Rockwell Automation 8520-GUM 9/Series CNC Grinder Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set User Manual

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Editing Programs On Line

Chapter 5

5-29

To use the digitize feature:

Important: The following description covers the use of softkeys to
perform digitizing. Your system installer may have written PAL to allow
some other method of digitizing. If this is the case, see documentation
provided by your system installer.

Select a part program to edit by pressing the

{PRGRAM MANAGE}

softkey. Enter a program name and press the

{EDIT PRGRAM}

softkey.

See page 5-1 on selecting a program.

From the edit menu, press the

{DIGITIZE}

softkey.

DIGITZ

MODIFY

INSERT

BLOCK

DELETE

BLOCK

TRUNC

DELETE

CH/WRD

EXIT

EDITOR

STRING

RENUM

PRGRAM

MERGE

PRGRAM

QUICK

VIEW

CHAR/

WORD

(softkey level 3)

Position the grinding wheel using one of the following methods. The
grinding wheel should be located at the desired start point of the new
program.

Jog the axes in MANUAL mode

Automatically move the axes by executing a part program or MDI

Manually move the axes using any means as long as the encoder is
still actively recording the wheel position (see the documentation
prepared by your system installer)

Press the

{MODE SELECT}

softkey to change any of the following

programming modes while digitizing a program:

LINEAR CIRCLE

3 PNT

CIRCLE

TANGNT

MODE

SELECT

(softkey level 4)

Inch/metric
Absolute programming/incremental programming
Change planes G17, G18, or G19
Radius programming/Diameter programming