LINK Systems OmniLink - Feed Interface - Manual (Page 27)

OmniLink 5000 Feed Manual December 13, 1999
4.1
Manual Rev 2.3
4. OPERATION
There are two different communication boards
that have been used with the OmniLink 5000 -
refereed to as “old communication board” and “new
communication board”. See sections 2.1 and 2.2 to
determine which of these is installed.
Operation of the feed interface is virtually the
same for both board, but small differences do exist.
The following sections give operating instructions
for both boards.
4.1 Entering Feed Parameters with the Old
Communication Board
The Press Control menu of the OmniLink 5000
provides an AUTO SETS menu which contains
automatic feed settings for a specific job. If
configured to interface to a feed, the feed length,
feed speed, and, in some cases, other parameters
become available selections as shown in figure 4.1:
Figure 4.1: Example Auto-Sets Menu
Feed length and speed may be entered in the
PROG mode by positioning the cursor onto the
desired parameter, using the numeric keypad to
enter the new number, and pressing the “ENT” key.
The value is transmitted to feed controller via the
serial communication link and the returned value
presented on the display.
It should be noted that the feed controller does
NOT communicate to the operator terminal when
turned off (unless equipped with separate logic
power connections). If for any reason the
OmniLink OIT can not successfully send the feed
parameters (feed is off, cable disconnected, etc.),
"000.000" will be displayed as feed length and
"0000" as feed speed. Once the problem is
corrected, new values may be entered and will be
transmitted to the feed. If the problem was not
corrected, the display will continue to show zeros.
The operator terminal requests the present feed
length and feed speed upon entering the Automatic
Feed Settings menu. If the feed controller is turned
off at this time but later turned on, no change in the
display will take place unless the operator exits and
re-enters the menu or switches to the PROG mode
and moves the cursor.
4.2 Entering Feed Parameters with the New
Communication Board
For the new communication board, the feed
screen is accessed by pushing the “AUX FEED”
softkey in the auto-sets screen of the OmniLink
5000. This softkey becomes available when a feed
is configured as described in section 3.2, or some
other optional auxiliary interface is enabled (such as
the PLC interface). The feed screen should look
something like figure 4.2.
Figure 4.2: Example Feed Settings Screen
This screen shows the following information:
Feed Type - The currently selected feed type.