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1. From the Session Menu the RETURN key returns you to the same session the space key switches you to the next session same as typing shift space and typing the letter of any active session switches you directly to that session e typing M switches you to the S Session Remember that each session runs independently of the others so the screen displayed when you return to a session may not be the same as when you left This is especially true for the Comm Session and NFT Session These sessions have status monitoring screens that appear automatically whenever a file transfer is in progress Note When you are in the Session Menu all session ID letters will be lower case This is because the Session Menu is not a session it merely provides a way to switch between sessions CNC Station User Manual 4 0 OVERVIEW OF MENUS 4 1 MAIN MENU CNC Station MAIN MENU F1 File TRANSFER Menu F2 FILE Functions Menu F3 DISK Functions Menu F4 F5 NETWORK Special Functions Menu All of the following functions are available from the Main and Quick menus 41 1 Type space for QUICK MENU 4 1 2 F1 Switches to the File Transfer Menu 41 3 F2 Switches to the File Functions Menu 41 4 F3 Switches to the Disk Functions Menu 4 1 5 F5 Switches to the Network Functions Menu 41 6 F6 Switches to the Special Functions Menu 4 2 MENU TREE All functions are selected from on screen menus The Main Menu is the top level of
2. A shifted F3 followed by 4 characters and an enter key defines the 4 characters at the new password The new password immediately goes into effect This password maybe saved on the Setup Control Menu Saving the setup to permanent storage keeps the 4 characters forever even after the power fails A shift F4 removes any password protection leaving no barriers to editing either files or system setups Defining a new password cancels this Note that to reach the menu to define new passwords the system must be unlocked If you forget the password on your system please call Greco Systems for assistance Greco Systems will ship you CNC Station with security disabled CNC Station User Manual 59 17 0 TROUBLESHOOTING 174 IT BEEPS WHEN TURN IT ON BUT THE DISPLAY IS BLANK OR TOO FAINT TO READ This may be caused by an improper LCD viewing angle value To adjust the viewing angle E Turn the power off and on again to make sure you are starting at the Start Up screen E Press Shift DEL E Repeatedly press the F6 key give it about a half second between presses This automatically takes you to the LCD viewing angle adjustment function and starts adjusting If no improvement is seen after pressing the key 20 times cycle power and try it again If it still doesn t work call Greco Systems Customer Service Once the viewing angle is set properly be sure to save the new value with the Save Setup to Permanent Storage function
3. Home Moves the cursor to the left end of the field End Moves the cursor to the first blank after the character in the field If the last character is at the right most edge of the field the cursor will be on that character ESC Ends the edit cancels any changes made and returns the item to its original value RETURN Ends the edit and saves the new value of the item Note this does NOT change the value saved in the EEROM Ctrl J Ctrl K Ctrl H Ctrl L Moves the cursor one character to the left without changing anything Moves the cursor one character to the right without changing anything Moves the cursor to the left end of the field Moves the cursor to the first blank after the last character in the field If the last character is at the right most end of the filed the cursor will be on Depending on what is being edited different sets of keys can be typed in the field E Filenames and other text fields Type any letter digit or punctuation m For numeric fields Only type digits 0 through 9 such as Reader Speed m For binary fields Type only the digits 0 and 1 such as the Config Reg CNC Station User Manual 10 5 0 Quick MENU Session Main CNC Station QUICK MENU S Send TO Control V View File R Read FROM Control E Edit File D Show Disk Directory L Logon T Enter Terminal Emulation 5 1 G Switches directly to the Send File TO Control Menu in the Comm Session
4. Note The A on the screen title simply indicates that this is the first page of Protocol Options 10 1 5 6 Setup Protocol Options B Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 F1 F6 PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn Setup Protocol Options B SF1 Comment Stripping lt off gt SF2 Set File Types Read Extension SF3 Set Password SF4 Disable Security F5 SF6 PgUp PrevPg Shift F1 Allows the Comment Stripping value to be edited Refer to the Field Editor reference section for details on editing Two ASCII characters can be entered the first is the character that indicates the start of a comment the second is the character that indicates the end of a comment While editing press RETURN to save the new value or ESC to cancel editing without saving any changes If either character is blank or invalid the display will show lt off gt The setting of this parameter affects how files are sent to the machine tool control during a PUT download If lt off gt the files are sent unchanged If any other characters are displayed then any text between these characters in the file is stripped not sent Typically if a comment starts with an open parenthesis and ends with a close parenthesis then this could be set to to strip those comments from the data sent to the control Any other CNC Station User Manual 38 printable characters can be used to delimit comments Having both characters the same letter is possible
5. 25 BYSTRONIC 26 LUCAS LM 4 27 STR LNK 2 HW 28 YASNAC FC1 29 PNCH RDR II and 30 Allen Bradley It is not possible to select the protocol directly by number Note The numbers listed match those used by Greco Systems MiniFile Note Changing the protocol also changes several other parameters to their default values for the new protocol If you need to use different parameters than the defaults be sure to set the protocol first then adjust the others as needed Shift F2 Shift F3 PgUp PgDn ESC Cycles the Baud Rate parameter through the values 50 75 110 135 150 300 600 750 1000 1200 1500 1800 2000 2400 3000 3600 4800 7200 9600 19200 Switches to the Setup Character Format Ch 0 setup screen Note that the short form of the character format is used here first digit is data bits letter is parity and last digit is stop bits Shift F6 toggles the Auto Enables option ON and Off This enables the hardware handshake lines on the serial port From the Setup Serial Channel 0 screen switches back to previous setup screen CNC Station Options From the Setup Serial Channel 1 screen switches back to the Setup Serial Channel 0 screen From the Setup Serial Channel 0 screen switches to the Setup Serial Channel 1 screen From the Setup Serial Channel 1 screen switches to the Setup Parallel Channel 2 screen Returns to the Setup Control Menu Refer to the application note
6. CNC Station User Manual 22 The Directory Viewer is also used by numerous other functions to allow the user to select a file to process The title on the top line will show the name of the function that called up the directory such as SEND When called by itself the title is as shown The last line shows some of the keys which perform functions in the Directory Viewer This screen also has a HELP screen which provides longer explanations of those keys The five middle lines show up to five file entries from the disk directory The filename size date and time are shown The files are shown in alphabetical order One file is always highlighted The highlight consists of an asterisk to the right of the filename F1 Up arrow Down arrow PgUp PgDn Home RETURN ESC non Calls up the Filename Mask Entry screen This allows you to change the file mask or just type in the full filename It also allows you to change which drive you are looking at Moves the highlight to the next file The list is paged down as needed Moves the highlight to the previous file The list is paged up as needed Scrolls the window up one page 5 lines and moves the highlight up by the same amount Scrolls the window down one page 5 lines and moves the highlight down by the same amount Moves the highlight and the window to the first file in the list Performs a function on the selected file The function that is performed depends on how
7. If the Comm Session is already active we switch directly to it 5 2 RI Switches directly to the Read File FROM Control Menu in the Comm Session If the Comm Session is already active we switch directly to it 5 3 D Calls up the disk Directory Viewer Although a file can be selected nothing is done to it from this function IT Launches the TTY emulation package with the feature a CNC Station serves as a simple Teletype Terminal 5 4 V Starts the text File Viewer The Directory View is called up first to allow a file to be selected When a file is selected the File View is started on it If the V or E session is already active we switch directly to it The File View opens a window on the file that is 38 characters wide and 6 lines high This window can be moved up and down and left and right across the file VIEW FILE FILENAME TEX TOP OF FILE G71 NIG9Z 0 N2G17M99T10Z 0 NIM06TO00Z 0 N44G00X 524 894Y 434 4437 250 Z arrows PgUp PgDn Home ESC Note Lines longer than 38 characters do not wrap to the next line Instead a gt character is put in the right margin to indicate that there is more text on that line past the edge of the screen Use the left and right arrow keys to scroll through the window left and right by about 20 characters each time When you shift the window to the right all lines will have a lt in the left edge to indicate that there is un displa
8. directory on disk but if the Directory Viewer is already running it won t show the change To get the latest directory contents press the ESC key to exit the Directory Viewer Then select the command again to restart it This will cause the diskette directory to be read again Why doesn t the new disk appear in the Directory Viewer when change disks A Same reason as above Just exist the viewer and restart it after changing disks Why does the Session List change sometimes when haven t done anything A The Comm Session C and Network File Transfer session N activate automatically when they detect file transfers in progress Some machine tool protocols automatically start and stop file transfers as commanded by the control Network file transfers can be requested by the server console and by other network nodes redirection Also most error messages and some informational messages are display by the Information Session I Some of these messages appear briefly and go away automatically Some errors can occur at any time such as comm Errors caused by noise on the line The Info session goes away when you acknowledge the message Q I m getting so many error messages that can t get the Info Session to go away long enough to do anything about the problem What can do A Using the session switching capabilities rather than try to clear the Info Session switch to the offending session Cirl space or
9. Command SN string or F1 see Section 3 6 1 Argument This command searches forward to the end of the file for the entered character string These strings can contain up to 80 characters Top of Buffer Purpose To move to the top of the buffer Command Tor Home key Argument This command moves the current line pointer to the top of the buffer The first line in the buffer is displayed on the terminal Text Mode Command Set The Text Mode is indicated by the cursor being at the left margin of the terminal s display without a prompt symbol Line Edit Purpose To enter a line or to exit the Text Mode Command Enter key Argument The Enter key enters the text on the current line into the file If no text has been entered on the current line the Enter key causes the Editor to exit the Text Mode and enter the Command Mode CNC Station User Manual 46 Delete Character Purpose To delete the character immediately before the cursor Command Del Delete key Argument The Del key deletes the character immediately before the cursor and moves the cursor back one space Delete Line Purpose To cancel a current command line Command Ctrl Control key and the letter U Argument The current command line is canceled by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the letter U Cancel Print Purpose To cancel the P n command Command Ctrl Control key and the letter C Argument The active Print command is can
10. Editor is active F3 F4 Starts the text File Editor The Directory Viewer is called up first to allow a file to be selected When a file is selected the File Editor is started on it If the V or E session is already active we switch directly to it Starts Copy File Command The Directory Viewer is called up first to allow the source file and drive to be selected Then the file is copied to the other drive using the same filename This command only copies from one drive to the other Note that the copy is CNC Station User Manual 19 7 2 7 3 F5 F6 ESC performed by the Disk Special Functions session D so you cannot copy and do any DSF functions simultaneously Starts the Rename File command The Directory Viewer is called up first to allow the file to rename to be selected When the file to be renamed has been selected the user will be prompted to enter a new file name The rename will be performed by pressing the Enter key or pressing the ESC key to cancel Deletes a file from the diskette The Directory Viewer is called up first to allow a file to be selected Returns to Main Menu EDITING TEXT FILES Path from Main Menu F2 F3 orE Move the highlight on the directory display to the desired file PgUp and PgDn move up and down a page at a time the up and down arrow keys move up and down one file at a time Press RETURN to select the desired file This starts the File Editor Edit th
