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Titan Series WinCNC Manual
WinCNC
This frame houses the tool change controls. The
operator clicks on the Tool he/she would like to pickup.
The machine will put away the current tool, and then
move to pick up the tool as indicated on the button.
T0 will put the current tool away without picking another
one up.
Tool Change
This frame contains the controls for measuring tool lengths and
table zero.
Theoperatormustperformthe“SetTableZero”once(typically
the top of the spoil board), and then can measure all the tools.
“MeasureTool”automaticallysetsandrecordsthelengthofthe
current tool in the spindle.
Theoperatormustchangetoolsandchoose“MeasureTool”to
record the length of the new tool.
Tool Measure
This frame houses the machine status indicators.
If the described input is found, the box is green, if not,
the box is red.
The Touch ESTOP input is necessary for machine
operation.
Tool present and Shroud up, indicate if a tool is loaded
and whether or not the shroud is in a safe position for
tool changes.
Status Indicators
Below that, in the main window status bar, will be the indication of what tool the machine thinks is
inthespindle,“Tool3”inthiscase.
It will also show, modes G90 vs G91, Rapids speeds, and units G20 vs G21.`
WinCNC Controller
WinCNC Users Guide Page 18
Transit/Jog Buttons
These buttons are what allow you
to initiate a manual transit or jog
movement from the console of the
computer that runs the machine.
In transit mode, holding the button
down will continuously move the
machine. In jog mode, each time a
button is pressed the machine will
move according to the jog incre-
ment that has been selected. Holding the button down in jog mode
will move the machine only once.
Custom Screen Buttons Section
This section of controls is a cus-
tomizable button section that allows
the user to place shortcut buttons to
activate heavily used commands.
Note: See Section 4 Screen Con-
guration
Status Bar
The status bar is the label along the bottom of the WinCNC window
that looks similar to the one shown below. This bar provides the user
with the status of several features in WinCNC. Each section in the
example below is labeled for clarity.
Program Operation
Current File
Percentage of File
Completion
G00/G01
Mode
Indicator
Elapsed Time for
Current File
* Note: There are TWO tool
changer indicators
Tool Changer ON/OFF
and current tool being
used
G90/G91
Mode
Indicator
Current
Line in Job
File