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Haas Automation VF Series Control Book

Control panel. description of display and operation modes with keypad function and control tips
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  • Page 1 January 2004...
  • Page 2 Warning: This workbook is for the exclusive use of Haas customers, distributors and trainers and is protected by copyright law. The reproduction, transmission or use of this document or its contents for profit is not permitted. Copyright 2004, Haas Automation...
  • Page 3 Once you contact the Haas Automation Customer Service Center, we will make every effort to work directly with you and your distributor to quickly resolve your concerns. At Haas Automation, we know that a good Customer-Distributor-Manufacturer relationship will help ensure continued success for all concerned.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    January 2004 Table of Contents CONTROL OPERATION ......................1 ............................1 ASIC NTRODUCTION POWER ON / OFF ..........................2 ............................... 2 OWER ..............................3 OWER CONTROL PANEL KEYBOARD ......................4 ............................6 ROGRAM ELECTION RESET KEYS ............................7 DISPLAYS ............................. 8 PROGRAM ............................
  • Page 5 January 2004 ............................... 36 ORY MODE SINGLE BLOCK ........................... 36 DRY RUN .............................. 36 STOP ............................ 36 IONAL BLOCK DELETE ........................... 36 MDI (M ........................37 ANUAL NPUT MODE COOLANT ............................. 37 ORIENT SPINDLE ..........................37 ATC FWD .............................. 37 ATC REV ...............................
  • Page 6 January 2004 ..........................90 ROGRAM ESTART RUN-STOP-JOG-CONTINUE ......................91 ........................92 TOPPING UTOMATIC PERATION ............................92 REATING ROGRAMS PART PROGRAM INPUT/OUTPUT ....................93 RS-232 D ..........................93 NPUT UTPUT ........................... 98 LOPPY PERATION ......................... 100 RINTING FROM ACHINE TRAVEL LIMITS ..........................100 HIGH SPEED MACHINING ......................101 200 HOUR TRY-OUT ........................102 MEMORY LOCK SWITCH (...
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  • Page 8: Control Operation

    January 2004 CONTROL OPERATION The Information contained in this control book may be updated at least once a year. Any updates, and other helpful information, can be downloaded in pdf format from the Haas website. Go to www.HaasCNC.com and click on “customer services” and select ”Haas Training”...

  • Page 9: Power On / Off

    January 2004 POWER ON / POWER OFF OWER NOTE: NOTE:...

  • Page 10: Power Off

    January 2004 if there are no alarms OWER...

  • Page 11: Control Panel Keyboard

    January 2004 Haas Mill control panel keypad with Operation and Display Mode keys along with all other keys . CONTROL PANEL KEYBOARD...
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  • Page 13: Election

    January 2004 WARNING! FEED HOLD will not stop the spindle, or the coolant pump, though you can turn them on and off manually with the SPINDLE AND COOLNT buttons. FEED HOLD will also not stop motion of any auxiliary device activated with a user M code.

  • Page 14: Reset Keys

    January 2004 RESET KEYS...

  • Page 15: Displays

    January 2004 DISPLAYS...
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  • Page 17: Program Display

    January 2004 DISPLAY PRGRM CONVRS ROGRAM EVIEW ACKGROUND...
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  • Page 19: Position Display

    January 2004 POSIT ION DISPLAY POSIT POSITION PAGE POS-OPER PAGE POS-WORK PAGE POS-MACH PAGE...

  • Page 20: Offset Display

    January 2004 POS-TO GO PAGE Quick Zeroing Position Reference Display DISPLAY OFSET (Any Mill Control ver. 10.02 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 3.00 and above.)
  • Page 21 January 2004 NOTE...
  • Page 22 January 2004 Tool Offset Display Part Program O00001 (Coolant positioning example) T1 M06 (Tool 1) G90 G54 G00 X0.5 Y-0.5 S1400 M03 G43 H01 Z1. M08 (Moves spigot to the H01 coolant offset register location) T2 M06 (Tool 2) G90 G54 G00 X0.5 Y-0.5 S900 M03 G43 H02 Z1.

  • Page 23: Current Commands Display

    January 2004 CURRENT DISPLAY C U R N T COMDS (Control Page 1) (Control Page 2) (Control Page 3) (Control Page 4) (Control Page 5) (Control Page 6) (Control Page 7) ROGRAM OMMAND HECK PAGE NOTE: down URRENT ISPLAY OMMAND PAGE PERATION IMERS PAGE...

  • Page 24: Macro Variables Page

    January 2004 ACRO ARIABLES PAGE AINTENANCE PAGE IFE PAGE OAD PAGE...