11. In other cases you edit the item directly on screen euch as the Switch Reg on the Setup Parallel Channel 2 screen And when the item is a filename such as the File item on the Send File TO Control menu it will call up the Directory Viewer which lets you select one of the files on a diskette or type in the name of a new file Refer to Section 11 0 Menus and Screens References for details on what values can be assigned to each parameter and how each one can be changed 4 41 Editing Values On Screen Whenever you need to edit a value on screen the same editing keys are available When editing the cursor will appear on the first left most character of the value You can move the cursor left and right type letters or numbers and a few other things When you are done press the RETURN key to save the new value If you make a mistake or change your mind press the ESC key to cancel the changes While editing a value that value occupies a fixed amount of space on the screen You can move the cursor within that area but cannot move it elsewhere on the screen This area is called the field A field is always limited to one or more characters on a single line The following keys can be used while editing a parameter on screen m The left arrow key moves the cursor one character to the left without changing anything m The right arrow key moves the cursor one character to the right without changing anything
12. Network File Server NFT Upload F2 Gets a file from the server copies it to the local disk The Directory Viewer is called up first to allow a file to be selected When a file is selected the Network File Transfer is started The NFT PUT Monitor screen will appear for the duration of the transfer m Move the highlight on the directory display to the desired file PgUp and PgDn move up and down a page at a time the up and down arrow keys move up and down one file at a time m Press RETURN This selects the file and starts the network transfer sequence The screen will show the message Waiting for Server to Poll for a short time then Request Sent to Server Within a few seconds the PUT Monitor screen should appear This screen will remain until the transfer is completed When the transfer is finished the screen will return to the Network File Transfer Menu ESC Returns to the Network Functions Menu 9 1 2 1 NFT PUT Monitor Screen Session Network File Transfer Putting File TO Server File SOMEFILE Tex CNC Station User Manual 29 This screen automatically appears in the NFT Session when a PUT operation is in progress It shows the name of the file being sent to the file server The activity indicator consists of several dashes with an arrow that slowly moves to the left When the transfer is completed this screen disappears 9 2 NETWORK REDIRECTION MENU Session Network File Transfer NFT Path fr
13. PRINT SERVER FILE MENU 9414 F1 Print from Download Directory Enter the Device name and the File name to be printed 94 2 F2 Print from Upload Directory Enter the Device name and the File name to be printed CNC Station User Manual 32 10 0 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS MENU Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 Special Functions F1 Setup Control Menu F2 Set Date and Time F3 F4 Terminal Setup SF4 Terminal Emulation F6 LCD Adjust 10 F1 Switches to the Setup Control Menu F2 Switches to the Set Date and Time screen F4 Switches to the Set Date and Time screen Shift F4 Switches into Terminal Emulation F6 Cycles the LCD Adjust setting through the values O to 15 Note that the screen may be unreadable for some settings so press if repeatedly until you can read it ESC Returns to the Main Menu 10 1 SETUP CONTROL MENU Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 F1 Setup Control Menu SF1 Save setup to permanent storage F2 Save setup to disk F3 Load setup from disk Load setup from permanent storage View Change SETUP 10 1 1 Setup Control Menu SF1 Stores the current system configuration settings in the internal on volatile memory chip EEROM This allows the settings to be remembered when the power is off and restored automatically when turned on 10 1 2 Save Setup to Disk This function allows you to create files containing the setup parameters of the CNC Station These files can then be loaded on other
14. Session Main Path from Main Menu F3 F5 DISK SPACE F1 Drive DO bytes blocks used 126 976 248 free 1 330 688 2599 total 1 4f57 664 2847 F1 Cycles the Drive selection through the values DO floppy disk and D2 RAM disk ESC Returns to the Main Menu Note There may be a delay of 2 or 3 seconds before the results appear This occurs while the disk is being read and will happen when first called up and each time the F1 key is pressed to change drives CNC Station User Manual 24 8 3 If you change diskettes you must exit this screen and re enter it to read the new diskette F5 Calls up the Disk Space screen It shows the total storage space on the disk the amount of space used and amount of space available Both the number of blocks 512 bytes each and number of bytes are reported do not add them together they are different ways of measuring the same thing ESC Returns to the Main Menu Disk SPECIAL FUNCTIONS Session Disk Special Functions Path from Main Menu F3 F6 Disk Special Functions F1 Verify Diskette read only F2 F3 SF4 INIT Diskette erase dir SF5 FORMAT Diskette erase everything SF6 Test Diskette erases everything These functions operate on the default comm drive only 8 3 1 Verify Disk Session Disk Special Functions DSF Path from Main Menu F3 F6 F1 RETURN Verifying Disk Current Block Number Read Errors 0 Seek Errors 0 ESC STOP This
15. Station CNC Station User Manual 2 4 2 5 CNC Station User Manual START UP SCREEN Session Main Path from Main Menu CtrI RET C NC Station V02 02 press return to 1992 3 Greco Systems This screen shows the product name copyright notice network type and the version level of the internal software The actual version number shown will vary as the firmware is updated Ctrl C Brings up the CNC Station H W Configuration screen RETURN Brings up the Main Menu KEYBOARD Most of the keys on the keyboard are functional However the following keys are not implemented because their functions are not supported by the CNC Station hardware or because other keys provide that functionality NUM LOCK SCR LOCK PRTSC BREAK PAUSE ALT FN Some of the other keys only work in certain menus screens or modes Typical of these are the function keys F1 through F10 the arrow keys PgUp PgDn Home and others The CAPS LOCK key works but some editable items force everything to upper case for compatibility with DOS directories and other system interfaces 3 0 SESSIONS Session Menu Session none Path from anywhere Cirl space Session Menu C MTC Comm V File Viewer D Disk Functions I Errors Messages M Main Session N NetFile Transfer The CNC Station has a very useful feature called sessions You can use every function of the CNC Station without understanding sessions but you can use
16. and description is the session that you just left Space Switch to the next session in the list the one after the one with the asterisk RETURN Returns to whatever session you were in the one with the asterisk CNC Station User Manual 5 3 1 CNC Station User Manual ID letter Switches directly to the session matching the letter you typed It must be one of those shown on the menu which only includes active sessions ESC Switches directly to the Main Session Ctrl T Toggles the Test Session on and off SESSIONS LIST M Main Menu C Comm Session V File Viewer E File Edit Session N Network File Transfer D Disk Special Functions I Information special P Display Comm Output Data special T TTY Emulation Session The Main Menu Session is always active Many functions are handled by the Main Menu Session directly Other sessions are activated automatically as needed to access their respective portions of the overall menu tree The Comm Session ID letter C controls and monitors file transfers between the CNC Station and the Machine Tool Control Both the SEND and READ menus are handled by the Comm Session but only one at a time The activity monitor screens for SEND and READ operations activate and deactivate automatically for all file transfers even those that are started remotely The Display Comm Output Data ID letter P starts automatically wh
17. be prevented from selecting the same channel for both Network Channel and Active Comm Channel Shift F6 Cycles the Active Communication Channel to the Machine Tool Control PgUp PgDn ESC 10 1 5 3 through none Serial Ch 0 Serial Ch 1 and Parallel 2 Switches back to previous setup screen Setup Default Drives Switches to next setup screen Setup Serial Channel 0 Returns to the Setup Control Menu Setup Serial Channel 0 and 1 Session Main Path from Main Menu ch0 F6 F1 F6 PgDn PgDn ch1 F6 F1 F6 PgDn PgDn PgDn Setup Serial Channel 0 SF1 Protocol 0 NO PROTOCOL SF2 Baud Rate 9600 SF3 Character Format 8N1 SF4 F5 SF6 Auto Enables off PgUp PrevPg PgDn NextPg CNC Station User Manual 35 Setup Serial Channel 1 Protocol 0 NO PROTOCOL Baud Rate 9600 Character Format 8N1 SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 F5 SF6 Auto Enables off Shift F1 PgUp PrevPg PgDn NextPg Cycles the Protocol parameter through the values Samples of the protocols are 0 NO PROTOCOL 1 X ON X OFF 2 EDITOR PORT 3 DNC LOADER 4 EASY LINK 5 491 LVL 2 SLV 6 HEIDENHAIN 7 PUNCH READER 8 READER SYNC 9 RS491 LEVEL 1 10 FANUC 11 HEIDENHAIN BLK 12 FAPT 13 HECC 80 3XX 14 491 LVL2 MSTR 15 HITACHI SEIKI 16 MAZAK CONVER 17 P R MASTER 18 X ON X OFF II 19 TLM 20 SHARNOA REM 21 FANUC CASSET 22 MAZAK CASSET 23 KELCO 24 STARLINK
18. mask The special characters and can be used to limit the list of files displayed A matches any single character while the matches any number of characters The default masks of matches everything Examples FOO Matches only files with a filename of FOO but with any extension FOO Matches only filenames starting with FOO and with any extension FOO Matches only filenames starting with FOO and with any extension FOO Matches only filenames starting with FOO and with NO extension note the period after the FOO TEX Matches only those filenames starting with FOO with only 1 additional character and the extension TEX 2 FOO T Matches only filenames with FOO as the 3 through 5 letters and a 2 character extension starting with T File Functions Menu Fl View File F2 F3 Edit File F4 Copy File F5 Rename File F6 Delete File VIEW FILE VIEWER Path from Main Menu F2 F1 or V F1 Starts the text File Viewer The Directory Viewer is called up first to allow a file to be selected When a file is selected the File Viewer is started on it If the V or E session is already active we switch directly to it m The Directory Viewer will be displayed in File View mode CNC Station User Manual 18 Up arrow Down arrow PgUp PgDn Home Left arrow Right arrow vr a ESC m Move the high
19. processing continues in the interrupted session even while the message is displayed 3 2 The TTY emulation session transforms the CNC Station into a Teletype c terminal The user can choose to capture data received by and keyed into the terminal TTY emulation can also send files SESSION SWITCHING When performing functions one at a time from the Main Menu tree you are switched automatically form one session to another and back However it is possible to manually switch between active sessions This allows you to start a function in one session switch back to the Main Menu Session while that function is still running and do something else at the same time The list of letters in the top right hand corner of the screen shows the sessions that re active at that time The Main Menu Session is always active the others come and go as they are needed Each session is identified by a single letter and the list is always in alphabetical order You can always tell what session you are in by finding the one letter in upper case capitals There are two ways to manually change sessions 1 Press the Shift space key This switches to the next session in the Session List When it gets to the end it starts over with the first 2 Press the Ctrl space key This brings up the Session Menu This shows the ID letters and names of all active sessions The session that you were last in has an asterisk next to it the others have dashes
20. provides the file name on the command line with the extension BAK Because of these Editor functions the following rules must be followed m Never use TEMP as the file name m Never name a file with the extension BAK m Never attempt to edit a file containing the extension BAK OPERATIONAL MODES The Editor has two modes of operation Command and Text In the Command mode the Editor is idle and waits for a command Any entered characters are interpreted as commands to the Editor when the Enter key is pressed In the Text mode entered characters are stored in the text buffer each time the Enter key is pressed If no characters are entered and the Enter key is pressed the Editor returns to the Command mode COMMAND MODE COMMAND SET The Command Mode is indicated by an asterisk preceding the cursor at the left margin of the terminal s display Advance Pointer Purpose To advance the current line pointer to the next line Command Enter key or down arrow key _ Argument None Add Text Purpose To add text to the end of the current line CNC Station User Manual 48 Command A Argument This command causes the Editor to enter the Text Mode If the Editor displays the message Buffer full OK to write one block Y N the text buffer is full and the Editor has attempted to insert text into the first 512 byte data block To continue inserting text in the file enter the letter Y If the Editor then displays th
21. re enter the Editor Top of buffer This message and the first line of the text buffer are displayed when an attempt is made to move past the top of the next buffer CNC Station User Manual 55 14 0 MENUS AND SCREENS REFERENCE Major Menus e Main Quick Menu e File Transfer Menu e File Functions Menu e Disk Functions Menu e Disk Special Functions Menu e Network Functions Menu e Special Functions Menu e Directory Viewer e Filename mask Entry Screen File Transfer Menus e Read File FROM Control e Verify Disk e Test Disk File View Edit e File Viewer e File Editor Info Status Screens e Start Up Screen e CNC Station H W Configuration e Disk Space Display e Send Monitor e Send File TO control e Network File Transfer Menu e Read Monitor e NET Get Monitor e Network Redirection Menu e Comm Data Output Display e NFT Put Monitor Pop Up Screens e Informational Message Screen e Error Message Screen e Session Menu Redirection Request Screens e Send File TO Device e Save File TO Server Setup Screens e Setup Control Menu e Setup Default Drives e Setup CNC Station Options e Setup Serial Channel 0 1 e Setup Parallel Channel 2 e Setup Protocol Options A e Setup Protocol Options B e Setup Character Format Ch 0 1 e Date and Time e Terminal Setup e Setup File Capture e Setup Send File CNC Station User Manual 56 15 0 MINIFILE
