Chapter 2 - page 10
MCO-TCO work mode
2.4.4 JOGGING WITH AN ELECTRONIC HANDWHEEL
The various handwheel configurations are:
General handwheel
It can be used to jog any axis one by one.
Select the axis and turn the handwheel to move it.
Individual handwheel:
It replaces the mechanical handwheels.
Up to 3 handwheels can be used (one per axis).
It only moves the axis it is associated with.
To move any of them, turn the switch to any of the handwheel positions.
Positions 1, 10 and 100 indicate the multiplying factor being applied besides the internal x4 to
the feedback pulses supplied by the electronic handwheel.
For example, if the manufacturer has set a distance of 0.100 mm or 0.0100 inches per handwheel
turn, thus:
Switch position
Distance per turn
1
0.100 mm
or 0.0100 inch
10
1.000 mm
or 0.1000 inch
100
10.000 mm
or 1.0000 inch
Warning:
When operating with individual handwheels and depending on how fast the handwheel
is turned and on the selected handwheel switch position, the CNC might be demanded
to move the axis faster than the maximum permitted. In that case, the CNC will move
the axis the indicated distance but it will limit the axis speed to that maximum value.
There are 3 operating modes with handwheels:
Standard handwheel:
With the general handwheel, select the axis to be moved and turn the
handwheel.
With individual handwheels, turn the handwheel associated with the axis to be
moved.
Path handwheel:
For chamfering and rounding corners.
2 axes are moved along a selected path (chamfer or rounding) by moving a
single handwheel.
This feature must be activated via PLC.
The general handwheel is assumed as the "path handwheel" or the individual
handwheel associated with the X axis (MCO model) or Z (TCO model).
Feed handwheel
To control the feedrate of the machine.
This feature must be activated via PLC.
