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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
KMX Knee Mill, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
KMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
7.0
Programming
The ProtoTRAK KMX can be easily programmed for a wide variety of parts in two and
three axes.
A program is one or a series of
events
. It can either be a complete part, a set of
operations on a side or only a small number of cuts. It is necessary to create a
program when you want the CNC to machine the part for you.
7.1
Enter Program Mode and Assign a Program Name
To start programming, press MODE
and select PROGRAM softkey. For a new program to be
written, there cannot already be a program in the active or current program memory.
When you first enter Program Mode, you will encounter a screen that allows you to
enter a program name or to enter the program at different events.
Event 0 is where you can enter the program name. You can also get to Event 0 by
pressing Page Back from Event 1.
The program name is highlighted and you may enter a new program name at this point.
Program names consist of one to eight numbers.
Note: It is not necessary to enter a program name. If none is entered and the INC
SET or ABS SET button is pushed, the system will assume the program name is 0.
The ProtoTRAK KMX automatically holds all of the completed events as you program in
current memory.
Choices at the beginning of Program Mode:
GO TO BEGIN
: puts Event 0 on the left side of the screen and the first event on
the right side.
GO TO END:
puts the last programmed event on the left side of the screen and
the next event to be programmed on the right side.
GO TO #:
enter the event number you wish to go to and then press SET. This
puts the requested event number on the right side of the screen and the
previous event number on the left.
Note: for a new program that has no Events, all the GO TO selections will take you to
the beginning, with Event 0 on the left and the Select an Event options for Event 1 on
the right.
7.1.1
General Programming Options
Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to select general programming options, in
Event 0.
Scale
: Allows a scale factor between .1 and 10. An input of 5 means the part
will be 5 times as big as the programmed dimensions. A value of 1.0000 is
assumed if nothing is input.
