M-Series Operator’s Manual 4/9/15
Maximum Spindle Speed (High Range)
This field sets the high range maximum spindle speed for those machines that have a variable frequency spindle drive
controller (VFD). All spindle speeds entered in a CNC program are sent to the PLC as percentages of this maximum
value.
If your machine is equipped with a dual range drive and VFD, the controller will not exceed the spindle speed set by
this field while in high gear. See the Machine Parameters section below for information on setting the gear ratios for
medium and low gear ranges. If your machine has a VFD but is not equipped with a dual range drive, this field
determines the maximum spindle speed.
Minimum Spindle Speed (High Range)
This parameter is used to adjust the minimum spindle speed for the high range. This parameter allows the operator to
set the minimum value for spindle speed to a value other than 0. All changes in spindle speed are made in relationship
to this value, with this parameter as the minimum value. The values stored can range from 0 to 500000.0 RPM.
Machine Home at Powerup
This field controls how the machine will home at powerup. Set Machine Home at Powerup to Home Switch if you
have limit/home switches or safe hard stops for all axes, and wish to use the switches or stops for homing. Set
Machine Home at Powerup to Ref Mark – HS if you have fixed reference marks for any axis. In Ref Mark homing,
axes that contain a zero (0) for the plus or minus home switch in the Machine Configuration designate that axis to have
a Ref Mark home, while non-zero values specify Limit Switch homing. Set Machine Home at Powerup to Jog if you
need to manually move or jog the machine to its home position. See Chapter 1 for more information about machine
home.
PLC Type
This field tells the controller which PLC type is installed. The available choices are: Standard, Legacy IO2, Legacy
RTK2, and None.
Jog Panel Type
This field tells the controller which type of Jog Panel is installed. The available choices are: Jogboard, Legacy, and
Offline.
Remote Drive & Directory
This field sets up the remapped default drive and directory for the F3 - Remote key in the Load Job screen. This
allows you to conveniently load files from an attached computer via LAN network (via RJ-45 Ethernet connection).
The Control will usually remap the attached computer's C: hard drive as drive E:, depending on the way it was set up.
User Specified Paths
Operators can now specify paths for INTERCON files, posted INTERCON files, Digitize files and CAD files. These
paths are specified in pathm.ini. This file is automatically generated by the CNC software if it does not exist. The
default pathm.ini file is:
INTERCON_PATH=c:\intercon\
ICN_POST_PATH=c:\cncm\ncfiles\
DIGITIZE_PATH=c:\cncm\ncfiles\
CAD_PATH=c:\cncm\ncfiles\
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