Handy Panel - Roland Aproll MDX-540S User Manual

1-2 Part Names and Functions

Handy Panel

You can also use the handy panel to control the machine. The handy panel brings together a number of frequently used
features in one compact group.
Display Screen
This displays the presently
selected coordinate system.
This affects the displayed
tool location and the origin
settings.
This symbol indicates the
item now controlled by the
hand wheel.
This displays the present tool
location.
This displays the fineness of
scale for hand-wheel feed.
Control Keys
Tool-sensor key
You use this when setting
the Z-axis origin using the
tool sensor.
Spindle key
This starts and stops the
spindle.
Coordinate-system se-
lection key
Each press of this key changes
the coordinate system. This
affects the displayed tool
location and the origin set-
tings.
Axis selection keys
These select the axis for hand-
wheel feed and setting the
origin. The [A] key is used
when the optional rotary axis
unit is installed.
Rate key
This selects the fineness of
scale for hand-wheel feed.
Lower scaling factors pro-
duce correspondingly slower
movement, enabling you
to accomplish precise posi-
tioning.
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USER(RML1) *READY
*CV_OPEN
> X 0.000
Y 0.000
Z 0.000 S
[
A 0.000
RATE x5 00 100%-XYZ
100%-S
USER(RML1) *READY
> X 0.000 *CV_OPEN
Y 0.000
Z 0.000 S 0
[
A 0.000
RATE x5 00 100%-XYZ
100%-S
0
]
Origin setting key
]
This sets the origin at the
present tool location.
Override key
This specifies feed-rate over-
ride or spindle override.
Clear key
You use this for such op-
erations as deleting data
received from the computer
and recovering from errors.
Menu key
Pressing this key displays
submenus.
Enter/Pause key
You use this to perform such
operations as pausing cut-
ting and manipulating menu
items.
Hand wheel
This performs such opera-
tions as hand-wheel feed for
the axes and raising or lower-
ing setting values.
This displays the state of
the spindle cover (open or
closed).
This displays the present ro-
tating speed of the spindle.
This displays the present
spindle load.
This displays the feed-rate
override value.
This displays the spindle over-
ride value.