  • Page 25: Help Display

    January 2004 HELP DISPLAY HELP CALC...

  • Page 26: Calculator Help Display

    January 2004 CALC ULATOR HELP DISPLAY HELP CALC RIGONOMETRY ELP PAGE IRCULAR ELP PAGE down down...

  • Page 27: Milling /Tapping Help Page

    January 2004 ILLING APPING ELP PAGE Materials Unspecified Material...

  • Page 28: Circle -Line Tangent Calculator Page

    January 2004 IRCLE ANGENT ALCULATOR IRCLE IRCLE ANGENT ALCULATOR...

  • Page 29: Decimal Chart Help Display

    January 2004 ECIMAL HART ELP DISPLAY HELP CALC S DISPLAY SETNG GRAPH...
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  • Page 31: Graphics Display

    January 2004 GRAPH ICS DISPLAY SETNG G R A P H...
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  • Page 33: Parameter Display

    January 2004 PARAM ETER DISPLAY PARAM DGNOS GNOS TICS DISPLAY PARAM DGNOS...

  • Page 34: Real -Time Clock

    January 2004 LOCK...

  • Page 35: Alarms Display

    January 2004 ALARMS DISPLAY ALARM MESGS MESSAGE DISPLAY ALARM MESGS...

  • Page 36: Miscellaneous Control Messages

    January 2004 ISCELLANEOUS ONTROL ESSAGES...
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  • Page 40: Operation Modes

    January 2004 OPERATION MODES...

  • Page 41: Edit Mode

    January 2004 EDIT MODE EDIT INSERT ALTER DELETE UNDO...

  • Page 42: Editing Programs

    January 2004 DITING ROGRAMS...

  • Page 43: Mem Ory Mode

    January 2004 ORY MODE SINGLE BLOCK DRY RUN OPT STOP BLOCK DELETE...

  • Page 44: Mdi (Manual Data Input ) Mode

    January 2004 MDI (M ANUAL NPUT MODE COOLNT ORIENT SPINDLE ATC FWD ATC REV...

  • Page 45: Dnc (Direct Numerical Control ) Mode

    January 2004 DNC (D IRECT UMERICAL ONTROL MODE NOTE three...
  • Page 46 January 2004...

  • Page 47: Handle Jog Mode

    January 2004 /JOG ANDLE MODE HANDLE/JOG .0001 / .1 .001 / 1. .01 / 10. .1 / 100. NOTE:...
  • Page 48 January 2004 • • • • • • • •...

  • Page 49: Zero Ret Urn Mode

    January 2004 ZERO RET URN MODE ZERO RET AUTO ALL AXES ORIGIN ZERO SINGL AXIS HOME G28 CAUTION CAUTION!

  • Page 50: List Prog Ram Mode

    January 2004 LIST PROG LIST PROG SELECT PROG SEND RS232 RECV RS232 ERASE PROG...

  • Page 51: Numeric Keys

    January 2004 NUMERIC KEYS – SPECIAL & @ : % $ ! * , ? + = #...

  • Page 52: Alpha Keys

    January 2004 ALPHA KEYS...
  • Page 53 January 2004 T1 / T2; N1 G54 / T2 M99 (T2 executed when block delete is off) (T1 executed when block delete is on) N1 G54 NOTE...

  • Page 54: Cursor Keys

    January 2004 CURSOR KEYS (ARROW UP) (ARROW LEFT) (ARROW RIGHT) (ARROW DOWN)

  • Page 55: Overrides

    January 2004 OVERRIDES HANDLE CONTROL SPINDLE...

  • Page 56: Overridetailse Button Details

    January 2004 VERRIDE UTTONS ETAILS...

  • Page 57: Jog Keys

    January 2004 JOG KEYS...

  • Page 58: Function Keys

    January 2004 FUNCTION KEYS F1/F2/F3/F4 BUTTONS...
  • Page 59 January 2004...
  • Page 60 January 2004 MERGENCY ED BUTTON EACONS flash flash...

  • Page 61: Acvanced Editor

    January 2004 DVANCED DITOR Mode PROGRAM (EDIT) Onnnnn KEY TURNS MENU ON / OFF Help Menu bar PROGRAM EDIT SEARCH MODIFY I/O HELP Onnnnn Active Edit Display Inactive Edit Display Context sensitive help Alarm Messages Messages Input The advanced editor screen layout.

  • Page 62: Advanced Editor Features

    January 2004 DVANCED DITOR EATURES CONTEXT SENSITIVE HELP (The F1 key) THE PROGRAM MENU Delete Program From List...

