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-Click “Finish”, the whole unloading is finished.2.5 Connection of Control Card and Driving System The mechanical movement control signal of system is realized by the movement control ca

GUANGDALY Software

Manual

1 General Introduction

Engraving Machine Tool control system can directly support G codeproduced by various CAD/CAM software such as UG, MASTERCAM, CASMATE, Art CAM, AUTOCAD, CorelDraw and etc., and PLT code

as well as ENG code of precise carving file

System bases on the Microsoft Windows operating system, which can well use of the advantages of 32 bits calculation and multi-tasking operation, besides, the standard Windows user interface is simple and easy to be operated and learned

Besides having the functions such as manual, jog, automatic and move to mechanical origin, the control system also has some other specialfunctions such as simulating, dynamic display and trace, Z-axis automaticcutter adjustment, point-breaking memory (skip execution), rotor

machining and etc

The CN system is applicable in such machining fields as complex mould machining, advertisement, decoration, cutting and etc

1.1 Software Features

The software includes the functions as follows:

which can be further expanded

command, HP PLT (HP drawing tools) and ENG (precise carving file)

computer input equipment such as keyboard, mouse and etc

feed-in height precisely, and the pace can be regulated flexibly

online and then execute it immediately

parameters to finish the milling and sketching functions

single block mode, which will provide great supporting in failures diagnose and restoring

skip execution

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- Feed axis move to mechanical origin (reference point).

machining

regulate the feed rate at any time The minimum is zero, which equals to pause, and up to the maximum 120%

system, the connection rate between two G commands is a fixed value (zero or other smaller value) This system adopts the special machining rate automatic pre-calculation method, which can decide the connection rate between current

command and the next command according to the size,

direction, the maximum acceleration, and fore-prediction function automatically, which has achieved the improvement not only in the increasing of machining efficiency (from 30%

to 300%) but also the machining execution to avoid the feed rate veins left on the machining surface

three-dimensional machining results of different directions throughsome simple operations, so users can get more accurate and visual machining results

machining in little time, meanwhile, check the machining andresults as well calculate the exact required time for real machining

requirements of users in their operations

detailed machining information and system diagnoses for users

system can manage all machining files, so far as users only save these files to specific directory

by moving them to editor at any time

machining, the files information window will be helpful for users in counting some important information as files’

executive time and machining range

2 System Installation and Connection

2.1 Basic Configuration of System

Computer Mainframe

CPU: Pentium (586) or above

EMS Memory: above 32M

Hard Disk: above 2G

Display Card: supporting 800*600 in minimum,

enhanced color mode

Display: above 14〞VGA

CD Driver: 4 times feed rate or above

Mainboard Expansion Slot: one PCI or one ISA

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 98 Chinese Operating System, or

Microsoft Windows Me Chinese Operating System, or

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Chinese Operating System, or

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Chinese Operating System, orHow do you confirm your operating system? Please open the

Windows control panel, then double click the icon of “System”, so the

“System Property” dialog is pop-up See following picture and pay

attention to its edition

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-Note: only for reference! The displayed information here will be different for different users.

2.2 Installation of System

Before install new system, you should unload your older edition of system firstly Please see detailed information in the Chapter of Unload for reference

The system includes software and movement control card, therefore,the installation will have two stages: software installation and movement control card installation

In general, you should install the software firstly and then install the movement control card, so that users need not to install the drivers of movement control card separately In short words, the installing

(4) Run the system

Followings are some detailed information for the installation

Install the Software

Please install the software according to following instructions:

(1) Switch on and start-up the computer, and then the system will enter the Windows operating system automatically If you have not

installed the Windows operating system in your computer yet, you shouldinstall the Windows operating system firstly

(2) After the Windows operating system is start-up, please close all other running files.

