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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
Arrow Keys
Between the LCD Screen and the hard keys is a column of arrow keys.
Up key, down key:
these are located at the top and bottom of the column,
respectively. They have several uses:
•
feedrate override in Run and DRO modes
•
page forward, page back to move through events in a program
•
data forward, data back to move through the data in an event
Middle five keys:
These keys are called software programmable or soft keys. A
description of the function or use of each of these keys will be shown on the LCD screen
next to each key. If, at any time, there is no description above a key, that key will not
operate.
Emergency Stop Switch
The emergency stop (E-stop) switch kills all power to the ProtoTRAK's servomotors and
the spindle motor when pressed on a TRAK machine. The computer and pendant remain
powered.
The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
The display of the ProtoTRAK EMX is a 7” active
-matrix color LCD.
The information displayed on the LCD screen is nearly always divided into 4 sections or
areas.
The top line, or status line, shows the system's current status. This includes the mode,
inch or mm measurement and part numbers.
Beneath the status line, and filling most of the screen, is the information area. Position
data, program data and graphics are shown here. In addition message windows will be
here in the information area.
Beneath the information area is a single "conversation" line. When numeric data is
required the conversation line will appear for you to see the numbers you enter before
they are set into the system.
On the right side of the LCD are boxes describing the current function or use of each soft
keys located next to them.