22. reset each time the screen is cleared Shift DEL Clears all errors and resets the error counter If an information message is queued it will appear next otherwise the screen that was interrupted will reappear Important If you switch to another session while this screen is active without clearing the errors any additional errors will be logged to the screen but it will NOT pop up again for each one This allows you to handle any problems that are causing the errors but also makes it possible to miss new and unexpected errors since it won t pop up in this situation You should always return to this session and clear the errors after taking care of the problem MONITOR AND EDITOR MESSAGES The displayed Monitor and Editor messages are preceded by three asterisks to differentiate them from the text ey 13 3 1 Monitor Messages Diskette directory full An attempt to open a file for writing failed because the directory could not accept another file entry The maximum range of files that can be written to a diskette is 1111 to 271 depending upon the Minifile mode Diskette UO fault An attempted diskette input output operation failed even with retries Format anew diskette create a file and perform the same function If the problem continues seek technical assistance Diskette time out An attempt to access the diskette failed because the diskette either was not inserted into the drive or inserted improperly int
23. test performs a non destructive test on a diskette the contents of the disk are NOT damaged It reads each block on the diskette to verify that there are no errors All read and seek errors are counted When it gets done it stops ESC Stops the verify if not already done When the message Verify complete press ESC appears press ESC again to return to the Disk Special Functions menu The Current Block Number counts from zero to the maximum block number of the disk The error counters start at zero and show all errors that occurred since the verify was started 8 3 2 Initialize Diskette Session Disk Special Functions DSF CNC Station User Manual 25 Path from Main Menu F3 F6 SF4 SF4 Initializes a diskette by erasing the directory The diskette must already be formatted The screen prompts for volume name You can also use F1 to change drives Enter the volume name and press RETURN Then the screen shows the message Initializing Disk while the format is performed When finished it returns to the Disk Special Functions Menu 8 3 3 Format a New Diskette Session Disk Special Functions DSF Path from Main Menu F3 F6 SF5 SF5 Formats a diskette This erases ALL data from the diskette Most new diskettes must be formatted before they can be used When finished the disk has no files on it and all space is free WARNING This will permanently erase ALL data from the diskette E If the wrong drive is displaye
24. the Directory Viewer was started For example if started from the Delete File menu pick the file would be deleted Exits the Directory Viewer without selecting a file or doing a function Brings up a help screen This screen shows what the function keys do HELP Directory Viewer arrows move to prev next file PgUp PgDn show previous next page Home move to first file F type name or change mask ESC cancel RETURN select marked file CNC Station User Manual 23 8 1 1 Filename Mask Entry Screen Path from Directory Viewer F1 SPECIFY FILE MASK F1 Drive DO Enter file name or file mask Hk RETURN Select ESC Show Dir F1 Cycles the disk drive parameter through the values DO and D2 ESC Returns to the Directory Viewer with no changes to the filemask It does allow changes to the drive selection RETURN Ifa filemask was entered returns to the Directory Viewer which re reads the directory with the new filemask and or drive selection If a complete filename was entered the function is performed on the file same as pressing RETURN from the Directory Viewer screen when the filename already exists If left blank the default mask of is used Field Editing keys are active Other keys are entered into the field at the cursor position If the result contains one or more question marks or asterisks it is a filemask otherwise it is a complete filename 8 2 SHOW SPACE DISK
25. the F4 option to CR and the F5 option to LF Some computer data has just a single CR or a single LF at the end of every line Viewing this data writes only on the bottom line of the CNC Station screen Replacing the CR or LF with CR and LF cures this A simple Y or N changes whether the terminal will clear the screen when an ASCII form feed character arrives Another Y or N changes the response to TAB characters Yes on this question causes the terminal s cursor to jump forward to the nearest 8 character column when the terminal receives a TAB Ano to the Process TABs question transfers tabs to the display leaving a halftone rectangular mark To receive a file unchanged answer no to this option Setup Send File Fl F2 Send end character Y F3 End character F4 F5 Synchronize with lt none gt F6 End of line character 00h NULL A Y answer to the F2 option sends an extra character after the file data The F3 option specifies the extra character F5 gives three choices for sending protocol lt none gt Simply sends the file ECHO Waits for the receiver to return the character This usually works with CNC Station User Manual 42 10 4 LINE the character defined by the F6 option Usually F6 holds a CR character This allows the receiver to answer with a CR after each line of data The Shift F4 command on the Setup CNC Station Options menu selects the serial data port number 0 or 1 This op
26. 1 CNC Station User Manual 49 Argument Move Pointer Purpose Command Argument 12 6 FILE EDITOR Session Edit This command causes the Editor to enter the Text Mode If the Editor displays the message Buffer full OK to write one block Y N the text buffer is full To continue to insert text in the file enter the letter Y If the Editor then displays the message To insert more code at this location exit and re enter file the text buffer is full and the Editor has attempted to insert text into the first 512 byte data block Exit and re enter the file to save the data in the buffer onto the diskette This will make room for more modifications To move the current line pointer n number of lines M n The current line pointer is moved forward the specified number of lines If the minus sign is included the current line pointer is moved back the specified number of lines The current line is then displayed Down arrow S move forward 1 line Up arrow move back 1 line PgDn move forward 6 lines PgUp move back 6 lines If only the letter M is entered the next line becomes the current line Path from Main Menu F2 F3 orE EDIT D0 SOMEFILE TEX ok The editor supplied is a command line editor Commands can be entered at the prompt The commands available in the editor are described in the File Editor manual supplied separately However the following special shortc
27. CNC Stations that require the same CNC Station User Manual 33 setup or you can create several files for a single CNC Station for different uses This is especially useful when a single CNC Station is connected to a switch box or is frequently moved from machine to machine m Press P2 This brings up a Filename Entry screen m Enter the name to save the setup with The extension is always MFP m Press RETURN The message Saving setup to disk will appear for a short time followed by the message Setup saved to disk If an error occurs the message Unable to save setup will appear This can be caused by running out of space on the disk if the disk is write protected or if no disk is installed m Press any key to return to the Setup Control Menu 10 1 3 Load Setup From Disk Loads the system configuration from a disk file as created with F2 above This overwrites the current system configuration but does NOT change the configuration stored in EEROM m Press F3 This brings up the Directory Viewer which will show only those files with the extension of MFP m Move the highlight on the directory display to the desired file F5 and F6 move up and down a page at a time LF and space move up and down one file at a time m Press RETURN This loads the CNC Station parameters from the selected file 10 1 4 Load Setup From Permanent Storage SF4 Loads the system configuration from the internal non volatile memory chip EEROM Th
28. COMMAND TRANSLATIONS This table shows how CNC Station functions correspond to the Minifile pound sign commands Those listed as not applicable are commands that do not apply to the CNC Station Thos listed as not supported in this release will be supported in a future release Minifile Command CNC Station Menu Menu Item 69 single Mazak terminator serial search Setup Protocol Options A SEND File TO Control 1 define file Read File FROM Control START Reading 2 select file by number not applicable 3 close file Send Monitor Read Monitor Close 4 free blocks Disk Functions Menu Show Space on Disk 5 show disk directory Directory Viewer 6 show volume name not supported in this release 7 select file by name Send File TO Control START Sending 8 forward search Sending File TO Control FwdSrch parallel only 9 reverse search Sending File TO Control RevSrch parallel only 20 copy file by number not applicable 21 copy file by name File Functions Menu Copy File 22 save parms to disk Setup Control Menu Save setup to disk 23 load parms from disk Setup Control Menu Load setup from disk 30 network enable not applicable 31 editor enable not applicable 32 network drive default Setup Default Drives Network Access Drive 33 editor drive default Setup Default Drives Edit View Drive 34 parameter drive default Setup Default Drives Save Restore Parameter D
29. Choose and existing file to send This key enters the Setup File Capture menu This key enters the Setup Send File menu CNC Station User Manual 41 F2 F4 and F5 F6 F7 F2 and F3 FS and F6 Setup File Capture Fl F2 Start file capture with 10 41h A F3 FULL or HALF Duplex FULL F4 Replace CR with CR F5 Replace LF with LF F6 On FF Clear Screen Y F7 Process TABs Y The key entered after an F2 defines the start capture character If the F1 key defined a file then repeating the capture character 10 times without any intervening character starts a file capture Characters put on the screen are captured to a file These characters may be sent over the communications line or come from keyboard input if the duplex option is set to HALF A second string of ten start capture characters ends the file capture and closes the capture file The ten start capture characters typed on the CNC Station keyboard do not appear on the screen or the capture file Full duplex terminals depend on the computer they are connecting to for echoing of characters Typed characters display on the screen and get captured in HALF duplex Should you attach your station to a computer and see every keyed character twice on the screen change from HALF to FULL duplex A received CR carriage return or LF line feed character may be replaced in the file by a CR LF DCH and LF lt none gt To receive a file unchanged set
30. F4 Search and Replace Global Purpose Prompt Enter Prompt Enter NOTE Result Pointer Search to the end of file or all occurrences of a text string and if found replace all with a new text string Search amp Replace Global Enter search string String of text to be replaced Enter replace string String of text to replace above text The replace string may be blank just enter at the prompt All lines containing the modified string will be displayed if found or a message saying the string was not found will be displayed Will point to the last line of the file F8 Re sequence Purpose Prompt Enter NOTE Prompt Enter Prompt Enter Result Print Line Purpose Command Argument Re sequence the line numbers of a part program starting from the current line using Re sequence parameters provided by the user Re sequence initiated Enter number of digits 0 5 A number between 0 and 5 inclusive Entering a zero 0 will cause the re sequencer not to pad the numbers with preceding zeros but use only the required number of digits for the number up to four digits before wrapping around to the starting digit Otherwise the number of digits in the sequence number will be a fixed value padding with zeros where necessary Default value is zero Enter start number default 1 The first number to use in the re sequence Enter increment value de
31. FILE TRANSFER MENU Session Network File Transfer NFT Path from Main Menu F5 F1 Network Transfer Menu Fl GET File FROM Server F2 PUT File TO Server F3 F4 F5 F6 9 1 1 Geta File From the Network File Server to the CNC Station NFT Download Start at the Main Menu or Quick Menu F1 Gets a file from the server copies it to the local disk The Filename Entry screen is called up first to allow a file to be entered When a filename has been entered the Network File Transfer is started The NFT GET Monitor screen will appear for the duration of the transfer m Type in the name of the file you want to get then press RETURN CNC Station User Manual 28 The screen will show the message Waiting for Server to Poll for a short time then Request Sent to Server Within a few seconds the GET Monitor screen should appear This screen will until the transfer is completed When the transfer is done the screen will return to the Network File Transfer Menu 9 1 1 1 NFT GET Monitor Screen Session Network File Transfer SS Getting File FROM Server File SOMEFILE Tex This screen automatically appears in the NFT Session when a GET operation is in progress It shows the name of the file being read from the file server The activity indicator consists of several dashes with an arrow that slowly moves to the right When the transfer is completed this screen disappears 9 1 2 Puta File From the CNC Station Onto the
