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Establishing a datum............................................................................................ 105
Overview ........................................................................................................ 105
Steps to establish the datum.......................................................................... 106
X axis datum ................................................................................................... 107
Y axis datum ................................................................................................... 107
Z axis datum ................................................................................................... 107
Retract Z ......................................................................................................... 108
Using an electronic edge finder ...................................................................... 108
Setting the datum on an edge ........................................................................ 109
Setting the datum at the centerline ................................................................ 110
Setting the datum at the center of a circle ..................................................... 110
Test the datum setting ................................................................................... 111
Testing a MILLPWR
G2
program...................................................................... 112
Single step ...................................................................................................... 113
Dry run ............................................................................................................ 113
Machining your part ............................................................................................. 114
Potentiometer for feedrate override .................................................................... 115
Manually positioning the quill ............................................................................. 116
6.2 Folders
Folder functions ................................................................................................... 117
Folders ............................................................................................................ 117
Creating a folder ............................................................................................. 117
Naming a new folder ...................................................................................... 118
Deleting a folder ............................................................................................. 118
Saving a program ............................................................................................ 118
Naming a program .......................................................................................... 119
Deleting a program ......................................................................................... 119
Loading a MILLPWR
G2
(MPT) program .......................................................... 120
Importing a DXF drawing ................................................................................ 121
G-code programs ................................................................................................. 122
G-code editing capabilities .............................................................................. 122
Loading a G-code program.............................................................................. 123
Running a G-code program ............................................................................. 123
Starting or stopping a G-code program .......................................................... 124
G-code and M-Code definitions ........................................................................... 125
G-code ............................................................................................................ 125
M-Code definition ........................................................................................... 129
Additional G-code conventions for MILLPWR
G2
............................................. 132
Backing up a program .......................................................................................... 133
Copy and paste programs............................................................................... 133
Program errors................................................................................................ 134