Rapid-Air AIR FEED / RAPID MASTER WITH KEYPAD - Manual (Page 9)

The unit is now in full automatic.
Whenever an input for feed is
received, the air feed will feed the
cycles programmed and increment
the counter by one count. If you
press the F4 “Stop Cycle” key, the
automatic cycle will drop out and the
next screen to appear is as follows.
Note: The stop cycle key has to be
pressed and held until the sequence
that is currently running is complete.
Auto Cycle
Was Stopped
f2=Continue Cycle
f4=Stop and Exit
The decision now is whether to con-
tinue cycling or stop. If F2 is pressed
then the feed would continue where
it left off. If F4 is pressed the following
screen will appear:
** Automatic Mode **
f1=Auto Total Cycle
f2=Auto Batch Cycle
f4= Exit Auto Mode
At this time you can choose to go
back into auto total. Select auto batch
or exit to the main menu.
Press F2 auto batch cycle and the
following screen appears.
Batch Size = XXXXXX
f1= Enter New Batch
f2= run Current Batch
f4= Exit Auto Batch
If the current batch size is correct
then press F2 run current batch. If not
then press F1 enter new batch size
and the following screen appears.
Batch Size
________Enter
A Number Must Be
Entered to Continue
Once the number has been entered,
the previous screen appears.
Press F2 run current batch and
the following screen appears and
cycling begins
Auto Batch f4=Stop
feeds per Cycle = XX
Batch Count = XXXXXX
Total Count - XXXXXX
The batch count will decrement while
the total count increments. Once
the batch size gets to zero, the auto
cycle stops. Pressing the F4 at any
time stops the cycle and the following
screen appears.
Note: The stop cycle key has to
be pressed and held until the
sequence that is currently running
is complete.
Auto Cycle
Was Stopped
f2=Continue Cycle
f4=Stop and Exit
The decision now is whether to
continue or stop. If F2 is pressed
the feed would continue cycling
or stop. If F2 is pressed the feed
would continue where it left off.
If F4 is pressed the following
screen will appear.
** Automatic Mode **
f1=Auto Total Cycle
f2=Auto Batch Cycle
f4=Exit Auto Mode
Press F4= Exit and the main menu
appears.
This completes the programming
procedure section of the Air Feed/
Rapid Master.
programming procedure
(continued)
Operator Input Terminal – programming procedure – Standard Software
Press the F4 exit key until the main
menu screen appears.
feed cycles/cut=XX
f1=Set Cycle per Cut
f2=Manual Mode
f3=Automatic Mode
We have covered all the setup
operations of the Air/Rapid Master.
Now we will cover the automatic
portion of the programming.
Press the F3 “Auto” key and the
following screen appears.
** Automatic Mode **
f1=Auto Total Cycle
f2=Auto Batch Cycle
f4=Exit Auto Mode
Pressing the F1 key will put you in the
auto total mode. In this mode the feed,
once started, will feed on command
until you stop it by pressing the stop key.
Pressing the F2 key will put you in the
auto batch mode. In this mode you put
in the quantity of cycles you want and
the feed will stop when this count has
been reached.
Press F1 auto total cycle key and the
following screen appears.
** Auto Total Mode **
Total Counts= XXXXXX
f1= run Auto Total
f2= Exit Auto Total
At this time the operator can choose
to run auto total or exit. If exit is
chosen then the previous screen is
displayed. If run is chosen then the
following screen is displayed.
** Auto Total Mode **
feeds per cycle=XX
Total Count = XXXXXX
f4= Stop Cycle