Manual

Front Panel Functions 4-1
4 Front Panel Functions
This chapter describes the functions of the buttons on the Automove System's front panel.
All buttons produce immediate effects if they are pressed while the Automove System is
sitting idle. If pressed during carriage motion the RESET, STOP, and PAUSE, buttons take
effect immediately; other buttons must be held down until the current vector, arc, or
Continuous Path move is completed or the System does not react to them.
All buttons except RESET can be locked out under command of the host computer. See the
FP command in Chapter 3.
The FAST button (the unlabeled button at the center of the four Arrow buttons) is like the
Shift key on a typewriter; it must be held down while another button is pressed. Be careful
about pressing anything other than the Arrow buttons with the FAST button; see "Execute
Download Sequence", "Manual Re-reference", and "Suppress Autostart", below.
RESET
This button puts the Automove System into the power up state. For a list of all the effects,
see Appendix A Power Up Actions. If there is an Autostart Sequence defined it starts
executing. (See personality parameter 39 in Chapter 7.)
You can prevent the Autostart sequence from executing if desired; see "Suppress Autostart",
below.
STOP
STOP is activated when the STOP button is pressed or an external Emergency Stop switch
actuates. The machine immediately stops all three motors, sets all Digital Outputs to the
False state, begins blinking the STOP light on the front panel, and sends a "?" character to
the host computer. (See "Exceptional Conditions" in Chapter 5.) The PAUSE light stays on
solidly as long as the Stop switch remains actuated.
During the Emergency Stopped state all physical action commands (AA, AR, AZ, CD, FH,
FZ, MA, MR, MT, MZ, TD, WA, WN, Continuous Path moves, Arrow buttons, GO TO
ORIGIN button, manual re-reference) are ignored.
The Emergency Stop, No Reference, and No Z Reference status bits are set. The Paused
state is cleared. The motor power level is not changed. If a Download Sequence is
executing it continues to execute, although the motion commands will be ignored.
If the STOP light glows steadily (i.e. doesn't blink) then the STOP button has been locked
out via the FP ("Front Panel Lockout") command. In this case the machine will not actually
stop until another FP is executed to re-enable STOP. You do not need to press the STOP
button a second time to make it stop.