(3) Put the installation disk into the CD driver

(4) Double click the icon of “My Computer”, then double click the

CD driver icon in the pop-up dialog After the CD has been opened, find the SETUP.EXE file and double click it Then, there will have the

installing dialog on the computer screen (see following picture):

(5) Click “Next”, then the system will promote you to choose

destination location (see following picture):

(6) Click “Next”, then the system will promote you to select program folder (see following picture):

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-(7) Click “Next”, then the system will start copying files (see following picture):

(8) Click “Next”, then the system will finish copying files automatically and promote that you should shutdown your computer immediately

Please select the option of “Shutdown”, and install the movement control card after the computer is switched off

Install the Movement Control Card

Switch off computer power, then open up the computer mainframe cover and insert the movement control card into an empty and matching expansion slot

When you install the movement control card, press its two sides slightly to make sure the movement control card is firmly inserted and well connect with the computer motherboard, without shaking problem And then screw on the fixed bolt, and well cover the computer

mainframe, so the movement control card installation is completed

Restart-up the Computer

After the movement control card is installed, please restart-up your computer When your computer is restart-up, the Windows operating system will promote you that a new hardware has been found, and

execute its configuration automatically After this procedure, the whole installation is finished

At the moment, the installations of both software and movement control card are completed You can see shortcut ways on your computer desktop as well among the “Start→File” menu, so you can start your system only by such shortcut ways.

2.3 Other Installation Problems

If you have not installed the system according to above procedures, but insert the movement control card before you have installed the

software, the computer will promote you that drivers of the movement control card should be installed after the computer is start up At the moment, please cancel the installation of drivers and install the software

of system Then, after the computer is restart-up, the installation of

drivers will be completed automatically

2.4 Unload System

If you want to unload the system, please do not directly delete the installation folder, but execute the unloading procedure There are two methods as follows:

(1) Find the “Unload Ncstudio” in the installation menu directly, andthen execute

(2) Click “Start” → “Setup” → “Control Panel”, after the control panel is opened, double click the “Add/Delete File”, and then select the

“Unload Ncstudio” in list box and click the “Add/Delete” at foot of the dialog box to start the unloading file And then a dialog is pop-up, and click “Next”, so the Ncstudio system will be unloaded automatically

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-Click “Finish”, the whole unloading is finished.

2.5 Connection of Control Card and Driving System

The mechanical movement control signal of system is realized by the movement control card inserted in the expansion slot, which has communicated with the feed-in motor driving system installed on the machine tool electric box

Before the connection of control card and motor driving system, youshould install the machine tool and electric box firstly, connect the plugs

of movement control card and electric box correspondingly with special cable, so then the connection is finished

3 Basic Concepts of System

3.1 Operating Mode and State

Operating Modes

At any time, users’ operation on machine tool will be one of the following operating modes, so it is very necessary for users to execute exact operation by fully understanding every operating mode

Automatic Mode

Under automatic mode, the machine tool movement is realized by pre-prepared machining file, so machining file must have been loaded into system in advance

Jog Mode

A manual operating mode Under jog mode, users control the machine tool through manual operating equipment such as computer keyboard andhand pulse generator Users use such equipment to send movement

signals For example, press down manual button, and the machine tool is under continuously movement until the signal is disappeared

distance That is to say, users can control the displacement of the machinetool precisely by increment mode

MDI Mode

A manual operating mode Concerning the MDI mode, users can control machine tool by inputting G command directly The system can also switch to MDI mode automatically while some inner operating file isexecuting such as move to workpiece origin, which will not influence users’ application

Operating States

Under each operating mode, there are several different operating states as well We should say that the machine tool state is decided on both operating mode and operating state

An inner operating state, generally, which show the state

exchanging, so users will use it infrequently

Emergency Stop State

This is an unusual operating state When the machine tool has

hardware failures or users press down the “Emergency Stop” button, the system will enter the emergency stop state and execute the pre-prepared protective movement For example, switch off spindle motor, cooling pump and etc At the moment, the machine tool is locked as well and cannot execute any new movement After the hardware failures are

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-restored or the emergency stop button is canceled, the system will make the machine tool to return the idle state by executing restoration

3.2 Machine Tool Coordinate System

Coordinate System is a terms indicating the machine tool movement.For unifying, standard coordinate system adopts the right hand principle coordinate system Refer to following picture:

In miller series, the machine tool coordinate directions are decided

on types and each composing parts For millers, it basically includes axis, Y-axis and Z-axis

X The Z-axis is superposed with the principle axis, and the cutter direction far from workpiece is the positive direction (+Z)

-The X-axis is vertical to the Z-axis, and then the moving direction

is the positive direction of X-axis (+X)

