Manual

4-6 Front Panel Functions
If you press FAST/PAUSE or FAST/TEACH while any Download Sequence is executing,
the System interrupts the old sequence and immediately starts executing the newly requested
one. The old sequence resumes executing when the new one is finished.
(One restriction applies to interrupts: you cannot interrupt an interrupt. In other words, if a
first sequence has been interrupted by a second and you try to invoke a third, the third
sequence is held off and does not begin executing until the second finishes executing. For
more information see Chapter 8.)
Program Select and GO
The Program Select thumbwheel switch and GO button can invoke any Download Sequence
from 0 through 9. Just press the upper or lower thumbwheel button until the desired
program number appears. Then press GO. The Download Sequence runs until it is finished
or you press the PAUSE or RESET button.
Front panel buttons and interrupts behave as described above under Invoke Download
Sequence.
Self Test
If the Left Arrow and Right Arrow buttons are both depressed when the power switch is
turned on, the machine begins to execute a Self Test sequence which exercises X, Y, and Z
motors, Digital Outputs, and lights. This sequence repeats forever.
If the Up Arrow is also pressed at power up, the self test sequence skips the Z axis portion of
the test routine.
You must hold the buttons for several seconds after turning on the power to be sure the self
test is activated.
Suppress Autostart
When you turn on the power or press RESET the Automove System may automatically
execute an Autostart Download Sequence; see personality parameter 39 in Chapter 7.
You can prevent the Autostart sequence, if any, from executing; simply keep the FAST
button depressed while you reset or turn on the power. You must hold the button for several
seconds to be sure the Autostart sequence does not execute.