32. Greco Systems CNC Station Operation Manual OM 6069 lt lt Greco Systems A division of e DNC Inc 303 E Gurley St 522 lt Prescott AZ 86301 USA lt gt 800 234 7326 Revised 06 2004 Greco Systems Copyright 1990 2004 DOCUMENTATION POLIC Y AGARAN AA i WARRANTY POLIC ee EES ii SAFETY PRECAUTIONS EE iii 1 0 IME OGUGHIOM EE 1 2 0 Getting Stand aaa ener eninsnseetsveuneninssuneedsawusvsnndsiameeteenieuias 2 2 1 Power UP E 2 2 2 Configure Communication Parameters ccccccesssesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeneeeeeees 2 2 3 Cable Connecli0N eege 3 2 4 Start Up SCHON E 4 2 5 KO Y DOAN PARA AA AAP PA 4 3 0 SESSIONS EE 5 3 1 SESSIONS D E 6 3 2 SESSION Switching maam AAAN 7 4 0 Overview Of Neng NANANA NAINA NANANA NANANA ANNE 8 4 1 MIT d EE 8 4 1 1 Quick Menu GechonBk SEENEN AA 8 4 1 2 File Transfer Menu Section B aaeain EEN 8 4 1 3 File Functions Menu E A DE 8 4 1 4 Disk Functions Menu Section 8a 8 4 1 5 Network Functions Menu Section Q ccceesseceeeseseeeenseseeeenseneeeenseseenenseeeeenes 8 4 1 6 Special Functions Menu Section 10 ccccecesceeeeseecceeeseseeeeeseseeeeesseseeeenssesenes 8 4 2 UTC 8 4 3 Moving Around the Menu esesegsrseseueeekeseueeekeeEKEKRSSEKKEKRSKEKKEKKSSEKKEKRENEKNKERCEESNECSAR 9 4 4 Inputting Data into MENUS cceseeseeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeseneeeeeeeeeeeneeeaes 9 4 4 1 Editing Values On Screen scccsseccsseeeeeseeesneeeeseeeensee
33. a tree with several levels To perform a function move to the proper menu by pressing the proper keys the choices are always displayed on screen then select the function by pressing its function key Sign on Main Quick Screen Screen File File Disk Network Transfer Functions Functions Functions Menu Menu Menu Menu Special Functions Menu Send File Read File Disk Network To From Special File Control Control Functions Transfer Network Setup Redirect Control Menu Menu Note Single letter paths from Quick Menu are not shown Note Individual function screens are not shown only main menus CNC Station User Manual 8 4 3 4 4 CNC Station User Manual MOVING AROUND THE MENUS Each menu has a list of functions than can be selected from that menu You choose the item by pressing the key listed to the left of the description For example one of the items on the Main Menu is F3 DISK Functions Menu pressing the F3 key will switch to the Disk Functions Menu To move back up the menu tree press ESC Combinations of the keys are used on some menus They are always shown in the same way as follows F3 Means to press the F3 key by itself SF3 Means to hold down either SHIFT key while pressing the F3 key CF3 Means to hold down the CONTROL key while pressing the F3 key a If the key is followed by a dash the function key or letter before it or equals sign do NOT type the dash or equals s
34. ace On Diskette F6 Disk Special Functions F1 Calls up the Directory Viewer Although76 a file can be selected nothing is done with it from this function 8 1 DIRECTORY VIEWER Session Can be used by several different sessions Path from Main Menu F3 F1 orD The Directory Viewer provides a full screen view of the list of filenames in a diskette directory Disk Directory F1 Dir DO ANOTHER FIL 1 565 2 03 92 3 00PM FILE01 TEX 375 12 04 91 8 40AM FILE02 BIN 5 606 1 01 01 12 00AM FILE02 TEX 8 430 12 04 91 9 58PM MOREFILE 89 086 4 19 89 1 00AM arrows PgUp PgDn Home RETRUN HELP Note The date and time will usually be correct for files written on a PC and newer CNC Stations but since Minifiles and older CNC Stations do not have an internal time of day clock the time and date may not be accurate for some files The names are sorted alphabetically and you can see five names at a time Each line on the screen shows the name of the file the size of the file in bytes and the date and time the file was written One name is highlighted it has an asterisk to the right of the name and you can change which one that is The Directory Viewer also has a filemask parameter Pressing F1 calls up the Filename Mask Entry screen This screen allows you to change drives enter a filemask or enter the full filename Enter a full filename is useful when creating a new file since you can t select something that isn t there yet
35. ack to previous setup screen Setup Serial Channel 1 PgDn Switches to next setup screen Setup Protocol Options A ESC Returns to the Setup Control Menu Refer to the application note for the proper values for these parameters 10 1 5 5 Setup Protocol Options A Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 F1 F6 PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn Setup Protocol Options A SEI EIA translation off SF2 End Of Line Chars s CR only SF3 Looping off SF4 Mazak Terminators 1 F5 Sent Nulls in Text no SF6 Data Mode text PgUp PrevPg PgDn NextPg CNC Station User Manual 37 Shift F1 Toggles the EIA translation option ON and off Shift F2 Cycles through the options for End Of Line characters used between the CNC Station and the Machine Tool Control The sequence is CR only LF only CR and LF Shift F3 Toggles the Parallel looping option ON and Off Shift F4 Toggles the Mazak Terminator setting between 1 and 2 This option applies only when protocol 16 MAZAK CONVER is selected It has no effect on protocol 22 MAZAK CASSET or any other protocols Shift F5 Toggles the Send Null in Text option ON and Off Shift F6 Toggles the Data Mode option between text and binary PgUp Switches back to previous setup screen Setup Parallel Channel 2 PgDn Switches to next setup screen Setup Protocol Options B ESC Returns to the Setup Control Menu Refer to the application note for the proper values for these parameters
36. age Disk Test complete Press ESC appears press ESC again to return to the Disk Special Functions menu The disk must be reformatted before it can be used for data storage again The last line shows when the test is Writing or Reading the disk The current test value is also shown The Current Block Number counts from zero to the maximum block number of the disk and starts over when switching between reading writing phases The error counters start at zero and show all errors that occurred since the test was started The test value will vary Note The diskette must be formatted BEFORE running this test If already formatted ALL data on the disk will be erased Note The disk must be formatted after running this test before it can be used for data storage again CNC Station User Manual 27 9 0 NETWORK FUNCTIONS MENU Session Main Path from Main Menu F5 Network Functions Menu Fl Network File Transfer Menu F2 Network Redirection Menu F3 F4 Server Directory Menu F5 Print Server File Menu F6 F1 Switches to the Network File Transfer Menu F2 Switches to the Network Redirection Menu F4 On RS 232 network only switches to Server Directory Menu F5 On RS 232 network only switches to Print Server File Menu ESC Returns to the Main Menu Note f a network file transfer is in progress GET or PUT selecting either of these functions will simply switch you to the Network Monitor screen 9 1 NETWORK
37. at the proper point in the file tell the machine tool control to start accepting data push a button on the control or whatever makes it do that The first thing sent will be the same as the last search string found 6 1 2 SEND Monitor Screen Session Comm This screen varies depending n which communications port is active For serial port 0 4 Send File TO Control File SOMEFILE TEX Press Ctrl ESC to close For parallel port 2 4 Send File TO Control Cm File SOMEFILE TEX F5 Search String lt none gt lt REVsrch gt FWDsrch CtrI ESC CLOSE This screen automatically appears in the Comm Session when a SEND operation is in progress It shows the name of the file being sent to the control The activity indicator consists of several dashes with an arrow that slowly moves to the right When the transfer is completed the screen returns to the Send File TO Control menu Ctrl ESC Closes aborts the send operation For parallel the following keys are also available F5 CNC Station User Manual Allows the Search String to be edited Up to 16 characters can be entered Leading spaces count but trailing spaces to not Press ESC to exit edit mode without saving the changed string or RETURN to save the new string 15 Shift gt Issues a Forward Search command The message SEARCHING will appear during the search Shift lt Issues a Reverse Search
38. but not recommended This option cycles between Read Extension An are Text and All are Binary New files become DOS file type binary or text by this rule Read Extension looks for filenames ending in BIN EXE or COM and labels these files binary PgUp 7 Switches back to previous setup screen Setup Protocol Options A ESC Returns to the Setup Control Menu Refer to the application note for the proper values for these parameters Note The B on the screen title simply indicates that this is the second page of Protocol Options 10 1 5 7 Setup Character Format Channel 0 and 1 Session Main Path from Main Menu ch0 F6 F1 F6 F6 F6 SF3 ch1 F6 F1 F6 F6 F6 F6 SF3 Setup Character Format Ch x SF1 Data Bits 7 SF2 Parity none SF3 Stop Bits 2 SF4 F5 SF6 Press ESC to continue This screen is used for both serial channels O and 1 The x in the title is replaced by the number of the channel being updated 0 or 1 Shift F1 Cycles the Data Bits parameter through the values 7 and 8 Shift F2 Cycles the Parity parameter though the values none odd even and mark Shift F3 Toggles the Stop Bits parameter between 1 and 2 ESC lf channel O returns to the Setup Serial Channel O screen If channel 1 returns to 1 screen Refer to the application note for the proper values for these parameters 10 1 5 8 CNC Station H W Configuration Session Main Path from Main Menu CtrI RET C CNC Sta
39. celed by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the letter C before the requested number of lines are displayed on the screen Tab Purpose To advance the cursor Command Tab key Argument Pressing the Tab key displays a block character to the screen This command inserts the ASCII tab character decimal 9 without spaces into the file CNC Station User Manual 47 12 0 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 EDITOR COMMANDS OVERVIEW The Minifile Editor is a line editor of files that contain any information visible when entered via the keyboard The Editor can m Create and save new files Upload existing files saving both the updated and the original versions Create delete edit insert and display lines of text with up to 131 characters Search and Replace Global Re sequence part program line numbers Search for delete or replace characters in one or more lines of text MAXIMUM FILE SIZES When editing an existing file on a single Minifile configured diskette the maximum file size is limited to half the available capacity of the diskette This limitation is required because the Editor does not erase the original file Therefore upon exiting the Editor the diskette has two files RESERVED FILE NAMES When editing a new file CREATE mode the Editor creates a temporary file named TEMP This file is renamed with the file name provided on the command line When editing an existing file the Editor automatically
40. command The message SEARCHING will appear during the search Note Once a search is started you cannot abort it or close the file until it is finished 6 2 To READ A FILE FROM THE MACHINE TOOL CONTROL Session Comm Path from Main Menu F1 F3 orR Read File FROM Control Cm SF1 START Reading F2 File lt none gt F3 F4 F5 F6 One of the items on this menu shows the name of the file to be read If no filename has been entered it shows lt none gt If it already shows the name of the file you want to read press Shift F1 Shift F1 Starts reading a file from the Machine Tool Control using specified filename If the filename is set to lt none gt nothing will happen F1 Calls up the Filename Mask Entry screen Type in the name of the file you want to create then press Shift F1 F2 Calls up the Directory Viewer to select a filename to read to If an existing filename is selected it will be overwritten when the read is started To enter a new filename press F1 at the Directory Viewer to enter the Filename Mask Entry screen Press return when completed ESC Returns to the menu that called up this screen either the Main Menu or the File Transfer Menu Initiate file output from the machine control Some protocols close the file at the end of a read automatically but others do not It is also possible that you may want to close the file before it finishes as a result of errors or some other problem To clos
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42. d press F1 repeatedly until the desired drive is shown H If desired type in the volume name It can be from 1 to 11 letters or digits no spaces If you omit it the default volume name of CNC STATION is used E Put a diskette in the drive This does not apply to RAM disks E Press RETURN This starts the format operation The format may require a minute or two to complete When the format is completed the Disk Special Functions Menu returns The screen prompts for new volume name You can also use F1 to change drives Enter the volume name and press RETURN Then the screen shows the message Initializing Disk while the format is performed When finished it returns to the Disk Special Functions Menu 8 3 4 Test Disk Session Disk Special Functions DSF Path from Main Menu F3 F6 SF6 Note This menu cannot be accessed while a Copy File command is running Testing Disk Current Block Number 1532 Read Errors 0 Seek Errors 0 Writing disk test value 04 ESC STOP CNC Station User Manual 26 WARNING This will permanently erase ALL data from the diskette TEST performs a destructive test on a diskette It writes a test value to every byte of every block on the disk then reads each block to verify that they contain the proper data All read and seek errors are counted When it gets done it starts over with a different test value This test runs indefinitely until stopped ESC Stops the test When the mess
