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Datum setting without a 3-d touch probe 15.5 – HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 (34059x-04) ISO programming User Manual

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Datum setting without a 3-D touch probe 15.5

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Saving the datums in the preset table

The preset table has the name

PRESET.PR, and is saved in

the directory

TNC:\table. PRESET.PR is editable in the Manual

Operation and El. Handwheel modes only if the CHANGE PRESET

soft key was pressed.
It is permitted to copy the preset table into another directory (for

data backup). Lines that were written by your machine tool builder

are also always write-protected in the copied tables. You therefore

cannot edit them.
Never change the number of lines in the copied tables! That could

cause problems when you want to reactivate the table.
To activate the preset table copied to another directory you have to
copy it back to the directory

TNC:\table\.

There are several methods for saving datums and/or basic rotations

in the preset table:

Through probing cycles in the

Manual Operation or El.

Handwheel modes (see Chapter 14)
Through the probing cycles 400 to 402 and 410 to 419 in

automatic mode (see User’s Manual, Cycles, Chapters 14 and

15)
Manual entry (see description below)

Basic rotations from the preset table rotate the

coordinate system about the preset, which is shown

in the same line as the basic rotation.
Remember to ensure that the position of the tilting

axes matches the corresponding values of the 3-D

ROT menu when setting the datum. Therefore:

If the "Tilt working plane" function is not active,

the position display for the rotary axes must be =

0° (zero the rotary axes if necessary).
If the "Tilt working plane" function is active, the

position displays for the rotary axes must match

the angles entered in the 3-D ROT menu.

The line 0 in the preset table is write protected. In

line 0, the TNC always saves the datum that you

most recently set manually via the axis keys or via

soft key. If the datum set manually is active, the TNC
displays the text

PR MAN(0) in the status display.