Operation
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Numbered Programs
To create a new program, press LIST PROG to enter the program display and the list of programs mode. Enter a
program number (Onnnnn) and press Select Prog key or Enter. If the program exists, it will be selected. If it does
not yet exist, it will be created. Press Edit to show the new program. A new program will consist of only the
program name and an End of Block (;).
Numbered programs are retained when the machine is turned off.
Basic Editing of MDI and Numbered Programs
The only difference between an MDI program and a numbered program is the O code. To edit an MDI program,
simply press MDI. To edit a numbered program, select it, then press Edit.
Type in the program data and press enter. Program data falls into three categories, addresses, comments or
EOBs.
O00005
PROGRAM
EDIT
SEARCH
MODIFY
I/O
HELP
PROGRAM (EDIT)
O00741
F1 KEY TURNS MENU ON/0FF
O00741
G00 X0 Z0.1 ;
G74 Z-0.345 F0.03 K0.1 ;
;
G00 X2. Z0.1 ;
G74 X1. Z-4. I0.2 K0.75 D255 ;
G00 X3. Z0.1
;
To add program code to the existing program, highlight the code that the additional code will go in front of, type in
the data and press the Insert key. More than one code, such as X, Y, and Z, can be entered before pressing Insert.
Address data is a letter followed by a numeric value. For example: G04 P1.0. The G04 commands a dwell (pause)
and the P1.0 is the length (1 second) of the dwell.
Comments can be either alpha or numeric characters, but must be prefaced with parentheses. For example: (1
second dwell). Comments can be a maximum of 80 characters.
Lower-case text is to be entered between parentheses (comments). To type lower case text, press the Shift key
first (or hold it in) and then the letter or letters.
End of Blocks are entered by pressing the EOB button and are displayed as a semicolon (;). These are used like a
carriage return at the end of a paragraph. In CNC programming an EOB is entered at the end of a string of program
code.
An example of a line of code using the three types of commands would be:
G04 P1. (1 second dwell);
There is no need to put any symbols or spaces between the commands. Usually a space is put between elements
for ease of reading (Editing).
To alter characters, highlight a portion of the program using the arrow keys or the jog handle, enter the replacement
code, and press Alter.
To remove characters, highlight the characters and press Delete.
To remove commands, highlight the command and press Delete.
Use the Undo button to reverse any changes. The Undo button will work for the last nine entries.
There is no save command, as the program is saved as each line is entered.
Converting an MDI program to a numbered program
An MDI program can be converted to a numbered program. To do so cursor to the beginning of the program (or
press Home), enter a program name (programs need to be named using the format Onnnnn; the letter “O” followed
by up to 5 numbers) and press Alter. This will add the program to the list of programs and clear MDI. To re-access
the program, press List Prog and select it.
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