Creating A Program2 . 4 - Newport MM4006 User Manual

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from the display to make room for a new one. To scroll through the pro-
gram and view different command lines, the controller must be in the
Program Editing mode. The Program Creation mode does not allow you to
view program lines other than the one being written or edited.
2.4.2 C r e a t i n g a Program
To start creating a program, first enter the Program mode by pressing the
PROG. k e y (from the top-level M o t o r OFF
and then press the CREATE key to enable the program creation mode.
Since the controller can store up to 100 different programs, the first screen
will ask which program number you want to create. You can consider this
number as the program name. When retrieving a program, you will call it by
its assigned number.
Enter a program number on the numeric keypad and press VALID . If a pro-
gram with this number (name) already exists, a warning screen will appear.
In this case, press y a
Program mode and start over again.
Once a valid program number is accepted, t h e controller enters the
Program Creation mode. As mentioned earlier, the commands are grouped
in categories. To select a particular command, the user must navigate
through a number of screens (menus). An important controller characteris-
tic to remember is that it responds to command lines. This means that,
when commands are entered, they will be placed on the same command
line until the line is terminated.
The controller is always able to create, store or modify programs for all
eight axes, even if all axes are not installed.
The first screen separates the program entries into two categories: simple
lines and while loops. The menu has the following look:
The O W L function key exits the program creation mode.
The 7LINE!' key will start entering a simple command line, composed of
motion and I/O commands:
The Irif k e y will start a special while loop creation mode that lets you
enter command lines inside a while loop:
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