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Program Run Timers

The 3500i also keeps track of the program machining time during the active program run session. When first entering into Program Run mode, both of the timers are initialized to a value of zero hours, minutes, and seconds. The timers begin when you press START, and will pause when you press STOP.

The Timer Inc: timer displays the current program runtime. Each time

the active program completes, the Timer Inc: timer will reset.

The Timer Abs: timer displays an overall runtime for the active program run session. This timer will continue to increment with each consecutive run of the program.

The timers continue this pattern until Program Run mode is exited, which clears the running total. Upon re-entering Program Run, the timers will again be initialized to zero. Both timers begin when you press START, and will pause when you press STOP.

Accessing the Tool Table

In Program Run mode, easy access to the machine Tool Table is provided by touching the Tool button on the bottom menu bar. This opens the normal Tool Table view, in which the usage behavior is the same as in Manual Data Input mode.

If the values in the Tool Table are changed from this view, the new values do not take effect until the corresponding tools/offsets are (re-)activated within the part program.

9.1 Running a program

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