NCT Group NCT 2000T, NCT 100T, NCT 990T manual Tool Offsets Screen

3.4OFFSETS Screens

activated by pressing action menu key :

Clear		Clear		I		/2		Save
group	1	all	2		3		4	5	6	7	8	9

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Clear Group Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR G5x? (G5x according to current coordinate system) appears in the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and Cancel actions in menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

Clear All Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR ALL? Occurs in the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and Cancel actions in menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual.

I Action: The key enables switching of I (incremental) operator on and off on the current address letter. During the execution letter I appears directly after the coordinate address. The value entered will be added to the original offset value.

/2 Action: It halves value written on the current address letter. After execution half of the value in the coordinate address can be seen.

Save Action: When pressing the key the program number can be entered into the bottom data

input line. In case the input is terminated by any of the keys or

, the

program can also be named there. As the effect of keys

and

the offset

values are saved in the appropriate macro variable. If in such way saved offset values need to be reset, the program must be selected for automatic execution and executed in automatic operation.

3.4.2 TOOL OFFSETS Screen

with key

In the general displaying area the values of tool offsets in X, Z (optionally Y) directions as well as the tool nose radius compen- sation value and the imaginary tool nose number at address Q can be seen. The offset registers with identical number form a group. The real offset value is specified by the signed sum of geometry and wear values. Along the groups the highlight- ing bar can be moved forward (in the direction of increasing register numbers) with the help

of key , while backward

. Within the highlighting bar indicating a group an inverse bar can be moved by

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