43. e file as desired Refer to the File Editor page in the Menus and Screens Reference section of this manual and the separate File Editor manual for more details on editing files When you are finished press ESC at the prompt When the question OK to lose changes Y N appears type N then RETURN This will save the changes to the file The original file is renamed to have the extension BAK When the Edit session complete enter ESC message appears press ESC to exit the File Editor and return to the File Functions Menu The commands used by the editor are covered in a separate manual which was included with your CNC Station Please refer to that manual for more details on how to edit files COPYING FILES BETWEEN DISK DRIVES Path from Main Menu F2 F4 This selects the Copy File function and calls up the Directory Viewer It starts with the default comm drive If you want to copy from the other drive press F1 to switch to the Filename Mask Entry screen then F1 again to change drives the press ESC to return to Directory Viewer Move the highlight on the directory display to the desired file PgUp and PgDn move up and down a page at a time the up and down arrow keys move up and down one file at a time Press RETURN This selects the source file and begins the file copy If the source file does not exist an error message will appear If the destination drive already has a file by the same name as the sou
44. e message To insert more code at this location exit and re enter file the text buffer is full and the Editor has attempted to insert text into the first 512 byte data block Exit and re enter the file to save the data in the buffer onto the diskette to make room for more modifications Move to End of Buffer Purpose To move the Editor pointer to the end of the current text buffer Command B or END key Argument The last line of the buffer becomes the current line and is displayed on the terminal Move to End of File Purpose To move the Editor pointer to the end of the file Command BN or F10 key Argument The last line of the file becomes the current line and is displayed on the terminal Change Text Purpose To replace old text with new text Command C OLDTEXT NEWTEXT or F2 see Section 3 6 2 Argument The first occurrence of old text is replaced by the new text Delete Line Purpose To delete n number of lines starting with the current line Command Din Argument The n is optional If n is not specified only the current line is deleted Exit Editor Purpose To exit the editing session Command E Argument The currently edited file is saved onto the diskette If the file exists the file is renamed with the extension BAK IF there is another file with the same file name and extension that file is deleted Insert Text Purpose To insert text before the current line Command
45. e the file manually from the Read Monitor screen m Press the Ctrl ESC key The file will be closed and the READ File FROM Control menu reappears m f you were canceling the READ and do not want to keep the file be sure to delete it CNC Station User Manual 16 6 2 1 READ Monitor Screen Session Comm Reading File FROM Control File SOMEFILE TEX Press Ctrl ESC to close This screen automatically appears in the Comm Session when a READ operation is in progress It shows the name of the file being read from the control The activity indicator consists of several dashes with an arrow that slowly moves to the left When the transfer is completed the screen returns to the Read File FROM Control menu Ctrl ESC Closes the Read and saves any data not yet written to disk CNC Station User Manual 17 7 0 7 1 FILE FUNCTIONS MENU Session Main Path from Main Menu F2 Selecting a File When a function requires a file to work on it will call up the Directory Viewer This show an alphabetical list of all files stored on the selected disk drive The top file is highlighted To choose a file move the highlight to the desired file then press the RETURN key You can also use a function key to allow you to type in the full name of the file Refer to the section on the Directory Viewer in this manual for more details File Masks If the listing of files in the Directory Viewer is too long you can specify a file
46. educe the baud rate on both the CNC Station and the host computer ADJUST THE SCREEN LCD DISPLAY Start the Main Menu or Quick Menu m Press F6 to get to the Special Functions Menu m Press F6 repeatedly to adjust the LCD the screen Stop when you like what you see m Press F1 to go to the Setup Control Menu m Press Shift F1 to save the new settings to the internal permanent storage If nothing or very little appears on the Screen When you turn it on try this m Turn on the CNC Station m Press CtrI DEL then press F6 several times Watch the screen as you repeatedly and slowly press F6 If you don t see anything on the screen after 20 presses or so turn the power off wait several seconds and turn it back on again Then start pressing F6 again If it still doesn t work after doing this several times contact the Customer Service Department at Greco Systems for assistance CNC Station User Manual 43 11 0 FUNCTION KEY COMMANDS The function key commands are entered at the command prompt These commands will prompt the user for the required information These commands can be canceled at any time by entering a Ctrl C The command prompt will be displayed and the next command may be entered F1 Search Purpose Search from the current line to end of file for a text string It works the same as the SN command in section 3 5 Prompt Enter Search String Enter Search String Result The line containing t
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48. en the Comm Session starts sending data to the machine tool control It displays data as it is sent to the control The user can switch between the Comm Session and Display Data session by using the space key The Display Data session will continue until the Comm Session is exited even after all the data has been sent to the control m The View Session ID letter V runs the read only file viewer m The Edit Session ID letter E runs the text file editor Note You cannot view a file and edit a file at the same time The Network file Transfer NFT ID letter N session controls and monitors file transfers between the CNC station and the network file server The Network File Transfer Menu is handled here The activity monitor screens for GET and PUT operations activate and deactivate automatically for all network file transfers even those that are started remotely The Disk Special Functions DSF ID letter D session handles the menu of the same name These are disk functions that require some time to complete The Information Session ID letter I is different it has no menu functions to perform Its job is to display certain information and error messages When one of these messages needs to be displayed the Info session will pop up with the message Once the message is acknowledged see the screen for the proper key the Info session goes away and the screen returns to whatever was interrupted Note that
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50. everse searches 6 1 1 1 Serial Applications Port 0 Press F1 This brings up the File Transfer Menu Press F1 This brings up the SEND File TO Control menu Press F5 This enters the search string edit mode Type or edit the string you want to search for Press RETURN This saves the new search string If serial search is OFF press shift F4 This turns it on When you are ready to send the file to the control press shift F1 This causes the CNC Station to open the file search through the file until it finds a match for the search string then starts sending data to the control The first characters sent will be the same as the search string 6 1 1 2 Parallel Applications Port 2 Press F1 This brings up the File Transfer Menu Press F1 This brings up the SEND File TO Control menu Press F5 This enters the search string edit mode Type or edit the string you want to search for Press RETURN This saves the new search string CNC Station User Manual 14 Press Shift F1 This opens the file and brings up the SEND Monitor screen we expect that the control is not accepting data yet Press Shift gt This starts a forward search The file pointer will be moved forward until a match is found Progress and completion messages will appear as warranted At this point you can search for the next occurrence of the string or edit the string and search for something else or you can search in reverse When you are
51. fault 1 The value to add to the last sequence number The editor will start at the current location in the edit file and re sequence all the line numbers to the end of the file using the information entered for the parameters Each line will be displayed before and after the line number modification The edit prompt will return to the screen when completed The current line pointer will point to the last line of the file To print n number of lines on the terminal P n The n number of lines are displayed on the terminal beginning with the current line The current line pointer is advanced n number of lines If only the P is entered the current line pointer is advanced one line and that line is displayed on the terminal CNC Station User Manual 45 Quit Editor Purpose To quit the Editor without saving the file changes Command QonESC Argument The Editor displays the message OK to lose changes Y N A letter Y response returns control to the Monitor and all current text changes are lost Any other response returns control to the Editor Search to End of Buffer Purpose To search to the end of the buffer for a character string Command S string Argument This command searches forward to the end of the current buffer for the entered character string These strings can contain up to 80 characters Search to End of File Purpose To search forward to the end of a file for a character string
52. for the proper values for these parameters 10 1 5 4 Setup Parallel Channel 2 Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 F1 F6 PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn CNC Station User Manual 36 Setup Parallel Channel 2 SF1 Leader Trailer nulls SF2 Switch Reg 0000000000000000 SF3 Config Reg 0000000000000000 SF4 Reader Speed 0 F5 SF6 PgUp PrevPg PgDn NextPg Shift F1 Toggles the Leader Trailer character option between nulls and spaces Shift F2 Allows the Switch Register Switch Reg value to be edited Refer to the Field Editor reference section for details on editing Only the digits 0 and 1 are accepted in this field While editing press RETURN to save the new value or ESC to cancel editing without saving any changes Shift F3 Allows the Configuration Register Config Reg value to be edited Refer to the Field Editor reference section for details on editing Only the digits 0 and 1 are accepted in this field While editing press RETURN to save the new value or ESC to cancel editing without saving any changes Shift F4 Allows the Reader Speed value to be edited Refer to the Field Editor reference section for details on editing Only the digits 0 through 9 are accepted in this field you must enter all necessary leading zeros While editing press RETURN to save the new value or ESC to cancel editing without saving any changes Valid values include 0 and the range from 15 to 1000 characters per second PgUp Switches b
53. he screen display Press the ESC key until you are back at the Main Menu 2 2 CONFIGURE COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS IMPORTANT Refer to the Applications Note s supplied with your CNC Station for detailed instructions and parameter settings for your particular installation If you do not have these notes contact the Customer Service department at Greco Systems for assistance In general perform the following steps m Select the Active Comm Port on the Setup CNC Station Options screen m If you select Serial Channel O or 1 set the following parameters to the proper values on the Setup Serial Channel X screen e Protocol e Baud Rate e Auto Enables e Character Format which includes data bits stop bits and parity If protocol is 16 MAZAK CONVER also set the Mazak Terminators on the Setup Protocol Options screen m f you selected the Parallel port setup the following parameters to the proper values On the Setup Parallel 2 screen e Reader Speed e Config Erg e Switch Reg e Leader Trailer character On the Setup Protocol Options screen e Looping e Send nulls in text E In all cases setup the following parameters to the proper values On the Setup Protocol Options screen e Data mode e EIA mode e End of line characters On the Setup Default Drives screen e Send Data Comm Drive CNC Station User Manual 2 2 3 Save the parameters to disk or to internal EEPROM storage on the Setup Cont
54. he string will be displayed if found or a message saying the string was not found will be displayed Pointer Will point to the line the string is on if found otherwise will point to the last line of the file F2 Replace Purpose Replace a text string on the current line with a new string It works the same as the change command in section 3 5 Prompt Replace Initiated Enter String of text to be replaced Prompt Enter replace string Enter String of text to replace above text NOTE The replace string may be blank just enter at the prompt Result The line containing the string will be displayed if found or a message saying the string was not found will be displayed Pointer Will remain at the current location F3 Search and Replace Once Purpose Search from the current line to the end of file for a text string and if found replace it with a new text string Prompt Search amp Replace Once Enter search string Enter String of text to be replaced Prompt Enter replace string Enter String of text to replace above text NOTE The replace string may be blank just enter at the prompt Result The line containing the modified string will be displayed if found or a message saying the string was not found will be displayed Pointer Will point to the line the search string is on if found otherwise will point to the last line of the file CNC Station User Manual 44