-Following the right hand principle, the Y-axis, X-axis and Z-axis has composed a coordinate system as a whole

Mechanical Coordinate System

The mechanical coordinate system is a set of standard right hand coordinate system, and its coordinate origin is relative to some other fixedposition all along Therefore, at any time, every point of the space can be decided by mechanical coordinate system

It needs the machine tool having the moving to reference point function to entirely support the mechanical coordinate system; otherwise, the mechanical coordinate system concept is only embodied in the

software

Workpiece Coordinate System

The workpiece coordinate system is more usually used in workpiece machining Generally, while the workpiece is machining, the machining position is relative to some point of the workpiece, but the workpiece fixture position on the machine tool is usually changed being relative to mechanical origin, therefore, to adopt a set of convenient coordinate system as workpiece coordinate system is very necessary while

workpiece is under machining The workpiece coordinate system is also aright hand coordinate system, and its origin is decided on some fixed point of workpiece, which is mobile being relative to the mechanical coordinate origin

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-4 Operating Interface

Firstly, users should install the software into Windows following above-mentioned procedures, and then the system will run only by doubleclick the shortcut way on computer desktop The main operating interface

of Control System refers to following picture

The system interface is made up of title bar, menu bar, tool bar, statebar and other functional windows See following picture:

Its functional window has three parts, including:

Folding Multifunctional Window

The title bar is at the top of the software interface, which displays the software name and loaded file The color of the title bar shows that if the window is active or not.

Note: In Windows system, there are two main concepts as active window and non-active window The so-called active window is the current window receiving keyboard input At any time, the system only has one active window, and the others are all non-active windows

Please see the different colors of active window and non-active window In Windows default, the active window is blue, but the non-active window is gray

The icon at the left of title bar is the system menu bar, which is used

to open windows control menu You need to click the icon with the

mouse or press the shortcut key of “Alt + Space” to open the system menu

This menu is used to control the windows size and position, such as return, move, close, maximize, minimize and etc At the right of title bar, there are three control buttons, including minimize button, return button and maximize button These buttons are the shortcut ways for swift

setting of the window size You may see operating details in online helps

of the MS window

In addition, every sub-window also has its title bar The difference between the active sub-window and non-active sub-window is in their different colors Please refer to following picture to get details

Note: The three active sub-windows could be shifted by “ESC” button

4.2 Menu Bar

The menu bar is underlying the title bar, which includes many

hidden submenus in usual Refer to following picture:

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-Title Bar

System Menu

Prohibited Menu

Options

Every submenu is composed of many menu options, and every menuoption is relative to some special fixed function, movement or file state Users can select some menu option to execute its corresponding function, movement or state changing Concerning the options selection, not only mouse but also keyboard could achieve.

Mouse Mode

At first, you should left-click the main menu on the menu bar with your mouse, and then left-click the selected menu option among the submenus

Shortcut Key Mode

Among the submenus, some menu options have shortcut keys at the right side For example, the shortcut key for “Start (S)” is F9 in the

“Operation (O)” menu So users can execute some menu command by pressing its shortcut key in order to reduce the troubles in selecting

several menu options

There are three dots behind some menu options, for example, the

“Open and Load (O)…”, which means that there will have a dialog

pop-up after it is selected If the colors of some menu options in the submenu are gray, means that these options cannot be selected currently

In addition, right-click your mouse at any place of the window, a shortcut menu is pop-up You can select some relative commands being frequently used in the pop-up shortcut menu

Direct

Go Tool

Bar

These buttons have realized the simply and viewable operating, but not the trivial command list.

4.4 NC Information Bar

It is underlying the tool bar, which displays the current state and some alarming information

4.5 State Bar

The bottom is the state bar Please refer to following picture:

Promote character area: show the promote information of current operation or the selected command

Date and time display: show the current date and time information.Key lock indicator: display the current state of capital lock, number lock and scroll lock

4.6 State Window

The coordinate display window is located at the top of the screen, which displays the current position of spindle (cutter), the regulation of feed speed and rate

Machining State and Time

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-Operating Mode

Operating State

Promote Character

Here display “Emulating

Mode”

