Gerber Fastrack User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 1
ATTENTIONS AND CAUTIONS ............................................................................................................ 1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 2
CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES .............................................................. 4
PREPARING THE CUTTER ENVIRONMENT....................................................................................... 4
UNPACKING AND SETTING UP THE CUTTER................................................................................... 5
Cutter box contents.......................................................................................................................... 6
CUTTER PARTS and COMPONENTS.................................................................................................. 7
CONTROL PANEL................................................................................................................................. 9
CONNECTING THE CUTTER TO THE COMPUTER ......................................................................... 10
Serial interface............................................................................................................................... 10
To connect the serial interface....................................................................................................... 10
CONNECTING THE POWER CABLE ................................................................................................. 11
INSTALLING KNIFE HOLDERS OR PENS......................................................................................... 12
LOADING MATERIAL .......................................................................................................................... 13
To load cut-sheet material ............................................................................................................. 13
To load roll material ....................................................................................................................... 15
To straighten the material edge using the auto-sheet-off utility..................................................... 17
CHAPTER 2 CUTTER CONTROLS ............................................................................. 18
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTROL PANEL ...................................................................................... 18
Online and Offline modes .............................................................................................................. 18
Slew keys....................................................................................................................................... 19
ORIGIN key.................................................................................................................................... 19
PAGE key ...................................................................................................................................... 20
ENTER key .................................................................................................................................... 20
Menu keys...................................................................................................................................... 21
VALUE keys................................................................................................................................... 21
GENERAL PROCEDURE TO CHANGE SETTINGS ON THE CUTTER............................................ 22
TOOL SELECTION .............................................................................................................................. 23
TOOLKIND SELECTION...................................................................................................................... 24
To change the TOOLKIND ............................................................................................................ 24
FORCE SELECTION ........................................................................................................................... 25
First Range (15 - 100 grams)......................................................................................................... 26
Second Range (110 - 190 grams) ................................................................................................. 26
Third Range (200 - 500 grams) ..................................................................................................... 26
SPEED SELECTION............................................................................................................................ 27
ACCELERATION SELECTION............................................................................................................ 27
PAGE LENGTH.................................................................................................................................... 27
To set the PAGE LENGTH ............................................................................................................ 28
RESET and CLEAR FUNCTION.......................................................................................................... 29
AVAILABLE VALUES/SETTINGS FOR PARAMETERS - IMPERIAL SYSTEM................................. 30
AVAILABLE VALUES/SETTINGS FOR PARAMETERS, METRIC SYSTEM ..................................... 31
CHAPTER 3 CUTTER SETTINGS and SPECIAL FUNCTIONS.................................. 32
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................. 32
CHANGING THE USER LANGUAGE.................................................................................................. 32
MENU MODE OPERATION................................................................................................................. 32
To plot a complete setup sheet...................................................................................................... 33
To plot a single line and change settings ...................................................................................... 33

Gerber Fastrack Specifications

General

Brand	Gerber
Model	Fastrack
Category	Cutter
Language	English