M-Series Operator’s Manual 4/9/15
Parameter 4 - Remote File Loading Flag & Advanced File Ops
This parameter controls the action of the Load Job menu when CNC job files are selected from drives letters higher
than C. These drives (i.e. drives D, E, F, etc.) are presumed to be network drives or extra hard drives.
Value
Meaning
0 Job files are not copied or cached. They are run from whichever drives they reside on.
1 Job files are copied to the C drive (c:\cncm\ncfiles) when they are loaded. The local copy is used
when the job runs.
2 Turn on file caching. Job files are temporarily cached on the C drive. The cached copy is used
while the job is running. The cached copy is deleted when the next job is loaded or when
Parameter 4 changes to a 0 or 1.
Digitize files are cached as the machine is digitizing. When digitizing is complete, the resulting
file is copied to the digitize directory specified in pathm.ini.
4 Set the Advanced File load menu as default for loading files
8 Use Windows-style File Open dialogue
File caching is useful for machines with both a flash card and a hard drive. By caching job files from the hard drive on
the flash card, the hard drive is not used while the job is running. As a result, the life of the hard drive is extended and
the flash card does not fill up with job files.
Parameter 5 - Suppress Machine Home Setup
This parameter controls machine homing upon startup of the control. The following table details the functions
controlled by this parameter:
Bit Function Description Parameter Value
0 Suppress the requirement to set machine home before
running jobs?
Yes = 1
No = 0
1 Display router bit map at homing screen Yes = 2, No = 0
2 Disable stall detection when the CNC software first starts. Yes = 4, No = 0
Bit 0 suppresses the requirement to set machine home before running. If bit 0 of Parameter 5 is 0, machine home must
be set before jobs may be run. If bit 0 of Parameter 5 is 1, machine home is not requested or required, but Graphing
and running of jobs will not work until the Z-axis is homed.
NOTE: Parameter 5 Bit 0 is separate from the "Machine Home at Powerup" flag in the Control Configuration Screen.
Parameter 5 Bit 0 determines whether you must home the machine; the "Machine Home at Powerup" flag determines
how you will home the machine, if you must do so.
Parameter 6 - Automatic Tool Changer Installed
This parameter tells the control whether an automatic tool changer installed on your machine. This field affects the
action of M6 in your CNC programs. See M6 under M functions in Chapter 13. It also affects whether the ATC key is
present in the Tool Offset Setup and whether to save the last tool change number in the job files.
Value Meaning
0 Auto Tool Changer NOT Installed
1 Auto Tool Changer Installed
Parameter 7 - Display Colors
This parameter determines what combination of colors will be used for display. If you have a color display, set this
parameter to 0. If you have a monochrome display (especially a monochrome LCD panel) set this parameter to 1.
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