Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
73
JOG
Do the following:
1.
Fold up the X and Y handwheels (pull out, then fold up).
WARNING
Never operate the ProtoTRAK under servo motor control unless the handles are
folded into their safety position.
2.
Press the JOG
soft key. A message in red will appear that says “CAUTION: JOG KEYS ARE
ACTIVE”. This means the ProtoTRAK is ready to jog in the plus X or Y direction at 100 inches
per minute, so if you press X or Y, the machine will move.
3.
Press and hold X. The table moves to the left at 100 ipm. Release the X key to stop.
4.
Press and hold Y. The table moves towards you. Release.
5.
Press the
+/-
key. Notice the number in the Feed Rate box on the lower left of the screen
changes from “100” to “
-
100”.
6.
Press and hold X. The table now moves right. Release.
7.
Press and hold Y. The saddle now moves away. Release.
8.
Press the
key. Notice the “JOG
-
100 ipm” changes to “JOG
-
90 ipm”. Press the
key
several more times.
9.
Press and hold X. Notice the table moves slower. Release.
10.
Press the
key several times until you are back to “JOG
-
100 ipm.”
11.
Press number key 9. Notice that the conversation line now says "FEED RATE 9"
12.
Press either X or Y. The table or saddle now moves at 9 ipm. This is the way to get low
feedrates for power feeding straight cuts in X or Y.
13.
Press the RETN (Return) soft key to exit jog operation and go back to manual.
Return to Absolute Zero
Do the following:
1.
Make sure the readout is displaying absolute (ABS). If not, press the INC/ABS key.
2.
Move the handwheels to make sure you’re
not
at zero.
3.
Press the RETURN ABS 0 soft key.
4.
Press GO. System prompts to “Check Z”, press GO again. The table and saddle will
automatically move to the absolute zero you set earlier.
5.
For the DPMEX2 product, the Z axis will also move up to your Z retract position.