Here display the intending executive time

The NC state window also displays some state information See above picture For example, while the system is under simulating, it will display “Simulating Mode” on the title bar, meanwhile, display the

intending executive time (according to feed rate as 100%) at the right of the title bar In real machining, it will display the actual machining time

at the right side

Current Position

will show two coordinate systems together: mechanical coordinate system

provided various functions to support these two coordinate systems, so users can view them together at the same time, flexibly shift between them and set their relative replacements

After move to reference point, there will have the sign of “The mechanical coordinate is effective” in front of each axis name Refer to following picture:

The system has convenient method for setting and workpiece origin changing as follows: set the current point as workpiece origin, this is to say the axis coordinate is zero Move the cursor to axis coordinate displayarea, and then left-click the mouse, so you will see the coordinate value iszero If you want to clear all three coordinates to be zero, only need to click its relative coordinate area

Note: Another method for clearing current workpiece coordinate is

to select the “Operation (O) | Set Workpiece Origin (Z)…” or select the equivalent tool bar button

Feed Rate

In feed rate area, it displays the setting feed rate, instant feed rate, feed rate, current line (block) number, and etc besides, the set feed rate could be changed

the current movement feed rate regulation in the range of 0 to120% The feed rate is displayed in percentage mode

parameter in G command

 Actual value: instant feed rate value, which could be changed

according to set value, current accelerating and decelerating state, feed rate

of current execution When the machining file has block number information, it will display the block number with theformat as N?????+ If not, display the line number with the format as L?????

While the system is in idle state, click the set value, and then the set feed rate dialog is pop-up While the system is in automatic mode, the pop-up dialog is used to set the default feed rate of automatic running Refer to following picture:

While the system is in manual operating mode, the pop-up dialog is used to set the running feed rate in manual operation Refer to following picture:

In addition, the setting here is as the same as the “Machining

Parameter” in parameter window

Machine Tool Control

The aftermost of the window is the machine tool control, which is used to control the start/stop action of the spindle and cooling In the one hand, users can operate these buttons directly, in the other hand, display the state of machine tool The spindle and cooling action can also be executed while machining, but the system will promote some protective information to users, for example, when you want to stop the spindle while machining, the system will promote following information in the pop-up dialog as:

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-Users can operate these buttons by mouse or keyboard While you are pressing the “ON” button, its relative action will start For example, following picture has showed spindle rev at the moment.

4.7 Automatic Operating Window

The automatic operating window displays the current opened

two kinds of machining file formats: G command and HP PLT Users canview current machining file through this window

Right-click the mouse in any place of the window, and then a

context menu is pop-up Refer to following picture:

These menu options have integrated of some usual operating files forautomatic operation, moreover, users can find these menus in standard menu, so it is very convenient for users’ keyboard operating The menu options as “Show File Line Number” and “Trace Current Line” can be found in the “View” menu, other three options can be found in the “File” menu Concerning their details, refer to the Chapters 5.1 and 5.2

For the file window is located at the functional area of the main window, users need to make shift among these windows Followings are the methods for making the files window to be active:

Menu Mode

Select the “Window (W) | Show Auto Window (A)”

Shortcut Key Mode

Press “Ctrl+1” to active the window

Note: the displayed machining file here can only be viewed, but cannot be edited If you need to edit the file, you should execute the “File

| Edit Loaded File” If only one file or file is needed to be edited, please execute “File | Open and Edit …”

4.8 Manual Operating Window

The manual operating window provides an interactive operating environment for machine tool in manual operating mode

For the manual window is located at the functional area of the main window, users need to make shift among these windows Followings are the methods for making the window to be active:

Menu Mode

Select the “Window (W) | Show Manual Window (M)”

Shortcut Key Mode

Press “Ctrl+2” to active the window

There are six manual operating buttons at the manual operating area

of the window, including the positive and negative direction of X-axis, axis and Z-axis respectively

Y 20 Y

-There are two manual operating ways for the machine tool:

continuous jog mode and increment mode Followings are their detailed information:

Continuous Jog Mode

Concerning the continuous jog mode, when the manual window is active, if its relative number key at the small keyboard is down, the

machine tool is running; conversely, the machine tool is stopping while un-pressing

Note: the manual window must be active currently, which can be differed from the color of its title bar When the manual function is

active, you do not need to concern the state of number lock

While the jog mode is executing, the tracks are displayed by the color of G00 command in the trace window

