Troubleshooting guide

SETUP

MILLPWR

Operation Manual

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Electronic Edge Finder

An electronic edge finder enables you to “teach” positions, find the

center point of a circle, skew a part or locate datum (also known as

workpiece zero) by simply “touching off” on the part. The greatest

advantage of an electronic edge finder is that it instantly senses when

you’ve made contact —even if you’ve over-traveled.

MILLPWR lets you define the “Diameter” and “Unit” of measure

(either inches or millimeters) for an electronic edge finder. Once this

information has been entered into

MILLPWR, MILLPWR will automatically compensate for the

radius of the tip of the electronic edge finder when performing any of the operations mentioned

above.

o define the diameter and unit of measure for an electronic edge finder:

• From Setup, highlight “Electronic Edge Finder” then press the ENTER key.

• Enter a value for the electronic edge finder’s tip diameter and unit of measure

(either inches or millimeters) then press the

USE key.

• Continue with Setup or press the

USE NEW SETTINGS softkey.

Job Clock

MILLPWR includes a job clock that can be used to keep track of the time you spend on each job.

The job clock works like a stopwatch, counting in one second intervals after you’ve pressed the

START softkey and stopping after you’ve pressed the STOP softkey.

The job clock appears in the “Status” bar and is visible from both the PGM and DRO screens.

It reflects how much time has elapsed since the clock was started. Every time you stop the job

clock, the time will be added to the “Elapsed Time” field on the “Job Clock” menu and the

value in the “Status” bar will be reset to zero. You can use the job clock to time each step of a

project and then refer to the “Elapsed Time” for the total time spent on the job.