Section
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PROGRAM MOVE
MOVING A COMPLETE PROGRAM
1) Switch PROG on and load the drill program.
2) SST or BST to the very first command in the program.
3) Ensure that the TOOL SWITCH is NOT set to 9.
4) Use the joy-stick to place the TV target over the new position for the first command.
(The first command will be re-positioned here, with everything else relative to it.)
5) Press M/EXP and wait until the bleep finishes.
6) The system will return to the PROG mode just as though it had been single-stepped to
the first command which has been re-positioned
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MOVING PART OF A PROGRAM
The procedure is just as above except that in 2 above, the SST and BST controls should be
used to reach a particular command in the program. Re-positioning is carried out in the
same way and the result will be that everything from the start of the program up to that
command will remain as before.
The command, and everything following it up to the END, will be moved and the TV target
will indicate the new position of that command.
CAUTION
The operator must ensure that the moved program will still fit within the limits of the
drilling table.
If the system is at HOME when the MOVE routine is initiated, the bleeper will sound and
the program or part program will not be re-positioned. This is to help avoid programs
being moved negatively beyond the zero limits of the table. The table will then return to the
last position which was reached with BST or SST.
If the machine is an Auto Tool Change type then care must be taken NOT to MOVE the
Speed and Feed commands as this will change their relative values. If they have been
placed at the beginning of the program it will be a simple matter to use SST and BST to
reach the first real command of the program.
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