Hypertherm V9 Series Phoenix Rev.11 - Manual (Page 131)

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Section 5
Station Setup
Overview
Hypertherm CNCs define a station as a physical tool on the cutting system along with its lifter (if one is used). The tool
can be a plasma torch, marker, oxyfuel torch, laser, or water jet. Regardless of the tool, the CNC provides many of the
same options for setup and operation of the stations.
The CNC supports multiple stations on a single cutting system. For the CNC to operate each cutting station
independently, the stations must be set up with numbered inputs and outputs (I/O).
In this section you will find:
 Description of generic and numbered I/O
 Use of Auto Select and Manual Select inputs to activate either Program or Manual modes of operation
 How to assign the lifter, plasma supply (or other cutting supply such as marker or laser), and cut chart with each
station (Station Configuration screen)
Generic and numbered I/O
The inputs and outputs for stations, available in Setups > Password > Machine Setups > I/O, can be used to control any
of the cutting technologies supported by the CNC. The CNC supports two types of I/O for controlling the cutting
stations:
 Generic I/O – used for any cutting process and to control a single cutting station
 Numbered I/O – used only for multiple cutting stations
Generic I/O
A standard group of inputs and outputs are used to control each cutting process. These I/O are called generic because all
cutting sequences use them. Examples of generic I/O include Cut Control, Cut/Mark Sense, Torch Up, and Torch Down.
Many generic I/O functions that affect stations have an equivalent numbered I/O.