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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
KMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
KMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
12.0
Program Memory & Storage
The ProtoTRAK KMX can only have one program at a time in current memory. This is the
program you see when you enter the program mode and is the one that is available to run.
Programs may be stored for future use on a thumb drive in one of either USB ports on
the upper back of the ProtoTRAK KMX.
Part programs are saved to storage or opened from storage in the Program In/Out
Mode. When programs are transferred back and forth from current memory and
storage, they stay in both locations unless erased or cleared. In other words, opening a
program from internal storage into the current memory does not remove it from the
internal storage. Only deleting the program will remove it.
12.1
Cautions About Opening and Deleting Programs
Care must be taken to keep from losing a program you wish to keep. This can happen
two ways.
First, whenever a program is opened, it is loaded into the ProtoTRAK KMX's computer
program memory. When this happens, your existing current program is erased.
Therefore, if your current program is one you want to keep, be certain to store it before
you retrieve another program.
Second, to store a program it must have a part number so that the ProtoTRAK KMX can
find it when you want to open it. However, no two programs can have the same part
number (how would the system decide which to retrieve?). Therefore, if you store a
program with any particular part number, it will automatically erase any other program
with that same part number.
