Document Outline

• Contents
• Safety
  • Recognize safety information
  • Follow safety instructions
  • Electrical hazards
  • Electric shock can kill
  • Cutting can cause fire or explosion
    • Fire prevention
    • Explosion prevention
  • Toxic fumes can cause injury or death
  • Grounding safety
  • Static electricity can damage circuit boards
  • Compressed gas equipment safety
  • Gas cylinders can explode if damaged
  • A plasma arc can cause injury and burns
  • Arc rays can burn eyes and skin
  • Pacemaker and hearing aid operation
  • Noise can damage hearing
  • A plasma arc can damage frozen pipes
  • Dry dust collection information
  • Laser radiation
  • Additional safety information
  • Warning labels
  • Symbols and marks
• Product Stewardship
  • Introduction
  • National and local safety regulations
  • Certification test marks
  • Differences in national standards
  • Safe installation and use of shape cutting equipment
  • Procedures for periodic inspection and testing
  • Qualification of test personnel
  • Residual current devices (RCDs)
  • Higher-level systems
• Environmental Stewardship
  • Introduction
  • National and local environmental regulations
  • The RoHS directive
  • Proper disposal of Hypertherm products
  • The WEEE directive
  • The REACH regulation
  • Proper handling and safe use of chemicals
  • Fumes emission and air quality
• Shrink-wrap License Agreement
• System Tools
  • Introduction
  • CNC performance information
  • Back up the hard drive
  • Scan Hard Disk
  • Antivirus
  • Defragment hard disk
  • Launch an External Program
  • Software installed on the CNC
    • Phoenix software version number
  • Phoenix setup files
    • About setup files
    • Setup files from previous versions of Phoenix
    • Save and load the setup file
      • Save a setup file without using a password
      • Save a setup file with a different name
      • Load a setup file
    • Save and load default settings
      • Save Default.ini
      • Load Default.ini
    • Reload factory settings
• Machine Setup
  • Axis orientation and positive motion
  • About axis assignments
  • Change the axis assignments with passwords
  • System axis screens
    • Machine Setups screen
    • Transverse or Rail Axis
    • Using software travel limits
    • Dual Gantry Axis
    • CBH Axis
    • Rotate Axis
    • Tilt Axis
    • Transverse 2 Axis
  • Laser Mapping
  • Setting Speeds
    • CBH Speeds
    • THC Speeds
    • Tilt/Rotator Speeds
  • S-curve acceleration
    • S-curve setup
  • Torch Height Disable
  • Configuring Ports
    • Basic Configuration
    • Phoenix Link Configuration
    • Command THC Port Designation
      • RS-422 Connections to Command THC with 25-pin D-type Connector
  • Configuring I/O
    • Digital Input Definitions
    • Digital Output Definitions
    • THC I/O
  • Speed Pot and Joystick Setup
• Torch Height Control Axis Setup
  • Sensor THC axis
    • Initial height sense
    • Entering the slide length
    • Assigning the Sensor THC to an axis and selecting an analog input
    • Setting speeds and acceleration
    • Assigning the Sensor THC as a lifter
    • Setting servo error tolerance and stall force tolerance
  • Sensor THC axis screen
    • Tuning the axis with gains
    • Home settings for current-type drives
    • Tracking Mode
  • Sensor THC I/O points
  • Watch Window setup
  • Sensor Ti axis setup
    • Machine Setups screen
    • Speeds screen
    • Sensor THC Axis screen
    • Station Configuration screen
  • ArcGlide THC axis
    • Gains
    • Speeds
    • Mechanical
    • Miscellaneous
• SERCOS setup
  • SERCOS III support
    • Drives
    • Bus couplers
    • Cabling
    • General recommendations
    • Drive I/O
    • Inline I/O bus coupler
    • Troubleshooting tips
    • SERCOS setup screen
  • SERCOS II support
    • Drives
    • I/O bus couplers and I/O modules
    • I/O bus couplers
    • I/O modules
    • SERCSO II setup screen
• Station Setup
  • Overview
  • Generic and numbered I/O
    • Generic I/O
    • Numbered I/O
  • Enabling station I/O
    • Auto Select and Manual Select inputs and Station Enable LED output
    • Basic operating sequence
    • Using manual mode as an override
    • Summary
  • Station configuration screen
  • Guidelines for using the Station Configuration screen
  • Conflicting process
    • Example of a conflicting process
    • How a tool is associated with a station
  • Troubleshooting a conflicting process error
    • The settings look correct on the screen below
    • The cause of the error
  • Troubleshooting steps
• Special Setups
  • Status/Feature List
  • Status/Message or Wizard List
  • Soft Keys
• Plasma Setup
  • Plasma 1 and Plasma 2
    • Examples using Plasma 1 and Plasma 2
