SummaSign Pro SL D-series Cutters
User’s Manual
Operation
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2.2
NORMAL OPERATION
The term "normal operation" covers online operation, offline operation, and
local operation, i.e. the three types of operation for actual cutting or plotting.
They are explained in further detail in the following paragraphs.
2.2.1
ONLINE AND OFFLINE
Online and offline are two important concepts when using the SummaSign Pro
SL cutters. The cutter is online only when the following message is displayed on
the LCD:
800mm/s
120g K
.45mm ONLINE 1
...
.
.
This display message should be read as follows:
800 mm/s
=
velocity
120 g
=
knife pressure, pen pressure or pouncing pressure
K
=
knife operation (K), pen operation (P)
.45 mm
=
knife offset
ONLINE
=
cutter is ready to receive data
1
=
current user configuration
In all other cases, the cutter is offline.
When online, the cutter can be addressed by the host computer, which means
that the cutter will execute cutting or plotting instructions issued by the host
computer's application software. The host computer will first issue a SELECT
sequence to the online cutter, and the message "
*ONLINE
" will be displayed
on the LCD. The asterisk indicates that the host is in communication with the
cutter: i.e., the cutter is now “selected” by the computer.
When the cutter is online and ready to receive instructions from the host
computer, it will remain deselected until actual instructions from the computer
are received. When the cutter is online, but has not been selected by the host
computer, the message "
ONLINE
" is displayed on the LCD, without the asterisk.
For normal cutting operations, the cutter
MUST
be online, so that it can receive
instructions from the host computer and the cutting/plotting software.