55. ign just D Means to press the D key A few screens have the function key choices listed along the bottom line such as the Directory Viewer In some cases a help screen can be called up by pressing the question mark to explain what each key does Note the question mark is a SHIFTED character When you see the word arrows on the bottom of the screen this means that you can use the arrow keys to move the cursor or highlight around on the screen The backspace key looks very similar to the left arrow key but they are NOT the same INPUTTING DATA INTO MENUS Some menu items allow you to change an operating parameter These are always displayed with an equals sign between the item name and the item s current setting This says that the item named to the left of the equals sign is set to the value displayed to the right of the equals sign It also means that the function key listed to the left of the whole thing will let you change that value For example one of the lines on the Special Functions Menu is F6 LCD Adjust 10 This means that the current setting of the LCD Adjust parameter is 10 It also says that pressing the F6 key will change it Different ways are used to change different kinds of items Whit some items pressing the function key will cycle it to the next one of a fixed sequence of valid values such as in our example When it gets to the last value it starts over at the beginning of the list
56. indirect special incidental or consequential damages expenses losses or delays including loss of profits based on contract tort or any other legal theory RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION All equipment returned for Warranty repairs require a Return Material Authorization RMA number to be issued by Greco Systems prior to shipping the equipment To obtain this number the Buyer End User must provide Greco Systems with the following information Greco Customer End User name Greco Customer End User contact and telephone number Product model and serial numbers s Product cable number s if applicable A description of the problem A Purchase Order number for return shipping charges and The mode of return shipment VVVVVVV For non warranty repairs the following additional information is required gt A Purchase Order number for repair charges and return shipping charges gt A not to exceed price and gt Whether to call with charges before shipping CNC Station User Manual ii SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Protect yourself Follow these precautions gt Do not bypass the power cord s ground lead with two wire extension cords or plug adapters gt Do not plug in the AC power cord until directed to do so by the installation instructions gt Do not repair the equipment unless qualified in working with hazardous voltages gt Heed the WARNING statements These statements pint out situations that can cause injury o
57. ine Note It is not possible to edit a file at the same time the File Viewer is active CNC Station User Manual 51 12 7 EDITOR COMMAND SET This appendix lists the available commands in alphabetical order under the categories Monitor Commands and Editor Commands In addition the Editor Commands are subdivided under the categories Command Mode and Text Mode EDITOR COMMANDS Command Mode To add text after the current line to the end of a line To move to the end of the buffer To delete a set number of lines can be used without an argument To exit the Editor To insert text before the current line To move a set number of lines a minus number can be used can be used without an argument To display a set number of lines can be used without an argument To quit the Editor without saving files To search for a string to the end of the buffer To search for a string to the end of the file To move to the top of the buffer To advance the pointer to the next line Text Mode CNC Station User Manual 52 13 0 13 1 INFORMATION MESSAGES Session Info Path None you cannot call up this screen directly rr STATUS INFO MESSAGE The message appears in this location and may be several lines long SHIFT ESC TO CONTINUE This screen pops up when certain informational messages are posted by various parts of the system One source of messages is the file server operator Note that se
58. ions are combined in the End Of Line Chars parameter The following table shows how they compare End Of Line Char s CR only LF only CR and LF not supported 52 LF output 55 CR to LF conversion disabled disabled disabled enabled enabled disabled enabled enabled The following table shows how the CNC Station Mazak Terminators parameter compares to the Minifile parameter Mazak Terminators 1 2 CNC Station User Manual 68 Single Mazak Terminator enabled disabled 58 16 0 CNC STATION SECURITY 16 1 SECURITY LOCKOUT Security features are included with CNC stations To unlock them enter an L from the quick menu This will display the following menu Logon Menu M F1 LOGON give password F2 LOGOFF An F1 key followed by the correct 4 characters and an enter key will unlock the editor and configuration screens When the station sees the incorrect 4 characters an INCORRECT PASSWORD message warns of the error Then the station will freeze for 2 seconds After the wait one may try again or quit by typing and ESC key The F2 key restores the lock to its condition before any logon On an unlocked system typing the sequence F6 F1 F6 PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn PgDn gets to the last setup screen This screen looks like Setup Protocol Option B M SEI Comment Stripping SF2 Set File Types Read Extension SF3 Set Password SF4 Disable Security SF5 SF6 PgUp PrevPg
59. is is performed automatically upon power up but this command can be used to return the configuration to its power up state if it has been changed temporarily or unintentionally 10 1 5 View Change Setup 10 1 5 1 Setup Default Drives The following codes are used to refer to the disk drives in the CNC Station DO refers to the internal 3 72 floppy disk drive D2 refers to the internal RAM disk drive optional Note The D1 second floppy drive is not available on the CNC Station these codes are used to maintain compatibility with other Greco Systems products 10 1 5 2 Setup CNC Station Options Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 F1 F6 PgDn CNC Station User Manual 34 Setup CNC Station Options SF1 Default Top Menu MAIN SF2 SF3 SF4 Terminal Port lt none gt F5 Network Channel Serial Ch 1 SF6 Active Comm Channel Serial Ch 0 Shift F1 PgUp PrevPg PgDn NextPg Cycles the Default Top Menu between the options MAIN and QUICK This setting determines which of the Main and Quick menus are displayed when returning to the top menu level Note that in this manual all references to the Main Menu refer to both the Main and Quick menus Shift F4 Cycles between lt none gt Serial Ch 0 and Serial Ch 1 defines channel used for terminal emulation Shift F5 Cycles the Network Channel between none Serial Ch 0 and Serial Ch 1 Only valid on RS 232 network stations Note The user will
60. light on the directory display to the desired file PgUp and PgDn move up and down a page at a time the up and down arrow keys move up and down one file at a time m Press RETURN to select the desired file This starts the File Viewer m Move around the file as desired PgUp and PgDn moves up and down a page ata time The up and down arrow keys scrolls up and down one line at a time and the left and right arrow keys shifts the file left and right by about 20 characters each See File Viewer in the reference section for more options m When you have seen enough press ESC to exit the File Viewer VIEW FILE FILENAME TEX TOP OF FILE G71 NIG9Z O N2G17M99T10Z 0 N3MO6TOOZ 0 N44G00X 524 894 Y 434 443Z 250 ZZ arrows PgUp PgDn Home ESC HELP Scrolls the window up one line the file moves down in the screen Scrolls the window down one line the file moves up in the screen Scrolls the window up one page 6 lines Scrolls the window down one page 6 lines Moves the window to the top of the file Shifts the window to the left by 20 columns another 20 each time The maximum shift is 100 characters Note that this is a shifted character Shifts the window to the right by 20 columns but not past column 0 Note that this is a shifted character Brings up a help screen which shows the functions available in the File Viewer Exits the File Viewer Note It is not possible to view a file at the same time the File
61. n uses its Date and Time settings when it creates new files This appears in the directory listings Start at the Main Menu or Quick Menu m Press F6 This brings up the Special Functions Menu m Press F2 This brings up the Date screen m Adjust the date as needed For the date F1 advances the month F2 advances the day and F3 advances the year For the time F4 advances the hour and F5 advances the minutes If you hold down a shift key then those function keys change their items to the previous value m Press RETURN This saves the new date and returns to the Special Functions Menu m The date and time are kept in a battery backed clock circuit inside the CNC Station Once set the date and time should remain accurate but should probably be checked periodically since it might run a little fast or slow and gradually become inaccurate The battery will eventually run down but it should last for many years 10 3 TERMINAL SETUP MENU Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 F4 F1 F2 F4 F5 Terminal Setup F1 Capture a file F2 Send a file F3 F4 Setup file capture F5 Setup send file This key enters the standard select file menus to specify a capture file Usually capturing begins with a new file To do this press F1 twice enter the name of your file press return and enter two escape keys Naming a capture file locks out the F1 key until the file has been closed This key also enters the standard select file menus
62. nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnmnnn 56 Minifile Command Translations nnsssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 57 CNC Station Security E 59 Secu rity LOCKO Heed 59 TroubleshodtiNg na aaa aaa 60 CNC Station Beep When Powered On cccccceeseseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 60 Questions and AnsWets 2 200 020s KEREN RENE R KEREN EEN R KEREN KEN SNN NA NN NANANA SAAN 61 DOCUMENTATION POLICY The content of this manual is the property of Greco Systems of Greco Systems Prescott Arizona USA Any reproduction of this information without the express written permission of Greco Systems is prohibited This manual is base upon the data available at the time of publication While sincere effort has been made to make the manual accurate the information contained herein does not purport to cover all the details of variations in hardware software or firmware not to provide for every possible contingency in connection with installation operation maintenance repair or replacement Also features may be described herein which are not present in all hardware software or firmware configurations Greco System s policy is one of continuous improvement Thus the information in this manual is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Greco Systems Greco Systems also assumes no obligation to notify manual holders of subsequent revisions Greco Systems makes no rep
63. o the drive Diskette write protected An attempt to write to the diskette failed because the diskette was write protected End of medium operation not completed An attempt was made to write beyond the capacity of the diskette and the current operation was aborted File already exists An attempt to open a new file for writing failed because a file with the same name already exists on the diskette File not text type An attempt to type or edit a text file was not successful because the file did not contain legible ASCII characters Although a file name may have a TXT extension it still can be a binary file and cannot be edited Insufficient number of arguments in command file The requested command required more arguments than were supplied by the user Invalid command The command entered at the Monitor s prompt was not a Monitor command CNC Station User Manual 54 Invalid input An argument supplied for a given operation was illegal or contained illegal characters 13 3 2 Editor Messages Buffer full OK to write on block Y N If the text buffer becomes full while adding text to the file this message requests the buffer be written to the diskette If the letter Y is entered a block of text is written onto the diskette and text insertion is allowed to continue A letter N response returns the user to the Editor s prompt The current line is the last line entered in the buffer Buffe
64. of several steps can be taken to avoid these failures 1 Enable the XOFF XON protocol on the sending device The TTY emulation package may attempt to use this to prevent overflow conditions 2 Reduce the number of concurrent processes running on the CNC Station 3 Tum off options like the F6 clear the screen function and the F7 tabbing function These functions take time for the CNC Station to process 4 Reduce the baud rate on both the CNC Station and the host computer CNC Station User Manual 62
65. om Main Menu F5 F2 Network File Transfer commands allow an operator to GET or PUT files between the CNC Station and the file server Redirection refers to the ability to have the file server transfer a file to or from a device other than the one you are issuing the command from you can SEND or SAVE a file to or from the other device For instance an operator at CNC Station A can issue a command to send a file from the server to CNC Station B or a Minifile or a directly connected machine tool control Network Redirection Menu F1 SEND File TO Device from server F2 SAVE File TO Server form device F3 SEND Tile TO Control F4 GET File FROM control F5 CLOSE File on Device F6 DELETE File on Device 9 2 1 Senda File From the Server to a Remote Device SEND File TO Device Server Device Name File Name Enter name of remote Device This screen lets you specify the file and remote device to use for a redirected download GET It starts with the cursor in the Device Name field First type in the name of the device you want to send to this name must match a device defined on the server Press RETURN the cursor moves to the File Name field Type in the name of the file to send this must match the name of a file in the server download directory for the device named in the Device Name field Press RETURN the request will be sent to the server which will respond with a message to indicate whether the request was accepted or no
