LINK Systems OmniLink - Feed Interface - Manual (Page 28)

OmniLink 5000 Feed Manual December 13, 1999
4.2
Manual Rev 2.3
Feed Length - The current feed length setting.
This value is displayed in whatever units were
selected in feed configuration. To change the feed
length, position the highlight cursor (while in
program mode) on the feed length number, use the
numeric keypad to enter the desired length, and hit
the “ENT” key. The number will be sent to the feed
and, for most feeds, verified. Any problems will be
reported in the status field.
Feed Speed - The current feed speed setting.
This value is displayed in whatever units were
selected in feed configuration. To change the
speed, position the highlight cursor (while in
program mode) on the speed number, use the
numeric keypad to enter the desired speed, and hit
the “ENT” key. The number will be sent to the feed
and, for most feeds, verified. Any problems will be
reported in the status field.
Feed Accel (certain feeds only) - The current
feed acceleration setting. This value is displayed in
whatever units were selected in feed configuration.
To change the acceleration, position the highlight
cursor (while in program mode) on the acceleration
number, use the numeric keypad to enter the desired
acceleration, and hit the “ENT” key. The number
will be sent to the feed and, for most feeds, verified.
Any problems will be reported in the status field.
Status - The status of feed communications.
If communications with the feed is normal, this area
will usually have a status of “OK”. Some ++feeds
also report other information such as manual or
automatic mode here. If the OmniLink OIT can not
communicate with the feed, a “Feed Comm
Problem!” message will be displayed.
Micro Adjust Up softkey - For feeds that do not
normally support a micro adjust feature, this will
add .001 inches or .01 mm to the current feed length
(depending on the length units selected in
configuration) and send that value to the feed but
only in program mode. For feeds that do support a
micro adjust feature, this will send a micro adjust up
command to the feed in program or run mode. The
amount of adjustment in this case depends on the
feed.
Micro Adjust Down softkey - For feeds that do
not normally support a micro adjust feature, this
will subtract .001 inches or .01 mm to the current
feed length (depending on the length units selected
in configuration) and send that value to the feed but
only in program mode. For feeds that do support a
micro adjust feature, this will send a micro adjust
down command to the feed in program or run mode.
The amount of adjustment in this case depends on
the feed.
Certain feeds may also report other information
in this screen.
4.3 Job Storage
In addition be being able to enter length and
speed from the operator terminal, each job can be
stored with a unique feed length, feed speed, and
(for certain feeds) feed acceleration which will be
sent to the feed when the job is recalled. When a
job is stored, the present feed length is requested by
the operator terminal and is transmitted by the feed
controller only if it is turned ON. If no
communication to the feed can take place the
present feed length and speed can not be stored with
the other job information. Since some jobs may be
run without the use of the feed and the feed may be
turned OFF when the job settings are stored, the
STORE SETUP menu shown in figure 4.3 is
displayed.