 4 DB 2 22 GND 5 DB 3 23 GND 6 DB 4 24 GND 7 DB 5 25...
Page 26: ...300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 bits s Stop bit 1 stop bit Parity Even odd none Character length 7 or 8 bits 7bits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stop bit Data bits stop bit Parity bit 8bit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Stop bit...
Page 27: ...CC 107 Signal Ground 7 AB 102 Data Carrier Detect 8 CF 109 Secondary TX 14 SBA 118 Secondary RX 16 SBB 119 Data Terminal Ready 20 CD 108 2 The cable available for the BREN Cutting Plotters is a 10 fee...
Page 28: ...e type being used Solution Adjust the OFFSET value If too low corners become rounded If too high the corners are too pointed PROBLEM The cut line starts out crooked Cause 1 The blade mounted in the ho...
Page 29: ...se 2 The cutting FORCE is too high Solution Lower the FORCE setting PROBLEM Film can be cut but it is difficult to weed afterwards Cause 1 Backing has been cut separates and stays on the film as it is...
Page 30: ...parent cannot be detected by the papersensors Solution Set the effective cutting area at the control panel Cause 2 Strong light is preventing the paper sensors from detecting the film Solution Change...
Page 31: ...bility 0 1mm under 63 1600mm Interface s Parallel Centronics compatible cable provided and Serial RS 232C auto sensing Buffer 4Megabyte Instruction Set 32 bit CPU accepting BREN Pro GL mode 1 and 2 HP...
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