Owner's manual
Error and System Messages
Appendix B
B-28
Message Description
MULTIPLEFUNCTIONSNOT ALLOWED Multiplefunctionsarenotallowed.
MULTIPLESPINDLECONF IGURATION ERROR Eachmultiplespindlemusthavea servoboard identifiedin AMPtoindicate to whichboardthe
spindleisconnected. The spindle mustbe included inthenumber-of-motorsAMP parameter for
the boardthespindleison.
MUST ASSIGN TOOL NUMBER FIRST In randomtool,anattemptwasmadetocustomizea tool beforethetool number was assigned.
MUST BEIN (AUTO) Itis necessarytoplace thecontrol inautomodetoperformthe requestedoperation.
MUST BEIN (AUTO)OR (MDI) Itis necessarytoplace thecontrol inAuto orMDImode toperformtherequested operation.
MUST BEIN (CYCLE ST OP) Itis necessary to placethecontrolincycle stop statetoperformtherequested operation. Th e
control cannotbe in cycle suspend,feed hold,or E-Stop.
MUST BEIN (CYCLE ST OP)AND (EOB) The controlmustbein cyclestop stateand atthe end-of--programblockto performthe
requested operation. The controlcannotbeexecutinga program,in cyclesuspend,feedhold,
or E-Stop.
MUST BEIN (E- ST OP) An attemptwasmadetoperforman operation (such as,editingthereversal errorparameters in
onlineAMP)thatmustbe performed in E-Stop. Placethe controlin E-Stop bypressing the
<E-STOP> button.
MUST BEIN (LINEARMODE) An attemptwasmade toperforman operation(such as,exitingfrom cuttercompensation)that
mustbe performed ina linear block (G00 orG01).
MUST BEIN (M ANUAL) Itisnecessary to place thecontrolin manual mode to perform the requestedoperation.
MUST BEIN (M DI) Itis necessarytoplacethecontrol inMDI mode to performtherequested operation.
MUST BEIN E-ST OPOR CYCLE STOPPED It is necessary to place the controlin E-Stop orcyclestopstate to performthe requested
operation. Placethecontrol inE-Stopby pressingthe<E-STOP>button. Place the controlin
cycle stop state by pressing the <SINGLEBLOCK> butto n. Simply pressing <CYCLESTOP>
willnotguarantee the control to be in cycle stop mode. Mostlikely acycle stop request while
executing a p rogramwillplacethecontrol incycle suspend mode. Ifyougetthiserrorusing the
CALCfunctionitindicatesyou may beaskingthecalculatorfunction to access a paramacro
variable (using the #sign)whena programisexecuting. Youcan notusea paramacro variable
# sign ina calculatorfunction whenany partprogram is executingor suspended.
MUST BEIN MANUAL M ODE TO HOME To do a jog home operation (fromjog retract)the controlmustbe inmanualmode.
MUST COMPLETE ACTIVEHOME OPERATION An attemptwas made to jog a dual group whenone ofthe axesofthedualwas homing.
MUST DISABLE RUN-TIMEGRAPHICS Anattemptwasmadetocallup oneoftheQuickViewpromptingoptions while theactive
graphics option wascurrently executing. Active graphicsmustbedisabledbefore QuickView
promptingcanbe performed.
MUSTHOME ANGLESOURCE AXIS FIRST Before youcan enterangled wheel grinding mode both the axialandwheel axes mustbe
homed.
MUST HOME AXIS An attemptwas made to performaxis calibration before the axes were homed. Axescanbe
homedmanually orbyprogramminga G28 block.
MUST SETUP THE ENCRYPTION ARRAY An attemptwas made to encrypta partprogram while uploading itto ODSorthe mini-DNC
package. The encryptionarray mustbe setupbefore youcanencryptapartprogram.
MUSTSTARTWITH$,%,!,#,+,--,LTR,DIGIT You have used incorrectsearchstringsyntax inthe PAL searchmonitorutility.
MUSTSTARTWITH$,%,!,#,ORLETTER You have used incorrect search string syntaxin thePAL searchmonitorutility.
MUST START WITH $,%,!,OR LETTER You have used incorrectsearchstringsyntax inthe PAL searchmonitorutility.
MUST START WITH $,!,OR LETTER You have used incorrectsearchstringsyntax inthe PAL searchmonitorutility.
MUST START WITH ALETTER Yo u have used incorrectsearchstringsyntax inthe PAL searchmonitorutility.
MUST SWITCH PROCESS FOR SCREEN RESTORE Anattemptwasmadeto‘restore screen’while the system was inDigitize, Graphics,Search, or
while PAL was selecting a process. Any attemptto switch processes resultsin thismessage.