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