Acu-Rite Control System MILLPWRG2 User Manual

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Program screen display
When programming a machining step, the display changes according 
to the machining step selected. Once a machining step has been 
selected using the Program Steps soft key, the display will appear as 
shown here. The program steps display windows are described in the 
following table.
1Current program steps.
2Dialogue for a new milling step (e.g. Circle Pocket)
3Dialogue field graphic assistant. Graphic changes per input field...

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Program mode soft keys
When the DRO/PGM key is selected from DRO mode, the MILLPWRG2 
screen changes to PGM mode, and the program default screen is 
displayed. 
When the MILLPWRG2 is set to program mode, types of 
milling functions specific to the hard key selected become 
available as soft keys.
KeysFunction
Program Functions opens additional soft keys to 
Load, Save, Clear, or Copy a program along with 
several other functions listed on the following...

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Program functions
Program functions soft keys
The Program Functions soft key provides access to the following soft 
keys for saving, clearing, or loading an existing program to either edit 
or run.
Soft keyFunction
The Load soft key will load the selected program.  If 
a program is currently loaded, a prompt will be 
displayed asking for confirmation to clear the loaded 
program. If a program is currently loaded, it must be 
saved prior to pressing this...

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Pressing the Select soft key feature opens a popup 
menu that provides these three choices:
The Select feature will select one or more programs. Highlight each 
program to be selected, and choose Select for each program 
highlighted.
The Select All feature will select all programs in the folder.
The Clear feature will un-select one or more programs that have 
been highlighted.  Clear does not delete a program, it will only 
un-select it.
Having a...

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Choosing the Delete feature will delete one or more programs 
selected. The message bar will be displayed showing the first 
selected program asking for confirmation to delete it. Four soft keys 
are displayed for deleting options.
Yes will delete the current program displayed in the message bar.
Cancel will cancel out of the current operation. Cancel will not 
restore any prior deletions that had been made.
All will delete all the selected programs...

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View hard key
Once a program is opened, first select how the part should be 
displayed in the graphics window. Pressing the VIEW key opens the 
display dialogue for View Setup to set the viewing graphic  options of 
the program. Pressing the View key again, or pressing the CANCEL key 
will turn the VIEW key display off. 
See Program drawing view on page 80”.
All drop down menus are accessed by pressing the RIGHT ARROW key 
to open the menu.  Selection is...

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FeaturesFeatures can be turned on and off and are 
graphical representations of the following:
 Tool Path is the path the tool will take as it
moves to cut the part.
 Rapids are the tool movements that are set 
at a rapid feed rate.
 Contour is the geometry of the
programmed contour.
 M
arkers are the zero point marker,
 
reference point markers, drill marker 
cross-hairs, and lines of  reflection.
Display Grid Display Grid is available when viewing...

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Step functions soft keys
The Step Functions soft key provides access to the following soft 
keys for assistance with programing steps, and modifying or arranging 
the programs steps.
Soft keyFunction
The Explode soft key will explode a program step 
e.g. such as a bolt circle converting it from a radius 
and number of holes equally spaced to individual 
coordinates for each hole. See Explode on page 
190 for additional information.
The Reverse Step soft...

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Program steps soft keys
The Program Steps soft key accesses the soft keys listed in the table 
below. Each soft key (except for the Tool key) provides additional 
selections on a popup menu. This allows to further define the milling 
action to be programmed.
Soft keyFunction
The Tool soft key opens a tool dialogue to enter the 
size and type of tool to be used for the following 
step(s).
The Position/Milling soft key opens a popup menu 
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Clear program soft key
This soft key provides a quick method to clear the current loaded 
program. It does not provide an option to save before exiting. Its 
function is meant to quickly clear a program (e.g. once it has been run 
and is no longer needed), so that a new program can be loaded, or a 
blank program is available, or return to DRO mode without having a 
program loaded. If the program has been edited the operator is asked 
to confirm the Clear...