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ProtoTRAK
KMX Upgrade Quick Programming Guide
With the AGE, you can easily overcome limitations in the data the print provides without having
to spend time in laborious calculations. We strongly encourage you to study Section 8 to learn
this powerful tool.
Subroutine Copy
- Applies to MX, M, EDGE and EMX upgrades. Copy works exactly like
Subroutine except it takes the repeated, rotated or mirrored events and copies them into
subsequent events. This allows you to edit the events if they are not exactly like the events to
be repeated, rotated or mirrored (see Section 7.3.6)
Editing Programs
- Applies to MX, M and AGE upgrades. The ProtoTRAK KMX eliminates
the Edit Mode and incorporates the Deleting and Insertion functions into the Program Mode.
Once an event has been selected and shown on the right side of the screen, pressing Delete
Event will delete this partial or completed event and renumber subsequent events.
To Inset an event get the two events between which you want the Inserted event located on
the left and right side of the screen. Press Insert Event, select he event type of your Inserted
event and program as normal. All subsequent events will be renumbered (see Section 7.2).
SET UP
Deleting Groups of Events
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To delete groups of events, go to Event 0, press the Delete
Events soft key and input the first and last event to be deleted.
Verify
– This feature gives you a 3-D solid model representation of the part. Press VERIFY
from the initial set-up screen, then press DEFINE STOCK to input stock dimensions relative to
the program abs. 0. Finally, press MAKE PART. Note, you will need to be a little patient,
especially for complex parts.
RUN
TRAKing / Electronic Handwheel Option
- The TRAKing / Electronic Handwheel
function is optional on all models except DPM AGE 5 and Sport B5 models where the feature
already exists.
TRAKing is a special kind of CNC run. When you press Stop and then the TRAKing soft key, the
programmed X, Y, and Z motion is simultaneously controlled by turning the table or saddle
handwheel. Turning one of the handles in the clockwise direction moves all axes forward
through the program; turning counterclockwise moves backward through the program and the
federate depends on how fast you turn the handwheel. Basically you are “manually” machining
the program path.
TRAKing comes in handy whenever you are a little unsure about any aspect of your program or
set-up. For example on the first run of a part – instead of pressing Go and holding your hand
over the E-STOP, use TRAKing to bring the tool to the part while you watch the tool and DRO.
Once assured that everything is alright, press Stop and get into CNC Run.
