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Transcript
00:01
Load an NC program into control.
00:03
After completing this video, you will be able to
00:06
load an NC program via USB,
00:09
identify MD I and memory in the host control
00:14
and verify correct program selection.
00:17
We have posted our program from fusion 360
00:20
copied it
00:21
onto a USB stick. We can now take that drive
00:24
and mount it onto the control.
00:29
We know where the program is.
00:31
Now, we have to decide where we want it to live on the machine.
00:35
This program,
00:36
if we copy it right to the root of our memory directory here,
00:41
it's gonna kinda be amongst a lot of other programs.
00:44
In a juncture, there could be hundreds of programs in that same folder.
00:47
So in this particular case, I'm gonna create a new directory,
00:51
a new folder and call it piston
00:53
that we can drop this file into
00:55
file F three
00:58
make directory
01:00
piston.
01:05
OK. So we've got a folder under memory
01:08
that we can store this file in. Now, we can go up and over using the cursor keys
01:13
to highlight
01:14
the program on our USB stick.
01:20
There's our file 1001 dot NC.
01:23
We'll follow the on screen instructions.
01:26
To copy, pressing the F two key,
01:29
then we will select a destination, a copy to directory.
01:34
We're gonna go to memory
01:38
cursor down to the piston directory
01:42
and press enter to copy,
01:46
that's it.
01:47
On the top left of our screen,
01:49
it's made that file active in memory and copied it to the memory directory.
01:54
We can go up and over to memory to make sure it's there
02:02
and there, it is not only that we can tell that this is the active program in memory
02:06
because there's a small asterisk next to it.
02:08
And of course, at
02:10
the top left of our screen in the memory window, it says mem memory
02:19
it will show us a different program
02:21
depending on if we are in memory mode or MD I mode.
02:24
So what are these modes?
02:27
MD? I stands for manual data input.
02:30
It's a scratch pad of sorts that we can use to write short programs.
02:34
And we can tell that we are in MD I mode by looking at this top left corner of our screen.
02:39
It says MD, I,
02:43
if we were to press the green cycle start button, while in MD I mode,
02:47
the control is gonna run whatever program is
02:49
an MD I starting with the highlighted line.
02:57
Now, if we press the green cycle start button,
02:60
while in memory mode,
03:02
the control is gonna run whatever program is active in memory
03:06
starting with the highlighted line.
03:09
This is a good thing to know
03:11
two different modes, two different programs. And we need to know what mode we are in
03:17
before we press that green button.
03:18
This is so important that we often find ourselves pressing memory reset
03:24
each time we press that green button just to make sure that we're in memory
03:27
and that we're starting at the very beginning of our program.
03:31
Before pressing cycles start,
03:33
we will need to verify that our intended program is active.
03:37
This usually means reading the comment line
03:39
at the beginning of our program and making
03:41
sure it lists the correct part number and revision we are needing to run.
03:46
If we need to change to a different program, we will press list,
03:49
prog highlight the program.
03:51
We would like to make active and press a select program key.
03:55
Now,
03:55
we should be able to readily identify these three important program components,
03:60
the program file name
04:01
ending with an NC or TXT extension,
04:04
the O number,
04:06
which is a unique number following the letter
04:08
O at the very beginning of every program
04:11
and the top comment.
04:12
Uh A comment is just a reference note
04:14
sandwiched between an opening and closing parenthesis.
04:18
The comment listed at the top of our program next to our own number
04:21
can be read from list prog as well to help identify our program.
04:25
If there are lots of files in a folder from list program,
04:29
we can easily find a certain program.
04:31
If we know it's O number on an NGC control,
04:34
we can enter the O number and press F one to filter our search results.
04:38
This asterisk tells us that this is our active program.
04:42
On a classic
04:43
cost control, we can enter the O number and press the down arrow key to search
04:48
the active program on a classic control is marked with an A.
Video transcript
00:01
Load an NC program into control.
00:03
After completing this video, you will be able to
00:06
load an NC program via USB,
00:09
identify MD I and memory in the host control
00:14
and verify correct program selection.
00:17
We have posted our program from fusion 360
00:20
copied it
00:21
onto a USB stick. We can now take that drive
00:24
and mount it onto the control.
00:29
We know where the program is.
00:31
Now, we have to decide where we want it to live on the machine.
00:35
This program,
00:36
if we copy it right to the root of our memory directory here,
00:41
it's gonna kinda be amongst a lot of other programs.
00:44
In a juncture, there could be hundreds of programs in that same folder.
00:47
So in this particular case, I'm gonna create a new directory,
00:51
a new folder and call it piston
00:53
that we can drop this file into
00:55
file F three
00:58
make directory
01:00
piston.
01:05
OK. So we've got a folder under memory
01:08
that we can store this file in. Now, we can go up and over using the cursor keys
01:13
to highlight
01:14
the program on our USB stick.
01:20
There's our file 1001 dot NC.
01:23
We'll follow the on screen instructions.
01:26
To copy, pressing the F two key,
01:29
then we will select a destination, a copy to directory.
01:34
We're gonna go to memory
01:38
cursor down to the piston directory
01:42
and press enter to copy,
01:46
that's it.
01:47
On the top left of our screen,
01:49
it's made that file active in memory and copied it to the memory directory.
01:54
We can go up and over to memory to make sure it's there
02:02
and there, it is not only that we can tell that this is the active program in memory
02:06
because there's a small asterisk next to it.
02:08
And of course, at
02:10
the top left of our screen in the memory window, it says mem memory
02:19
it will show us a different program
02:21
depending on if we are in memory mode or MD I mode.
02:24
So what are these modes?
02:27
MD? I stands for manual data input.
02:30
It's a scratch pad of sorts that we can use to write short programs.
02:34
And we can tell that we are in MD I mode by looking at this top left corner of our screen.
02:39
It says MD, I,
02:43
if we were to press the green cycle start button, while in MD I mode,
02:47
the control is gonna run whatever program is
02:49
an MD I starting with the highlighted line.
02:57
Now, if we press the green cycle start button,
02:60
while in memory mode,
03:02
the control is gonna run whatever program is active in memory
03:06
starting with the highlighted line.
03:09
This is a good thing to know
03:11
two different modes, two different programs. And we need to know what mode we are in
03:17
before we press that green button.
03:18
This is so important that we often find ourselves pressing memory reset
03:24
each time we press that green button just to make sure that we're in memory
03:27
and that we're starting at the very beginning of our program.
03:31
Before pressing cycles start,
03:33
we will need to verify that our intended program is active.
03:37
This usually means reading the comment line
03:39
at the beginning of our program and making
03:41
sure it lists the correct part number and revision we are needing to run.
03:46
If we need to change to a different program, we will press list,
03:49
prog highlight the program.
03:51
We would like to make active and press a select program key.
03:55
Now,
03:55
we should be able to readily identify these three important program components,
03:60
the program file name
04:01
ending with an NC or TXT extension,
04:04
the O number,
04:06
which is a unique number following the letter
04:08
O at the very beginning of every program
04:11
and the top comment.
04:12
Uh A comment is just a reference note
04:14
sandwiched between an opening and closing parenthesis.
04:18
The comment listed at the top of our program next to our own number
04:21
can be read from list prog as well to help identify our program.
04:25
If there are lots of files in a folder from list program,
04:29
we can easily find a certain program.
04:31
If we know it's O number on an NGC control,
04:34
we can enter the O number and press F one to filter our search results.
04:38
This asterisk tells us that this is our active program.
04:42
On a classic
04:43
cost control, we can enter the O number and press the down arrow key to search
04:48
the active program on a classic control is marked with an A.
After completing this video, you'll be able to:
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