66. on the Setup Control Menu CNC Station User Manual 60 18 0 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q What are those letters in the upper right corner of the screen A That is the session list It is possible to ignore these letters and perform every function from the menu tree you are automatically switched between sessions as you move up and down the tree That approach is fine so long as you only do one thing at a time Advanced users can perform several functions at the same time by switching sessions manually Once a function has been started in a session he can switch back to the main menu to do other things at the same time Why do I sometimes get a Directory in use by another session message A Due to memory limitations only one session can display a directory at a time If you change sessions while a directory is displayed this includes the Filename Mask Entry screen and then try to display a directory form another session you get this message Remember that many functions request directory displays automatically to let you select the file to process To clear the conflict simply switch to the other session exit the Directory Viewer and switch back to where you were Then retry the command Q Why don t new files appear in the Directory Viewer A The Directory Viewer takes a snapshot of the disk directory contents each time it is started If a file is created or deleted by another session that change is recorded in the
67. only one function at a time Understanding sessions allows you to do more than one thing at a time The Session List is located on the right end of the top line of the screen It is always displayed no matter what else is going on The list is composed of one or more letters in alphabetical order Each letter represents one active session The letter representing the session you are currently in is UPPER case all the rest are in lower case Sample Session List The CNC Station menu tree is broken up into several sections Each section is handled by a different session Each session can perform a function at the same time as other sessions The menu tree is setup such that you can use all of the functions one at a time and the sessions are switched automatically If you watch the Session List while you move around the menu tree you will notice that at certain points letters come and go Each letter represents an active session Each session is activated and deactivated as you move in and out of its portion of the menu tree While a function is being performed by one session another session can do something else The contents of this menu vary depending on what sessions are active This example shows about the most you will ever see The Main Session will always be present Note that all of the letters in the Session List are lower case This shows that you are not in any session The session with the asterisk between its ID
68. r death gt Heed the CAUTION statements These statements point out situations that can cause equipment damage CNC Station User Manual ili 1 0 INTRODUCTION Greco Systems CNC Station is a versatile NC CNC part program management system that can also be used as an integral part of a DNC network The CNC Station s powerful capabilities allow part programs to be manually created or edited directly at the machine tool control with the added benefit of increasing storage for older controls The CNC station interfaces to virtually any NC CNC control utilizing pre programmed communication protocols and the industry s largest library of interface applications The CNC Stations compact shop hardened design coupled with its superior capabilities will increase the productivity of any job shop while maximizing machine tool functionality CNC Station User Manual 1 2 0 GETTING STARTED The CNC Station provides many features which you may want to try at a later time This section provides the steps necessary to get the CNC Station operational Additional information about the system set up and configuration is provided in Section 9 2 1 PowER UP Unpack the CNC Station and plug the unit into a 120 or 220 VAC power source Power on the CNC station and the Start up screen should appear If the screen appears blank press shift DEL then press F6 a number of times until you can read the display This will adjust the viewing angel of t
69. r now empty When creating a new file or after deleting all data from an old file entering any command except INSERT or QUIT displays this message End of File The last line of the file was displayed or an attempt was made to move past the end of the file File not found Creation mode assumed The file name used with the Editor command did not exist on the diskette It is assumed that anew file is being created The only valid commands at this point are INSERT or QUIT File not text type An attempt was made to edit a non text file The Editor is terminated and the user is returned to the Monitor Invalid command character entered An invalid command character was entered Invalid number in command string A non numeric character was entered where a number was expected or the entered number was larger than 65 535 OK to lose changes Y N When the QUIT command is entered this message verifies that the user wants to quit the editing session without saving the changes Any answer except a Y returns the user to the Editor and saves the changes Target string not found The character string for the CHANGE or SEARCH command was not found To insert more code at this location exit and re enter The buffer became full while text was being added to the first 712 byte data block The only way to add more text to the desired location is to exit the Editor so the buffer can be written to the diskette then
70. rce file an error will appear CNC Station User Manual 20 When the copy is finished the message Copy finished will appear E Press ESC to return to the File Functions Men Note The Copy File command only copies from one drive to the other or the other way It does not allow you to change the name of the file or copy to another name on the same disk 7 4 RENAME FILE H This selects the Rename File function and calls up the Directory Viewer It starts with the default comm drive E Select the file to be renamed using the up and down arrow keys and press Enter H Type in the new name for the file using the DOS naming convention which has a limit of 8 characters followed by Then followed by 3 characters For example XXXXXXX XXX 7 5 DELETING FILES Path from Main Menu F2 F6 E This brings up the Directory Viewer in the Delete File mode a Move the highlight on the directory display to the desired file PgUp and PgDn move up and down a page at a time the up and down arrow keys move up and down one file at a time a Press RETURN to select the desired file This selects the file and brings up a verification screen a If you really want to delete the file press F1 If you changed your mind or selected the wrong file press ESC to cancel CNC Station User Manual 21 8 0 Disk FUNCTIONS MENU Session Main Path from Main Menu F3 Disk Functions Menu F1 View Directory F2 F3 F4 F5 Show Sp
71. resentation of warranty expressed or implied or statuary with respect to nor assumes responsibility for the accuracy completeness sufficiency or usefulness of this manual nor any problems that may arise from the use of the information contained herein The Greco System s CNC Station Operator s Manual Copyright 1992 2004 by Greco Systems All rights reserved CNC Station User Manual i WARRANTY POLICY POLICY Greco Systems warrants that all products manufactured by Greco Systems conform to published specifications and are free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of delivery when used under normal operating conditions and within the service conditions for which they were furnished The obligation of Greco Systems arising from a Warranty claim shall be limited to repairing or at its option replacing without charge any product which in Greco Systems sole opinion proves to be defective within the scope of the Warranty In the event Greco Systems is not able to modify repair or replace nonconforming defective parts or components to a condition as warranted within a reasonable time after receipt thereof Greco Systems will refund the purchase price to the customer in return for the nonconforming or defective parts Greco Systems must be notified in writing of the defect or nonconformity within the Warranty period and the affected product returned to Greco Systems factor
72. rive 39 set time Special Functions Menu Set Time 40 display parms see the Setup screens 41 read parms from EEROM Setup Control Menu Save setup to permanent storage 42 save parms to EEROM Setup Control Menu Load setup from permanent storage 43 ch O baud Setup Serial Channel 0 Baud Rate 44 ch 1baud Setup Serial Channel 1 Baud Rate 45 ch O parity Setup Char Format Ch 0 Parity 46 ch 1 parity Setup Char Format Ch 1 Parity 47 ch 0 protocol Setup Serial Channel 0 Protocol 48 ch 1 protocol Setup Serial Channel 1 Protocol 49 select active channel Setup CNC Station Options Active Comm Channel 50 set date Special Functions Menu Set Date 51 text binary mode Setup Protocol Options A Data Mode 52 LF out put Setup Protocol Option A End Of Line Char s 53 EIA Setup Protocol Options A EIA 54 comm drive select Setup Default Drives Send Read Comm Drive 55 LF to CR conversion Setup Protocol Option A End Of Line Char s 56 parallel looping Setup Protocol Option A Looping 57 ch 0 auto enables Setup Serial Channel 0 Auto Enables 58 ch 1 auto enables Setup Serial Channel 1 Auto Enables 59 LCD viewing angle Special Functions Menu LCD Adjust 61 chO stop bits Setup Char Format Ch 0 Stop Bits 62 ch 1 stop bits Setup Char Format Ch 1 Stop Bits 65 ch 0 data bits Setup Char Format Ch 0 Data Bits 66 ch 1 data bits Setup Char Format Ch 1 Data Bits 67 nulls in text Setup Protocol Options A Send Nulls in Te
73. rol Menu MINIFILE SETUP Set the Minifile parameters as follows COMMAND ARGUMENT Channel 0 Protocol 10 FANUC Channel 0 Baud Rate 9600 9600 Baud Selected Channel O Channel 0 Active Store Parameters The CNC Station does not provide the Minifile s commands but has menu items that correspond to the parameters see Appendix 1 for a translation table So given the above example you need to set the Channel 0 Protocol to 10 FANUC the Channel 0 Baud Rate to 9600 and the Selected Channel to 0 Then store the parameters to permanent storage To setup the CNC Station per the above applications note m f necessary return to the Main Menu m Press the F6 Special Functions key m Press the F1 Setup Control key m Press the F6 View Change SETUP key m Press the PgDn key m Hold the SHIFT key and press F6 until Active Comm Channel is Serial CH O m Press the PgDn key m Hold SHIFT and press F1 until Protocol is 105FANUC m f necessary hold SHIFT and press F2 until Baud Rate is 9600 m Press the ESC key m Hold SHIFT and press F1 to Save setup to permanent storage m Pres ESC twice more to return to the Main Men CABLE CONNECTION Make sure the communications cable from the machine tool control is connected to the proper channel of the CNC Station 0 1 or 2 as specified in the applications note The channel numbers are labeled on the connector panel of the CNC
74. shift space This leaves the Info Session active so it won t interrupt again After clearing the problem from the other session return to the Info session and clear the error message The screen should return to the originally interrupted session CNC Station User Manual 61 Sometimes I am not in the Session Menu but no letters in the Session List are capitalized What is going on This can happen in the Comm Session and NFT Session If a file transfer is started from a remote source rather than the CNC Station menu these sessions will activate themselves to show the monitor screen But they don t switch the screen in this case since that would be disruptive to whatever the user might be doing Only the Session List changes t to indicate that something is happening Likewise when the file transfer is done they deactivate themselves and do not switch screens back Normally this all happens transparently but if the user switches sessions to see the monitor screen and is still looking at it when the file transfer finishes the session deactivates itself and the screen is not changed This doesn t hurt anything but you must switch back to an active session before you can do anything else What do the messages TTY Character Queues overflowed and TTY Disk Buffer overflowed mean How do I resolve these problems These messages indicate that data reaches the CNC Station faster than the TTY emulation system can process it Any
75. t F1 Calls up the SEND File TO Device entry screen which allows a redirected GET command to be issued m Enter the name of the remote device This must match a device defined on the server CNC Station User Manual 30 m Enter the name of the file to send to that device This file must exist in the server download directory of the selected device RETURN The first time cursor is in the Device Name field completes entry of the Device Name and moves the cursor to the File Name field The second time cursor is in the File Name field completes entry of the File Name and issues the redirection request to the server ESC Returns to the Network Redirection Menu Note The Device Name and File Name are remembered as long as the CNC Station remains turned on so if the device and or file name you want is already there just press RETURN to accept that entry Note You can have several redirected file transfers running at the same time as many as one for each remote device but you cannot use this command while a GET or PUT is in progress on this device including redirected transfers requested from another device As soon as the request has been accepted by the server the screen will return to the Network Redirection Menu You can issue another redirected request to another device immediately if desired 9 2 2 Save a File From a Remote Device to the Server F2 Calls up the SAVE File TO Server entry screen which allows a redirec
