Hypertherm Phoenix 8.0 - Manual (Page 479)

Program Codes
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Example of a simple command string: <F2 S1 A45 M2 O2 <TEST 123>
<
The program command must begin with the “
<<<<
” symbol to indicate the Marker Font
Generator feature is being used.
F
The first block of information is the Font Source location. The “F” indicates “Font” and
is followed by a digit to indicate the location. Number 1 indicates the internal font in the
control software, number 2 indicates to use a font located on the control hard drive, and
number 3 indicates to source the font to be used from diskette or USB memory. If no font
is found at the selected location, the default internal font will be used. For the example
given, the font location would be from the hard drive.
S
The second information block determines the scale of the text. The “S” is used to indicate
“Scale” and is followed by a digit to indicate a numeric scale factor. For the example
given, the Scale factor would be two or twice as large as the original font dimensions.
A
The third information block determines the angle of the text. The “A” is used to indicate
“Angle” and is followed by a numeric value for the degree of angle. For the example
given, the angle would be 45
°
.
M
The fourth information block determines the Marker Tool to be used. The “M” is used to
indicate “Marker” followed by the number of the Marker Tool (Marker Enable Output) to
be used. Up to two marker enables are supported.
O
The fifth information block determines which tool Offset to be used. The “O” indicates
offset followed by a number indicating one of the nine different tool offsets previously
configured in control setups is to be used. The example shown indicates that tool offset
number two should be used.
< > The final information block is used to specify the marker text to be executed. The text
must be enclosed in the ”<” and “>” marks to be valid and understood as the selected text.
For the example given, the marker text executed would be “TEST 123”
Translated by the control, the example command string given above would generate the Marker
Text “TEST 123” onto the plate as shown here in Shape Wizard.