Roland MDX-40A - Page 6

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3-3 Selecting the Command Set ................................................................46
What is Command Set? ................................................................................................................46
Selecting Command Set ..............................................................................................................46
3-4 Moving the Tool ....................................................................................48
Manual Feed .....................................................................................................................................48
About the Displayed Tool Position ...........................................................................................49
Moving to a Specic Position .....................................................................................................51
Moving to the VIEW Position ......................................................................................................51
3-5 Starting and Stopping Spindle Rotation ...............................................52
Starting or Stopping the Spindle ..............................................................................................52
3-6 Pausing/Resuming/Quitting of Cutting .................................................53
Pausing and Resuming of Cutting by Operation of the Machine .................................53
Quitting Cutting by Operation of the Machine ...................................................................54
Quitting Cutting by Operating from the VPanel .................................................................55
Chapter 4 Getting Ready for and Performing Cutting ...................................57
4-1 Cutting Area .........................................................................................58
Workpiece Size and Location Where Secured in Place .....................................................58
Actual Size That Can Be Cut ........................................................................................................58
4-2 Installing a Tool ....................................................................................59
Tool Selection ..................................................................................................................................59
Features of the Tools ......................................................................................................................59
Installing a Tool (End mill) ...........................................................................................................59
4-3 Starting Cutting ....................................................................................61
About Origin Point .........................................................................................................................61
Setting Origin Point .......................................................................................................................61
Start Cutting (Output to the machine directly form the application) .........................64
Start Cutting (Output via VPanel) .............................................................................................65
Recovery of Operation from Emergency Stop or Emergency Shutdown ..................67
4-4 Override ...............................................................................................68
What's an Override? .......................................................................................................................68
How to Make the Settings for Overrides ................................................................................68
Chapter 5 Appendix ..........................................................................................69
5-1 Using the Z0 Sensor ............................................................................70
What’s a Z0 Sensor .........................................................................................................................70
Setting the Z Origin Using the Z0 Sensor ..............................................................................70
Setting the Thickness of the Z0 Sensor ..................................................................................72
5-2 Using the Engraving Cutter ..................................................................73
Installing the Engraving Cutter and Setting the Origin Point ........................................73
5-3 Maintenance ........................................................................................76
Cleaning .............................................................................................................................................76
Maintenance of the Spindle Unit ..............................................................................................77
5-4 What to Do If... .....................................................................................78
The Power Does Not Come On. .................................................................................................78
Initialization is Not Performed or Initialization Fails. .........................................................78
VPanel Doesn't Start Correctly. ..................................................................................................78