LINK Systems OmniLink II Press Automation Control - Manual (Page 95)

August 30, 2002 Manual Version 1.0 5.12
have permission to change counter settings.
To increase or decrease the current count value by one, select the counter and depress either the
INCREMENT or DECREMENT softkey. To select a counter, use the arrow keys to position the cursor
on the counter that is to be changed. The cursor can be either in the COUNT column or in the LIMIT
column. Once the cursor is positioned on the counter to be changed, depress the INCREMENT key to
increase the count by one or the DECREMENT key to decrease the count by one
Section 5.3.1.5 Production Counters Change Count
The current count value of a production counter may be changed. If “counter change” is restricted to
Program Mode in the configuration menu, the user must use the Key/Code Access Mode configured for
his system to access Program Mode in order to change the count. If the user uses a password, the user
must be configured to have permission to change counter settings.
To change a current count value, select the counter, depress the CHANGE COUNT softkey, and enter
the new value. To select a counter, use the arrow keys to position the cursor on the count value that is to
be changed. Once the cursor is positioned on the count value to be changed, press the CHANGE
COUNT softkey. Then enter the new count using the numeric keypad. After the correct limit is entered,
press the ENT key.
Section 5.3.2 Stroke Counter
The stroke counter increments anytime the crankshaft travels from the top of the stroke to the bottom of
the stroke. This counter increments in all press operating modes, unlike the production counters that
increment in production modes; Single Stroke, Continuous, Automatic Single Stroke, Continuous on
Demand or Maintained Continuous modes, only. The stroke counter can only be reset from the press
control configuration menu.
Section 5.3.3 Scrap Counter
The scrap counter is used to keep track of the number of scrap parts that have been produced. This
counter is automatically increased when the tonnage monitor registers an out of limit hit. It may be
changed, added to, subtracted from, increased by one, or decreased by one manually. When the scrap
counter is manually increased by a count, all production counters are automatically decreased by the
same count. When the scrap counter is manually decreased by a count, all production counters are
automatically increased by the same count.
Note: The total number of parts in the system is constant. If there are 1000 parts in the order count and
100 parts in the scrap count, there is a total of 1100 parts in the system. Changing the scrap count to
500, will result in the order count being changed to 600. Since there are only 1100 parts in the system,
the scrap count cannot be changed to a value greater than 1100.
If “counter change” is restricted to Program Mode in the configuration menu, the user must use the
Key/Code Access Mode configured for his system to access Program Mode in order to change the count
by entering numbers. If the user obtains access control by using the password system, the user must be
configured to have permission for counter change. Incrementing and decrementing the scrap counter by
one count at a time is allowed in the Run Mode of the operator terminal.