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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
ProtoTRAK
KMX Upgrade Quick Programming Guide
A Quick Programming Guide for ProtoTRAK KMX
Upgrades
If you have upgraded your ProtoTRAK to the new ProtoTRAK KMX it may not be necessary to
thoroughly study the full Safety, Programming, Operation and Care Manual that was shipped
with your new ProtoTRAK.
The KMX stays true to the basic ProtoTRAK system of operation so you will find that almost
everything you already know will not have to be relearned. The ProtoTRAK KMX simply builds
upon what you know while adding some new powerful features and options to make your work
easier and better.
The point of this brief manual is to identify what is different and what has been added so you
can quickly get back to work. Along the way we have included Section numbers of the main
manual so you can go quickly to them to fill out your understanding of what is new.
HARDWARE
Sensors / Glass Scales
- You may keep and use them or not. The KMX does an excellent
job of compensating for backlash and machine tool error.
Electronic Handwheel Option -
These replace the mechanical handwheels and enable
you to use the very powerful TRAKing features on your machine (see Section 3.4.9 and 11.7)
and GO TO in the DRO Mode (see Section 6.6).
Full Color LCD
FRONT PANEL
Soft Keys
- These have been moved from the bottom to the right side of the screen.
Up and Down Arrow Keys
- These two keys are used for:
Feedrate override in Run and DRO Modes
Data Forward and Data Back to move through the prompts in an event
Up Arrow can be used to Page Back from the top prompt to the previous event
Down Arrow can be used to Page Forward from the bottom prompt to the next event
Pan the Tool Path picture up and down
F / C Key
-
This key is used with the Electronic Handwheel option to switch from Fine (.200
in/rev) to coarse (.800 in/rev) resolution.
ACC Key
- This key is used to turn on and off an accessory (like the coolant pump or spray
mister) for systems with the Auxiliary function option. Press once to turn on and again to turn
off. Press and hold until the Status Line shows ACC AUTO to have the KMX control this function
during Run. The key is inactive for machines that do not have the auxiliary function option.