Increment Mode

Be similar to the manual mode Increment mode (increasing mode orstep mode for short), is another manual mode in machine tool operating The difference with continuous jog mode is that the increment mode can precisely control the feed-in distance of the movement axis of the

machine tool

Users can execute the increment feed-in operation by mouse and keyboard through the interactive interface as well as the manual panel or operating box Every touch on manual button may cause the axis moving

Mouse Mode

Click suitable step button directly with mouse

Note: please do not set too larger jog step for the Z direction to avoiddamaging the machine tool for wrong operation

After the suitable step is set, the machine tool could be operated through keyboard, mouse or hand control panel

Keyboard Mode

When the manual window is active, press the number in

corresponding to the button, and the button has been touched for one

time Then press down the space button to touch the button with input focus.

Note: for emphasizing, current active window is a very important concept of the system These relative keyboard actions are efficient only when the window is active currently Users can differ the widows by the colors of their title bars to know which is active or not

Mouse Mode

Left-click the button with mouse, and one touch is finished

Note: for it will need some time to execute every jog command for the system, so frequent click will cause the system have promoted the failure information of “The equipment is busy, the current operation is not effective.”

4.9 Trace Window

While the machining file or simulating is executing, the machining trace window can trace the real-time machining track of butter The three-dimensional real-time display function for tracing machining track will show the visual track of butter for users’ inspection to make sure the machining file will have no failure occurring

The trace window adopts the three-dimensional view mode, which can be set by selecting the “View | Property…” Concerning the details, refer to Chapter 5.2

Three-Dimensional View Mode

In three-dimensional view mode, the system will provide various operating ways to meet users’ requirements to view graphic from

different directions and with suitable zoom ratio

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Note: the “+” and “-” of the main keyboard is not effective.

Mouse and Keyboard Mode

Bring the mouse to the display area If the displayed icon of the

Note: while zooming out, during the clicking procedure, please does not move the mouse, otherwise, it will be the moving operation

Move

Mouse Mode

The moving of tracing graphic is realized by dragging the left of mouse In concrete, bring the mouse to the show area, and the displayed

Keep on dragging the mouse, and then loose the left of mouse, the

moving of the whole tracing graphic is completed

Note: please practice this operation for many times, so you will find that it is very convenient

Keyboard Mode

You can move the tracing graphic through the four direction keys onthe keyboard

Rotary

The rotary operation can only be completed through the keyboard (ALT + direction key), namely, press the “ALT” and direction key

There are several methods for clearing the tracing graphic, including menu, tool buttons, shortcut keys and keyboard

Menu or Tool Bar Mode

Select “View (V) | Clear (C)”, or select the suitable tool buttons

Shortcut Keys Mode

Press “CTRL+DEL” to clear the tracing graphic

Users can set customize parameters in the “Customize” dialog, which is mainly to the trace window to realize the user-definition of the tracing mode and color

Trace Colors, different display elements can be set respectively, including

G00 command color: the color here is the color used in displaying the G00 command track

G01 command color: the color here is the color used in displaying the G01 command track

G02 command color: the color here is the color used in displaying the G02 command track

G03 command color: the color here is the color used in displaying the G03 command track

Background color: the background color of trace window Here has two different colors, and users can make gradual changes between two colors

Coordinate color: it is the color of the sketch coordinate

In addition, the colors of the manual operating and jog track are displayed through G00 command

When users click the color-picking button, the color-picking dialog

is pop-up Refer to the following picture

(Nominal Current Color) Standard Color

(Current Selected Else Color) Translucent Color

Note: if the selected color is translucent, the relative command track will be hidden

However, it is not a good idea to set the background color being translucent, which will lead to the incorrect renovation of the window

4.10 System Log Window

The system log window will record the important operations and happening matters, and users can view not only the log information since the computer have been started but also the history records When you aremore proficient in these operations, you will find that the log information will be more and more helpful for you.

Currently, the system log information includes:

Note: Please remember to clear the system records in fixed time Otherwise, the more abundant of log information will influence the

property and reacting time of the system

4.11 File Manage Window

The system has the managing ability for integrating machining files

in order to make users to manager the machining file more conveniently, which includes

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