Creating A New Batch - PAC MMC200 Operating Manual

Model MMC200 Multi-Material Cutter
guard during a run is not recommended. It will stop
the stepper motors and the piece being processed
will not be of the correct length.
Open the belt feed by turning the switch counter-
clockwise to disengage the belt feed. Rotate the
knobs on the front of the unit to open the guides
wide enough to accommodate the material being
cut. Feed the material through the guides until it
protrudes past the blades on the right side of the
unit. Make certain the material is between the two
sets of guides located on the left and right side of
the belt feed.
Turn the switch clockwise to close the belt feed
and engage the upper
Material can be fed through the feed belts by using
the manual control keys located on the keypad (the
<JOG>, <+> and <-> keys). The <+> key jogs the
material through the machine and the <-> key re-
verses this movement. Press the <CUT> key
when the material has successfully been fed
through to the exit chute to eliminate the excess
length on the first piece. When using the <JOG>
key, this will place the controller in Manual mode.
When in the Manual mode, the following indication
comes to the display:
MANUAL PROCESS
LENGTH: 0.0
ABORT
The length indication increments or decrements
with regard to the motion induced by the <+>, <->
or <JOG> keys. The indicator resets to zero when
the Cut key is pressed. Press the <ESC/PAUSE>
key to return to the Batch select screen. The unit
now is ready for programming.
PROGRAMMING:
START UP
When the unit is turned on, the splash screen will
display briefly:
THE ERASER COMPANY
MMC200 06-07-05
Production Automation • Eden Prairie, MN USA • Ph: 888-903-0333 • info@gotopac.com • www.gotopac.com • Fax 952-903-0315
belt.
-ESC
The model number and the firmware revision date
are displayed in the third line.
The main Batch Select screen is displayed next:
DO ONE OF THESE: 0
0 FOR NO BATCH SAVE
ENTER . FOR KIT
NEXT NEW BATCH #1
The number on the first line will be the last batch
run, or in this case, 0, since no processing has
occurred after power-up. A "batch" is a set of pa-
rameters for a quantity of one length to be cut (i.e.
the units, the cut length, length correction, quan-
tity and feedrate). The number on the last line is
the next available batch that has not yet had pa-
rameters stored (i.e. it is a clean memory location
and is the location of the next batch to be stored).
The system requires that batches be created in
sequence, so numbers higher than the number
on the last line will not be accepted. As batches
are created, the number on the last line will in-
crease, until the current maximum of 99 batches
is reached.
Press the <ENTER> key to select the default
batch, or type in a new number and press
<ENTER>. The line being edited will display a blink-
ing cursor. Parameters entered while using batch
0 are never stored (i.e. the "0" batch is a "scratch
pad" memory location). Parameters for all other
batches are stored, so the next time that particu-
lar batch is called, those parameters will be pre-
sented as defaults. If any parameters are edited,
the new edited values will be stored for the next
time that batch is entered. All batches that have
parameters stored can be edited by entering the
desired batch number.

CREATING A NEW BATCH

Enter the number on the last line of the batch prompt
screen, in this case 1, and then press the
<ENTER> key. The first edit screen will appear:
UNITS
CUT LENGTH
LENGTH ADJUST
QUANTITY
in #1
0.0
0
0