76. ted PUT command to be issued m Enter the name of the remote device This must match a device defined on the server H Press RETURN The cursor will move to the filename field m Enter the name of the file to get from the device This file must exist on the default network diskette of the specified device m Press RETURN This will send the request to the server Progress status and error messages will appear as warranted As soon as the request has been accepted by the server the screen will return to the Network Redirection Menu You can issue another redirected request to another device immediately if desired F3 Calls up the SEND File TO Control entry screen which will send a file directly to a machine control attached to the network F4 Calls up the GET File FROM Control entry screen which alerts the file server that a file will be uploaded from a machine control F5 Calls up the CLOSE File ON Control entry screen which tells a control to close a file F6 Calls up the DELETE File ON Control entry screen The user may name a control and file The specified control then deletes the requested file ESC Returns to the Network Functions Menu 9 3 SERVER DIRECTORY MENU 9 3 1 F1 View Device Download Directory Enter the Device name and the mask for the files to be displayed CNC Station User Manual 31 9 3 2 F2 View Device Upload Directory Enter the Device name and the mask for the files to be displayed 9 4
77. the Directory Viewer to select a file for the SEND F5 Allows the Search String to be edited Up to 16 characters can be entered Leading spaces count but trailing spaces do not Press ESC to exit mode without saving the changed string or RETURN to save the new string ESC Returns to the menu that called up this screen either the Main Menu or the File Transfer Menu The following key works only when a serial port is selected Shift F4 Toggles the Serial Search option ON and OFF When ON pressing Shift F1 will cause output from the selected file to the machine tool control to begin at the point in the file that matches the contents of the Search String When OFF the entire file is sent If the search string is lt none gt then the entire file will be sent regardless of the setting of the search mode Note The SEND Monitor Screen provides search commands used with the parallel port 6 1 1 File Search Functions The file search functions depend on what type of communications port you are using to communicate with the machine tool control For serial ports 0 and 1 the SEND File TO Control menu allows you to edit the search string and enable or disable the search function When enabled only that part of the file starting with the matched string will be sent to the control when the SEND is started If you are using the parallel port the SEND monitor screen has provisions for editing the search string and requesting forward and r
78. tion User Manual 39 CNC Station H W Configuration Floppy Disk Size 1 44MB RAM Disk Size 128K Hard Disk Size none Network Type Async Greco Net Control Card 101235 RAM Disk Type 101215 Software Rev Date F 06 09 92 The previous screen shows the configuration of the CNC Station hardware and software The status of these items can be changed only by installing removing or updating hardware or software The actual values shown will vary depending on the configuration of your particular CNC Station 10 2 DATE AND TIME Session Main Path from Main Menu F6 F2 ESC cancel DATE and TIME FEB 19 2002 12 59am F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 RETURN save SFx down This screen shows what the date that the CNC Station is set to and allows it to be changed F1 Shift F1 F2 Shift F 2 F3 Shift F 3 F4 Shift F4 F5 Shift F5 ESC RETURN CNC Station User Manual Changes to the next month Changes to the previous month Changes to the next day of the month does NOT check for invalid days such as Feb 30 Changes to the previous day of the month Changes to the next year Year can range from 1900 to 2099 Changes to the previous year Changes to the next hour Changes to the previous hour Changes to the next minute Changes to the previous minute Exits without saving the date and time Any changes made are ignored Exits and saves the new date and time 40 10 2 1 Set the Date and Time The CNC Statio
79. tions menu appears from the top menu with the F6 FI F6 and PAGE DN keys Additional PAGE DN keys find menus that setup serial port characteristics like baud rate parity and number of stop and data bits Be sure that the characteristics of the selected serial port match the device you wish to communicate with A shifted F4 from this menu or the Special Functions Menu jumps into the terminal mode The letter T on the QUICKMENU screen also leads to the terminal program If a file and start character were setup then data capture begins with the receipt of 10 bytes of the start character Another shift F4 exits the terminal emulation mode and temporarily stops an outstanding file capture Error Messages TTY Character Queues Overflowed TTY Disk Buffer Overflowed These messages indicate that data reaches the CNC Station faster than the TTY emulation system can process it Any of several steps can be taken to avoid these failures 1 Enable the XOFF XON protocol on the sending device The TTY emulation package may attempt to use this to prevent overflow conditions 2 Reduce the number of concurrent processes running on the CNC Station 3 Turn off options like the F6 clear the screen function and the F7 tabbing function These functions take time for the CNC Station to process 4 Insert a new diskette into the CNC Station and reformat it Capture your data on this new diskette Old worn diskettes may take more time to process 5 R
80. tory 111 nnmnnn nnmnnn nnmnnn na 32 Special Functions Menn aNG 33 Setup Control Men ssctcscccistcisessessscesdecndsantessseendacedseedsandvandededenesssedeandadndeesinc 33 10 1 1 Setup Control Menu ccceccesceeseseceseeeenseeeeeeeeescaesnseeeenseeeseaeseeseeeeneeeeseaeseseeeenseeeeeees 33 10 1 2 Save Setup to Diski aeea aeaea ra rae re aae e ae ee ra aoei da aeon Haaa 33 10 1 3 Load Setup From Disk ccccsecceseeeseeeeeseeeeneeeeescaeseneeeenseeeseaesasaesaseeeesseseseeeenseeeeeaees 34 10 1 4 Load Setup From Permanent Storage cccesccccseeeeeseeesseeseseeeenseeeeseeeesseeeenseeeeeeees 34 10 1 5 View Change Setup mmmmumasaaaanaaanan anan KN KBENKNANNK ANAKAN KABAN ANAKAN ANAN ANAKAN ANAKAN ANAN AA KAANK ANAKAN ANAKAN 34 10 1 5 1 Setup Default Drives 1 m2msunaaa na unan un aBuK ANAKAN ANAN ANANNAK ANAKAN ANAN ANANAK ANAK NA NNAN ANAKAN AKA 34 10 2 10 3 10 4 11 0 12 0 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 12 6 12 7 13 0 13 1 13 3 14 0 15 0 16 0 16 1 17 0 17 1 18 0 10 1 5 2 Setup CNC Station Options ccccsecccssseeeesecesceesesneeeeseeeseeeseseeeeeseeeesseeesseeeenseeeeanes 34 10 1 5 3 Setup Serial Channel 0 and 1 ccceeceesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneeeeseaesasaeenseeeesseeseseenenseeeeenees 35 10 1 5 4 Setup Parallel Channel 2 cccessseceeessseceeeseneeeenseeeeeenseneeesnsneseeeseseeeenenseeeenes 36 10 1 5 5 Setup Protocol Options A ccccc
81. ut keys and commands are available in the CNC Station version F1 Search Forward Prompts for string to search for Searches from current position to end of file if necessary F2 Replace Prompts for string to find and replacement string Applies only to the current line F3 Search amp Replace Once Prompts for string to find and replacement string Searches from current position to end of file if necessary but only changes first occurrence F4 Search amp Replace Prompts for string to find and replacement string Searches from current position to end of file Replaces all occurrences of matching string CNC Station User Manual 50 F8 F10 Home END PgUp PgDn Up arrow Down arrow ESC Re sequence Line Numbers Replaces existing line numbers in part program files with new line numbers in correct numerical sequence Runs from the current position to the end of file Move current position to End of File Move current position to top of buffer NOT top of file Move current position to end of buffer NOT end of file Moves to previous page Moves to next page Move to previous line Move to next line Exits the editor from command prompt only While entering text in the command line or function prompts the Field Edit function keys are active To cancel any of the search or replace commands during the string prompt phase enter Ctrl C The drive and name of the file being edited is shown on the top l
82. veral messages from different sources may be queued up and only the highest priority message will be displayed until it is cleared Shift ESC Clears the displayed message If other messages re queued the next one will appear otherwise the screen that was interrupted will reappear Important If you switch to another session while this screen is active without clearing the message the screen will NOT pop up when another message arrives It also will not pop up if an error occurs the screen will show the errors when you switch back but it won t pop up You should always clear these messages as soon as possible ERROR MESSAGE POPUP SCREEN Session Info Path None you cannot call up this screen directly ERROR MESSAGES DISK ERROR COMM ERROR DISK WRITE PROTECTED SHIFT DEL TO CONTINUE This screen pops up when certain system errors are detected If additional errors occur while this screen is active they will be added to those already displayed Up to four messages can be on screen at any one time As more errors occur the oldest messages are lost This screen has priority over the Information Message screen which is also handled by the Info Session CNC Station User Manual 53 13 3 The numbers displayed by each message are simply sequence numbers they are not error codes They can be used to determine how many errors have occurred since the old messages scroll off the top of the screen The numbers
83. xt Mazak Terminators Search Enable serial only CNC Station User Manual 57 Minifile Command CNC Station Menu Menu Item 70 numeric input 71 alpha input 72 parallel leader trailer 73 RESET 74 line pre display 75 display file 76 comment lead character 77 comment trail character not applicable not applicable Setup Protocol Options A not supported not supported in this release Send File to Control Setup Protocol Options B Setup Protocol Options B Leader Trailer Automatic Omit comment lead character Omit comment trail character 80 set switch reg 82 reader speed 84 configuration reg 85 parts ob download 86 parts job upload 87 server download 88 server upload 89 parts job redirection Setup Parallel Channel 2 Setup Parallel Channel 2 Setup Parallel Channel 2 not applicable not applicable Network File Transfer Network File Transfer not applicable Switch Reg Reader Speed Config Reg GET File FROM Server PUT File TO Server 91 format disk 92 init directory 93 test disk 96 verify disk 98 delete file by number 99 delete file by name Disk Special Functions Disk Special Functions Disk Special Functions Disk Special Functions not applicable File Functions Menu FORMAT Diskette INIT Diskette Test Diskette Verify Disk Delete File The LF output and CR to LF conversion opt
84. y or to an authorized service center within thirty 30 days after discovery of such defect or nonconformity For product warranties requiring return to Greco Systems products must be returned to a service facility designated by Greco Systems Buyer shall prepay shipping charges taxes duties and insurance for products returned to Greco Systems for warranty service Except for products returned to Buyer from another country Greco Systems shall pay for return of products to Buyer Greco Systems shall have no responsibility hereunder for any defect or damage caused by improper storage improper installation unauthorized modification misuse neglect inadequate maintenance accident or for any product which has been repaired or altered by anyone other than Greco systems or its authorized representative and not in accordance with the instructions furnished by Greco Systems EXCLUSION OF OTHER WARRANTIES THE WARRANTY DESCIBED ABOVE IS BUYER S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND NO OTHER WARRANTY WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED GRECO SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE No statement representation agreement or understanding oral or written made by an agent distributor representative or employee of Greco Systems unless made in writing and executed by an authorized Greco Systems employee Under no circumstances shall Greco Systems be liable for any direct
85. yed text in that direction Note Although only text files will display properly the File Viewer does not verify that the file actually is text it will try to display whatever is in the file CNC Station User Manual 11 5 5 E Starts the File Editor The Directory Viewer is called up first to allow a file to be selected When a file is selected the File Editor is started on it If the V or E session is already active we switch directly to it L Logon enters the security menu screen Ctrl RET Returns to the Start up Screen CNC Station User Manual 12 6 0 FILE TRANSFER MENU Session Main Path from Main Menu F1 File Transfer Menu Fl Send File TO Control F2 F3 Read to File FROM Control F4 F5 F6 6 1 To SEND A FILE TO THE MACHINE TOOL CONTROL Session Comm Path from Main Menu F1 F1 orS This screen varies depending on which communications port is selected For serial port 0 Send File TO Control SF1 START Sending F2 File lt none gt F3 F4 Serial Search OFF F5 Search String lt none gt F6 For parallel port 2 Send File TO Control SEI START Sending F2 File lt none gt F3 F4 F5 Search String lt none gt F6 CNC Station User Manual 13 Note The following keys work in both screens Shift F1 Starts sending the specified file to the Machine Tool Control If file is set to lt none gt nothing will happen F2 Calls up

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