Gerber Fastrack User Manual

Chapter 4, Fine Tuning the Cutter 55
GENERATING A PARAMETER SETTINGS PLOT
1. You can plot out all of your cutter’s internal information (machine type,
EPROM and EEPROM versions) as well as all the user definable
settings, such as tool speeds, acceleration, forces, offset values, etc.
This information is useful if you need to contact your Gerber distributor
or technical support
2. Load a sheet of B-size (11" X 17") paper or larger into the cutter.
3. Set the tool selection to pen for optimum plot quality. By factory
default, TOOL 3 and TOOL 4 are defined as being PENS.
4. Mount a pen in the tool head.
5. Switch the cutter
offline
by pressing the ONLINE key. The ONLINE
LED should then go off.
6. Start the plot by pressing ENTER and
½
(left slew) simultaneously.
The cutter plots a display similar to the one below.
FasTrack Settings Plot
Machine : FasTrack-650
Version EPROM :
XX.XX
EEPROM :
XX.XX
Tool : Tool1 Tool2 Tool3 Tool4 Pen-Up
Force (g) : 100 100 20 80 ---
Speed (in/s) : 24 24 16 24 39
Acceleration (G) : 2.5 2.5 4.0 4.0 4.0
Page Length : 40 in
Toolkind Tool1 : Knife 0.021 in
Tool2 : Knife 0.021 in
Tool3 : Pen
Tool4 : Pen
User Language : American

Gerber Fastrack Specifications

General

Brand	Gerber
Model	Fastrack
Category	Cutter
Language	English