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Test run 13.4 – HEIDENHAIN TNC 128 (77184x-02) User Manual

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Test Run 13.4

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Your machine tool builder can also define a tool-
change macro for the

Test Run operating mode.

This macro will simulate the exact behavior of the
machine. Refer to your machine manual. Refer to
your machine manual.

Execute test run

If the central tool file is active, a tool table must be
active (status S) to conduct a test run. Select a tool
table via the file manager in the

Test Run mode of

operation.

With the

BLANK IN WORK SPACE function, you activate a

workspace monitor for the test run, see "Showing the workpiece
blank in the working space ", page 328.

Select the

Test Run operating mode

Call the file manager with the

PGM MGT key and

select the file you wish to test

The TNC then displays the following soft keys:

Functions

Soft key

Reset the blank form and test the entire program

Test the entire program

Test each program block individually

Halt test run (soft key only appears once you
have started the test run)

You can interrupt the test run and continue it again at any point
—even within a fixed cycle. In order to continue the test, the
following actions must not be performed:

Selecting another block with the arrow keys or the GOTO key

Making changes to the program

Selecting a new program