Rockwell Automation 8520-GUM 9/Series CNC Grinder Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set - Manual (Page 149)

Editing Programs On Line
Chapter 5
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To use the digitize feature:
Important: The following description covers the use of softkeys to
perform digitizing. Your system installer may have written PAL to allow
some other method of digitizing. If this is the case, see documentation
provided by your system installer.
1. Select a part program to edit by pressing the {PRGRAM MANAGE}
softkey. Enter a program name and press the {EDIT PRGRAM} softkey.
See page 5-1 on selecting a program.
2. From the edit menu, press the {DIGITIZE} softkey.
DIGITZ
E
MODIFY
INSERT
BLOCK
DELETE
BLOCK
TRUNC
DELETE
CH/WRD
EXIT
EDITOR
STRING
SEARCH
RENUM
PRGRAM
MERGE
PRGRAM
QUICK
VIEW
CHAR/
WORD
(softkey level 3)
3. Position the grinding wheel using one of the following methods. The
grinding wheel should be located at the desired start point of the new
program.
Jog the axes in MANUAL mode
Automatically move the axes by executing a part program or MDI
Manually move the axes using any means as long as the encoder is
still actively recording the wheel position (see the documentation
prepared by your system installer)
4. Press the {MODE SELECT} softkey to change any of the following
programming modes while digitizing a program:
LINEAR CIRCLE
3 PNT
CIRCLE
TANGNT
MODE
SELECT
(softkey level 4)
Inch/metric
Absolute programming/incremental programming
Change planes G17, G18, or G19
Radius programming/Diameter programming