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Standard Functions
Absolute / Incremental
Inch and mm
This chapter details the standard functions of the DP700.
Press to toggle between absolute and incremental mode
Using Incremental Mode
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In Incremental mode the DRO displays the position
relative to the last position. This is also known as
point-to-point use. In this mode you can set the value
for each axis, or zero it to create an Incremental
datum. This does not effect the machine’s Absolute
datum that you configure in Absolute mode.
Using Absolute Mode
In Absolute mode the DRO displays the positions of all
the axes with respect to a fixed datum. The datum is
set by entering an axis position when in Absolute
mode.
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B
C
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Example of Absolute and Incremental use
Set absolute zero at lower
left corner of the part
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Move to first position in
ABS (Hole A)
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Move to second position in
ABS (Hole B)
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Switch to incremental mode
and zero the display
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Make an incremental move
to Hole C
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Switch to absolute mode
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Press to toggle between Inch and mm mode
The DP700 has a dedicated key to switch the
positional displays between imperial (inch) and metric
(mm) measurements. The current display mode is
indicated by a red LED either above or below the key
as shown right.
Imperial (Inch) mode has
been selected
Metric (mm) mode has
been selected
Absolute (abs) mode has
been selected
Incremental (inc) mode has
been selected
The DP700 has a dedicated key to switch the positional
displays between absolute (abs) and incremental (inc)
measurements. The current display mode is indicated by
a red LED either above or below the key as shown right.
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