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Press and hold PRESET
until the underscore is
under the one.
8.4
ZERO/ABS – MEASUREMENT MODES
The digital indicator has two modes to take measurements. ZERO
Mode (also known as INCremental Mode) is used to take
measurements from a value of zero. ABS or Absolute Mode is used to
take measurements from a Preset value.
To enter ZERO Mode, press and release the ZERO/ABS button. The
LCD will display all zeros.
To enter ABS Mode, press and release the PRESET
button. Press and release the PRESET button will take
the current position of the spindle and assign it your
Preset value. The ABS icon will appear in the bottom
left corner of the LCD. The default Preset value is
10.0mm. To change the Preset see section 8.5.
If you switch to ZERO Mode and want to return to
your last Preset stem position in ABS Mode press and
hold the ZERO/ABS button for 3 seconds.
NOTE:
Tolerance Mode can be used with ZERO Mode and ABS Mode
8.5
SETTING THE PRESET VALUE
To change the PRESET value, press and hold the PRESET button for 3 seconds. The previous value
will be displayed. Press and hold the PRESET button to select the digit you want to change. Press
and release the PRESET button to change the value. When finished, press and hold the PRESET
button until none of the digits are underscored and SET is flashing. Press and release the PRESET
button and the value will be set. Note that if you set the PRESET value to the max (9999.99 mm or
99.9995 in) and the measurement exceeds those values, then the LCD will display “Err-OL”,
meaning a character overload.
EXAMPLE:
For this example, we are going to change the default PRESET value of +10.00 to the new value of +5.00mm.
Press and hold PRESET for 3
seconds. The previous value
will display. SET will flash
Press and hold PRESET
until the underscore is
under the fourth digit.
Press and release PRESET
until the fourth digit
becomes a five.
Press and hold PRESET
until the underscore is
gone and SET starts to
flash.
Press and release
PRESET. The new
value is now 5.00mm.
Press and release
PRESET until the digit
becomes a zero.
ZERO Mode
ABS Mode
