ITW Alpine ALS 4.0 XE - 3.3 Automatic Screen Operations; 3.3.1 Load Lumber Screen

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ALS 4.0 XE
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2. OK – This button is used only during Oce Mode
operation of the program. It switches the program
to the Cut Screen simulating detection of a board.
When running a single stock length, the OK button
will be visible but once the cut is completed the
screen will return to the Cut Screen automatically.
NOTE
OK is only visible if a single stock length is being run.
Figure 14
3. CANCEL – This button can be used to return to the
Job/Piece Select Screen. All cut status information
for all previous cuts will be saved. This information
can be reviewed on the Job/Piece Select Screen. If
no changes are made to the cut status information
or stock length click or touch cancel CANCEL. Then,
RUN ALL can be used to maintain the Next Cut
Order as set previously.
4. OK – This button is used only during Oce Mode
operation of the program. It switches the program
to the Cut Screen simulating detection of a board.
3.3 Automatic Screen Operations
3.3.1 Load Lumber Screen
Figure 13
This screen displays what size and grade of stock lumber
to feed into the saw.
1. NEXT CUT ORDER – Displays a preview of the next
board to be cut
The gray bar near the bottom of the screen show how
the computer has placed pieces on the stock. The gray
bar shows the stock board that is set up, ready and will
be cut next. The red and yellow colors of the pieces
are alternated so that it noticeable where each board
begins and ends. There is no other signicance to these
two colors.
NOTE
When the stock is changed, the Next Cut Order will be
recalculated and the new piece layout will be shown.
Occasionally, this recalculation will cause the Previous Cut Order
layout to go off scale, but that will have no effect on upcoming
cuts. It is not possible to make changes to the stocks
if a picklist has been created for the job.
When there are pieces on the stock that have beveled
ends, the beveled edges will be green for double bevel,
blue for single bevel front, or fuchsia for single bevel
back.
• The information shown on the rst line on each
piece is truss name.
• The second line shows the piece name.
• The third line shows the index of the piece and the
piece length.
The index number is assigned by the saw computer
when the job is loaded. It corresponds to the position
of the piece in the list on the Piece Select screen. It is
not the quantity of the piece. It is shown on this screen
for reference. It can be used when it is necessary to o
nd the piece in the job list on the Piece Select Screen
(Figure 8).