CNC 8070
(REF: 1505)
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AUTOMATIC MODE
4.1 Interface description.
The automatic mode may consists in one or more pages (screens) of data or graphics.
• The data screens may show information related to execution, axis position, "M" and "G"
function history, active tool and tool offset, spindle speed and axis feedrate. When this
screens shows a window with the program selected for execution, it will be possible to
select the execution starting and ending conditions as well as to recover the program
history up to a particular block.
• The graphic screen shows a graphic representation of the program during execution. It
also allows taking measurements on the graphics.
Description of a typical data screen.
A typical data screen of the automatic mode can show the following information:
A Program window. It shows data on the program selected for execution and lets selecting
the initial and final execution blocks.
When accessing the automatic mode and after finishing the execution of the program,
it shows the portion of the main program even if there are local subroutines defined in
the program. It shows the following data.
• Blocks of the program or subroutine being executed.
• Line of the program where the cursor is.
During execution, the window shows the following information.
• The cursor shows the block being executed.
• The bottom shows the line number being executed (Line) and, if necessary, the line
number where the execution was canceled (INT).
• If the program has been executed before, the bottom shows the percentage of the
program that has been executed already (Time). Once a program has been executed,
the CNC knows how long it took and in later executions it shows the percentage of
the program executed so far. This percentage will be reliable as long as the
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