Haas Mill, Operator'S Manual

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Operation 36 96-8000 rev R June 2007
The settings (and defaults) that control the RS-232 port are:
11 Baud Rate (9600) 24 Leader to Punch (None)
12 Parity (Even) 25 EOB Pattern (CR LF)
13 Stop Bits (1) 37 Number Data Bits (7)
14 Synchronization Xon/Xoff
There are a number of different programs that can link with the Haas control. An example is the Hyper Terminal
program that is installed with most Microsoft Windows applications. To change the settings on this program go to
the “File” drop down menu at the top left. Choose the “Properties” selection from the menu and then press the
“Configure” button. This will open up the port settings; change these to match what is in the CNC control.
To receive a program from the PC, push the LIST PROG key. Move the cursor to the word ALL and push the RECV
RS-232 key and the control will receive all main and sub programs until it receives a “%” indicating end of input. All
programs sent to the control from the PC must begin with a line containing a single “%” and must end with a line
containing a single “%”. Note that when using “ALL”, your programs must have a Haas formatted program number
(Onnnnn). If you do not have a program number, type in a program number before you push RECV RS-232 and the
program will be stored under that number. You can also select an existing program for input and it will be replaced.
To send a program to the PC, use the cursor to select the program and push the SEND RS-232 key. You can
select “ALL” to send all of the programs in the memory of the control. A setting (Setting 41) can be turned on to add
spaces to the RS-232 output and improve the readability of your programs.
Parameters, settings, offsets, and macro variables pages may also be sent individually via RS-232 by selecting the
“LIST PROG” mode, selecting the desired display screen, and pushing the SEND key. They can be received by
pushing the RECV key and selecting the file on the PC that is to be received.
The file can be viewed on a PC by adding “.txt” to the file name from CNC control. Then open the file on a PC using
a program such as Windows Notepad.
If an abort message is received, check the set-up between the mill and the PC and the cable.
Optional Floppy Drive
All files must be on MS-DOS formatted 1.44M floppy disks and must reside in the root directory. This means that
the desired file cannot be in a folder on the disk.
All programs must begin with a line starting with a single “%” and end with a line ending in a single “%”. Note: Files
saved by the control will have these lines.
To load a program from a floppy disk, press the LIST PROG button, enter the floppy disk file name and press F3
button. The control will receive all main and sub programs.
Please note that when using the “ALL” command to receive every program on the disk, all the programs must have
a Haas-convention file name (Onnnnn).
To save a program to a floppy disk, press the PRGRM button and then the LIST PROG button. Enter a file name
and press the F2 key. You can select “ALL” to send all of the programs in memory. Note: Setting 23 (Program Edit
Lock) must be turned off, in order to save the 09000 programs.
To erase a file from the floppy drive, press the List Prog button, type “DEL <file name>” where “<file name>” is the
name of the file on the floppy disk. Do not use the program number, unless it is also the file name. Press Write/
Enter.
Parameters, Settings, Macro Variables, and Offsets are sent to the floppy disk by pressing LIST PROG, selecting
the desired display screen (PARAM, SETNG, OFSET, or the Macro Variables page of CRNT CMDS), entering a file
name and pressing the F2 key. They can be received by pressing the F3 key.
Note: It is not recommended that parameters be loaded into the machine. If parameters need to be loaded contact
the Haas service department.