  • Page 63: Block Operations

    January 2004 THE EDIT MENU LOCK PERATIONS...
  • Page 64 January 2004 THE SEARCH MENU THE MODIFY MENU...
  • Page 65 January 2004 THE I/O MENU...
  • Page 66 January 2004 THE F1: HELP MENU...

  • Page 67: Advanced Editor Shortcuts

    January 2004 DVANCED DITOR HORTCUTS HOT KEYS DESCRIPTION OF HOT KEY SELECT PROG EDIT INSERT ALTER DELETE UNDO SEND RS232 RECV RS232 ERASE PROG...

  • Page 68: Quick Code

    January 2004 QUICK CODE Introduction Background How It Works An Open System What it is Not...

  • Page 69: Quick Code Terminology

    January 2004 Conversational Quick code UICK ERMINOLOGY QUICKCODE (EDIT) O00000 N00000 O00000 QUICKCODE START UP COMMANDS... START UP COMMANDS... 1. MACHINE MOVES... 2. CUTTER COMP . MOVES... 3. DRILL /TAP/BORE CYCLES... DRILL /TAP/BORE LOCATIONS... 5. CIRCULAR POCKET MILLING... 6. CUSTOM SETTINGS... 7.

  • Page 70: Usage And Features

    January 2004 SAGE AND EATURES ACCESSING QUICK CODE THE EDIT WINDOW THE GROUP WINDOW THE HELP WINDOW...

  • Page 71: Conversational Quick Code

    January 2004 SPECIAL KEYS ONVERSATIONAL UICK...

  • Page 72: A Sample Quick Code Session

    January 2004 AMPLE UICK ESSION CREATE A PROGRAM...
  • Page 73 January 2004 QUICKCODE (EDIT) O00005 N00000 O00005 QUICKCODE START UP COMMANDS... 1. MACHINE MOVES... 2. CUTTER COMP . MOVES... 3. DRILL /TAP/BORE CYCLES... 4. DRILL /TAP/BORE LOCATIONS... 5. CIRCULAR POCKET MILLING... 6. CUSTOM SETTINGS... 7. MISC COMMANDS... ENDING COMMANDS... Turn handle CCW for a SUB-MENU to start Entering a tool sequence.
  • Page 74 January 2004 QUICKCODE (EDIT) O00005 N00000 O00005 ; QUICKCODE ( ROGRAM NAME) ; START UP COMMANDS... Program Name.. Set Machine Defaults.. Sequence Comment.. Call Tool.. Tool Start Up Commands.. Done--Choose an Operation.. ------------------------------------------------------ 1. MACHINE MOVES... 2. CUTTER COMP . MOVES... 3.
  • Page 75 January 2004 QUICKCODE (EDIT) O00005 N00000 O00005 ; QUICKCODE (PROGRAM NAME) ; START UP COMMANDS... T1 M06 (T) ; Program Name.. G90 G54 G00 X0 Y0 ; Set Machine Defaults.. S750 M03 ; Sequence Comment.. G43 H01 Z1. M08 Call Tool.. Tool Start Up Commands..
  • Page 76 January 2004 QUICKCODE (EDIT) O00005 N00000 O00005 ; QUICKCODE (PROGRAM NAME) ; 3. DRILL/TAP/BORE CYCLES... T1 M06 (T) ; Drill G81.. G90 G54 G00 X0 Y0 ; Drill with Dwell G82.. S750 M03 ; Deep Hole Peck Drill G83.. G43 H01 Z1. M08 ; High Speed Peck Drill G73..
  • Page 77 January 2004 - EXECUTE A CIRCULAR BOLT HOLE PATTERN QUICKCODE (EDIT) O00005 N00000 O00005 ; QUICKCODE (PROGRAM NAME) ; 4. DRILL/TAP/BORE LOCATIONS... T1 M06 (T) ; X Location.. G90 G54 G00 X0 Y0 ; Y Location.. S750 M03 ; X & Y Location.. G43 H01 Z1.
  • Page 78 January 2004 - CALL TOOL 2 - INVOKE THE SPOT DRILLING CANNED CYCLE G83 - EXECUTE A CIRCULAR BOLT HOLE PATTERN - CALL TOOL 3...
  • Page 79 January 2004 - INVOKE THE TAPPING CANNED CYCLE G84 - EXECUTE A CIRCULAR BOLT HOLE PATTERN - Rapid Z axis coolant OFF - Sending the machine home and ending the program...

