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Test run and program run

16.4 Test Run

Your machine tool builder can also define a tool-

change macro for the Test Run operating mode.

This macro will simulate the exact behavior of the

machine. Refer to your machine manual.

Execute test run

If the central tool file is active, a tool table must be

active (status S) to conduct a test run. Select the

desired tool table by using the file manager (PGM

MGT) in the Test Run mode of operation.

With the BLANK IN WORK SPACE function, you activate a

workspace monitor for the test run, See "Showing the workpiece

blank in the working space (Advanced Graphic Features software

option)", page 511.

Select the Test Run operating mode

Call the file manager with the PGM MGT key and

select the file you wish to test, or

The TNC then displays the following soft keys:

Reset the blank form and test the entire program

Test the entire program

Test each program block individually

Halt test run (soft key only appears once you

have started the test run)

You can interrupt the test run and continue it again at any point

—even within a fixed cycle. In order to continue the test, the

following actions must not be performed:

Selecting another block with the arrow keys or the GOTO key

Making changes to the program

Selecting a new program

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