    • Sample settings for a multiple-torch cutting system
    • Sample settings for two-torch cutting system
  • Plasma cut sequence
  • Setting up inputs and outputs for plasma
  • Summary: setting up the plasma routine
  • I/O and diagnostics
  • HPR diagnostics
    • Power Supply Inputs
    • Gas Console Inputs
    • Power Supply Outputs
    • Gas Console Outputs
  • Serial communication interface
    • RS-422C connections to HPR CNC interface
  • Powermax plasma supply
    • Selecting the Powermax in the Station Configuration screen
    • Assigning the Powermax to a serial port
    • I/O selection for the Powermax
    • Setting cut mode, gas pressure, and current from the CNC
    • Powermax Diagnostic screen
  • MAXPRO200 plasma supply
    • Selecting the MAXPRO200 in the Station Configuration screen
    • Assigning the MAXPRO200 to a serial port
    • I/O selection for the MAXPRO200
    • System error output
    • Watch Window setup for the MAXPRO200
    • Adjusting default cut chart settings from the CNC
    • MAXPRO200 Diagnostic screen
• Diagnostics
  • Remote Help
  • Load Additional Manuals
  • EDGE Pro Machine Interface Tests
    • Serial Test
    • USB Test
    • I/O Test
    • Axis Test
    • THC Test
    • LAN and Hypernet Tests
    • Operator Interface Test
  • MicroEDGE Pro Machine Interface Tests
    • Serial Test
    • USB Test
    • I/O Test
    • Axis Test
    • THC Test
    • LAN and Hypernet Tests
    • Joystick and Speedpot Test
  • I/O
    • Inputs
    • Outputs
    • Expanded I/O
  • Analog Input Diagnostics
    • Inputs
    • Analog Inputs
  • Drives and Motors
  • SERCOS Drives and Motors Test
  • Using Norton Ghost Utility
    • Creating a Ghost Recovery File
    • Retrieving an Image File
• Motion Control
  • Closed Loop Servo Control
    • Typical Velocity and Position Loop System
  • Encoders
    • Following Error
    • Position and Servo Error
  • Encoder Counts and Maximum Machine Speed
    • Determining Maximum Machine Speed
  • Gain
    • Proportional Gain
    • Integral Gain
    • Derivative Gain
    • Feedforward
    • Velocity Gain
  • Tuning Procedures
    • Tuning for Velocity Drives
    • Tuning for Current Drives
  • Motion Tuning Watch Windows
• Motion Compensation
  • Hardware and Software Requirements
  • Overview
  • Calculating Compensation Data
    • Calculating Backlash Compensation
  • Capturing and Using Motion Data in Phoenix
  • Map Axes
    • Create the Motion Compensation Data File
  • Load the Data File
  • Turn on Motion Compensation
  • Save the Setup File
• Networking
  • Before You Begin
    • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
    • Using the CNC in a Domain-based Network
    • Administrator and User Accounts on the CNC
  • About Network Connections
  • Connecting the CNC to a Network (DHCP)
  • Connecting the CNC to a Network (non-DHCP)
  • Connecting the CNC to a Workgroup
  • Mapping a Network Drive
  • Adding a Folder in Phoenix
• Serial Ports
  • Control RS-232C DB-9 Pinout
  • RS-232C Connections to Host PC with 9-pin D-type Connector
  • RS-232C Connections to Host PC with 25-pin D-type Connector
  • Control RS-422 DB-9 Pinout
  • RS-422 Connections to Host PC with 9-pin D-type Connector
  • RS-422 Connections to Host PC with 25-pin D-type Connector
• Phoenix Link
  • Files Menu
  • Settings Menu
  • Installation
    • Minimum System Requirements
    • Software
    • Change Master Folder
    • Operating Multiple Links
  • Hardware
  • Operating Phoenix Link
  • Common Errors
    • Error Messages
• Aligning Plates
  • Notes about APA
  • Sensing Sequence
  • Five-Point Alignment
  • Three Point Alignment
    • Program Code
    • Motion Path
• Oxyfuel Application
  • Oxyfuel overview
  • Two-torch oxyfuel system diagram
  • Low preheat fuel gas options
  • Oxyfuel cut sequence
  • Oxyfuel inputs
  • Oxyfuel outputs
  • Setting up oxyfuel
  • Oxyfuel cut chart
  • Controlling proportional gas regulators with analog outputs
  • Setting up analog outputs
    • Setting gas pressures from the CNC
  • Staged pierce for oxyfuel cutting
• Waterjet Application
  • Waterjet system overview
    • Enabling the waterjet process on the CNC
    • Selecting the waterjet pump model
  • Serial communications
    • Assigning a serial port
  • Sequence of operations
  • Waterjet I/O
  • Automatically setting abrasive delays
  • Waterjet height control
    • Speeds for waterjet height control
    • Calibration
    • Foot Sensor Up input
    • Initial height sense (IHS)
    • Performing a first IHS
    • Skip IHS
  • Low pressure piercing
  • Cutting a part
    • Enabling a station
    • Setting the cut height without height control
  • Cut speed calculator
  • Waterjet system messages