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Startup Screen – Manual Mode
Manual operation of the wire drive:
Turn the wire Speed control on the front of the control box to the "0" setting. If the wire Speed
control is set at a setting other than "0", operation of the wire drive will commence immediately
once the
RESET
Button is pressed.
Ensure that the
Capstan RUN/WIRE
switch on the rear of the control box is in the
RUN
position.
Press the
RESET
button on the control box. The button will light. The purpose of the
RESET
button is to alert the operator
one more time
that wire drive operation is to commence. Take a
moment to check that the wire Speed control is set to zero or at a setting you desire, and that the
position of the cutting wire relative to the part to be cut is in a satisfactory position.
Once the
RESET
lamp is lit, slowly turn the wire Speed control up to a setting you desire.
Make note of the value indicated on the wire Speed control. You will want to set the wire
Speed control to this value prior to starting a cut program in Automatic mode.
To turn off the wire drive, press the
RESET
button, or turn the wire Speed control to "0". If you
have pressed the
RESET
button, the green button illumination will extinguish.
Jogging the Actuators
After mounting a part onto the table, it will most
likely be necessary to move the table in either
direction and to jog the yoke down so that the wire is
positioned just above the material in preparation for
the first cut. The main jog menu appears as follows.
Use the up and down arrows to select either “yoke” or “table” and then press the right arrow key.
Jog the yoke up or down:
The display indicates the current action and the absolute position of the yoke since power was
turned on. Each step of the stepper motor results in a movement of 0.00025 inches (or 0.00635 mm,
if configured for metric display).