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Conversational Data Input Cycles

Milling Button

A full description of the cycles described on the following pages, and programming applications are provided in this manual. Refer to Chapter 7.2 "Canned Cycles" on page 147.

Select the Milling button to display the milling button features in the bottom bar menu.

Milling

RPM

Entry Move

Rapid

Line

Arc

Exit Move

Tool

Repeat

Sub Programs

When editing, or creating a new program the Conversational Data Input display provides help screen graphics with each data input dialogue. When text is required, the on screen keyboard appears, and the same when numeric information is required, the numeric key pad is displayed. The display shown is for milling a line.

When a bottom horizontal menu button is touched , a sub menu of the types of operations that are available in that category are listed.

Touch the name of the type of cycle that is to be executed by the machine to display the dialogue.

These buttons are typical to all dialogues. Some dialogues have additional buttons such as the Line dialogue shown here which also has the Other button allowing variations of the cycle to be selected.

Use is available on all dialogues. This accepts the form data, and enters the block into the program.

More is only available on dialogues that allow additional optional parameters.

Cancel is available on all dialogues. This exists the form, discarding the data, and no block is entered into the program.

6.1 Conversational Programming

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