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Okuma America Corporation
LatheLathe
LatheLathe
Lathe
Rev. 8-21-01
6. When the equal sign (=) appears at the bottom of the screen, the backup procedure is
complete.
Reloading The Parameters
LATHES
To reload the parameters on a lathe do the following:
1. Go into Edit Aux mode.
2. Go into Data Pip menu. (Press F8 twice then F5)
3. Go into Input. (Press F1)
4. At the cursor (> IN), type CN
∅∅
∅∅
∅: if using the RS 232 port or type FD
∅∅
∅∅
∅: if using a floppy
disk drive; type the file name if “A.TOP” is not used, then press the WRITE key(enter).
When the cursor (>) reappears at the bottom of the CRT, press Back Up key or wait for BC
to count around, turn power off. Then reload part programs by using the COPY key and type
FD∅:*.MIN,BB1: WRITE , when the = sign appears, the loading procedure is completed.
If an alarm occurs when reloading the A.TOP file, it will show which line in the A.TOP file is
causing the alarm. Make a note of this data, i.e. [P1/A]N1X250.000Z250.00. In this example,
the P1 represents a group of parameters. The A represents the upper turret and the N1 is the line
number.
To resolve this alarm, the ?.TOP file can be transferred to the BB1: directory to be edited. To
transfer the UP.TOP file, follow the same procedure as above and type in UP.TOP instead of
*.MIN. Press PIP QUIT (F4) to get out of the PIP function. To edit the file, press the Edit
function key (F4) and enter *.*. Cursor down to the file UP.TOP and press the WRITE key. You
can cursor down to the line in question or use the FIND command to locate the line to be edited.
To locate the line via the FIND command for the example above, press the FIND (F1) function
key and type in /P1/ and press WRITE. Position the cursor on the line in question and press the
LINE DELETE function key. Once the line is located delete all the characters on that line. Once
this is done, re-copy the file back to the diskette. Rename the file when you copy it back to the
floppy and keep the original file. To do this, type in BB1:UP.TOP,FD
∅∅
∅∅
∅:U.TOP when the file is
copied back to the diskette. This will rename the file U.TOP.
Once this is done, repeat the procedure to reload the parameters to see if everything loads up
properly. Remember to reload the edited file and not the original ?.TOP.