To Move the Router Head
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There are 3 different methods of moving the router head.
1. Continuous mode.
Press the mode button until Continuous is displayed. The
display will show [bottom row of the screen] the changing location of the router head
as it moves location. By holding X+ button down the machine will move constantly
until the button is released. This is the same for X-, Y+, Y-, Z+ and Z-. The
“High/Low” button determines the speed of the jogging moves.
2. Step mode.
Press the mode button until step is displayed. With step selected, each
time X, or Y button is pressed it will move the router head by 0.5mm in high setting
and 0.1mm in the low setting.
3. Distance mode.
Pressing the mode button a third time and Distance is displayed.
This allows you to input a position into the controller that you want the router spindle
to move to. As an example, if you want to move the router spindle 100mm from the
home position in the X and / or Y axis.
1. Press the mode button until Distance is displayed.
2. Type in 100 and press OK
3. Pressing the X+= button will now move the router 100mm in the X+
axis. The router head also move the set distance in the X+, X-, Y+ and
Y- depending on the button that is pressed.
To move the router head in the Z axis press the Z+= / 3 [ UP] or the Z- / 7 button
[DOWN]. By pressing any of the other X, Y or Z + or – buttons the router head will
move 100mm in the selected direction.
Jogging Speed
You can select between a Low or High speed. By pressing the HIGH LOW / 0 button
you can toggle between the two speeds. The High speed jog setting is approximately
4 times the speed of Low speed jog setting.
Setting the Work Envelope [Factory Set]
Note: This comes factory set and should not need adjustment.
The Work Envelope is a volume that defines the movement limits of the router spindle.
The X0, Y0 corner of the work envelope is determined by the machine’s Home Posi-
tion. The X+ and Y+ limits of the work envelope are determined by the “Table Size:
Settings (MENU/MACHINE SETUP/TABLE SIZE) and provide the “soft limits” for the
machine. The Table Size settings prevent the possibility of the spindle assembly/gantry
from being jogged into the machine’s frame.
Insure that the controller display is indicating the “Machine Coordinates”. Those num-
bers correspond to the machine Home position that is determined by physical limit
switches. Machine Coordinates are indicated on the screen by the designation “AX,
AY, or AZ”. I the Machine Coordinates are not being displayed, depressing the
HIGH/LOW and MENU buttons together will toggle between the machine coordinates
and ORIGIN coordinates. (e.g. 1-9).
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Select Low Speed by pressing the HIGH LOW / 0 button. Select Continuous by
press the mode button until “Continuous” is displayed. The display will show the
position of the router head as it changes at the bottom of the display.
Move the router spindle to the home position by pressing the Home button.
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