  • Page 80: The Quick Code Source File

    January 2004 UICK OURCE...
  • Page 81 January 2004 SOURCE FILE PROGRAM DESIGNATION O9999 (QUICK CODE - HAAS AUTOMATION INC.) (ADD ANY COMMENTS HERE THAT PERTAIN TO) (THE ENTIRE SOURCE FILE. FOR INSTANCE) (YOU CAN RECORD WHO MADE THE FILE, THE) (DATE AND TIME OF THE LAST CHANGE, A ) (VERSION NUMBER, OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU ) (WANT.
  • Page 82 January 2004 GROUP CODE (*END OF PROGRAM) (THIS RETURNS ALL AXES TO MACHINE) (ZERO AND ENDS PROGRAM EXECUTION) (G28 M30) G28 M30 (*GENERATES COMMENTS AND CODE) (THIS IS NOT ADDED TO PROGRAM) ()(THIS IS NOT ADDED TO PROGRAM) (THESE COMMENTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE) (PROGRAM WHEN THIS GROUP IS) (HIGHLIGHTED AND WRITE IS PRESSED) G00 G90 G54 (THIS CODE IS ADDED)
  • Page 83 January 2004 DEFINING AN ITEM BELONGING TO A GROUP (**) (*GROUP) (**ITEM1) (**ITEM2) (**ITEM3) (**ITEM4) ITEM HELP ITEM CODE...

  • Page 84: A Sample Quick Code Source File

    January 2004 AMPLE UICK OURCE...

  • Page 85: Visual Quick Code

    January 2004 VISUAL QUICK CODE Quick Start Guide Note:...

  • Page 86: Visual Quick Code Introduction

    January 2004 ISUAL UICK NTRODUCTION Starting Selecting a Category Selecting a Part Template...
  • Page 87 January 2004 Entering the Data...
  • Page 88 January 2004 PROGRAM (EDIT) O00001 KEY TURNS MENU ON/OFF PROGRAM EDIT SEARCH MODIFY HELP O00001 O00001 (G70 BOLT HOLE CIRCLE); (I = 3.); (J = 40); (NumHoles=8); (ToolNo=1); (WrkOfset=54); (XPos=); (YPos=); (SpdleRpm=); (DrlDpth=); (Rplain=); (Dwell=); (Feedrate=54); T1 M06; C00 G90 G54 X-3. Y-3.; S2000 M08;...

  • Page 89: List Of Keywords

    January 2004 IST OF EYWORDS...

  • Page 90: Programming Visual Quick Code

    January 2004 ROGRAMMING ISUAL UICK...
  • Page 91 January 2004 CATEGORY Section Part TEMPLATE Section DIAGRAM Section...
  • Page 92 January 2004 DIAGRAM Coordinates DIAGRAM Elements NOTE PARAMETERS Section The POSITION Attribute...
  • Page 93 January 2004 Formatting Attributes NOTE: G CODE Section...

  • Page 94: Example Program

    January 2004 XAMPLE ROGRAM...
  • Page 95 January 2004...

  • Page 96: T C S Etup

    January 2004 HANGER ETUP ROCEDURE NOTE: extended Z-clearance table...

  • Page 97: Starting Automatic Operation

    January 2004 TARTING UTOMATIC PERATION ROGRAM ESTART O00123 ; T1 M06 : G90 G54 G00 X0 Y0 : G53 G49 Z0 T2 M06 H03 ; (Usually undesirable to Restart on a T# line if setting 36 is on) G90 G54 G00 X0 Y0 ; G53 G49 Y0 Z0 ;...

  • Page 98: Run-Stop-Jog-Continue

    January 2004 ONTINUE...

  • Page 99: Stopping Automatic Operation

    January 2004 TOPPING UTOMATIC PERATION REATING ROGRAMS NOTE : up down left right...

  • Page 100: Part Program Input/Output

    January 2004 ROGRAM NPUT UTPUT RS-232 D NPUT UTPUT...
  • Page 101 January 2004 P i n 7 P i n 1 P i n 3 P i n 2 G r e e G r o u P i n 2 P i n 3 B l a c R e d P i n 5 P i n 1 R e d...
  • Page 102 January 2004 N0 Vnnnnnn N1 Vnnnnnn N2 Vnnnnnn...
  • Page 103 January 2004 NOTE:...
  • Page 104 January 2004...

  • Page 105: Floppy Disk Operation

    January 2004 WARNING! One of the biggest causes of electronic damage is a lack of a good earth ground on both the CNC and the computer that are connected by RS-232. A ground fault condition (i.e., a lack of good ground on both) will damage the CNC or the computer, or both.
  • Page 106 January 2004 N0 Vnnnnnn N1 Vnnnnnn N2 Vnnnnnn...

  • Page 107: Travel Limits

    January 2004 RINTING FROM ACHINES Important! You must have a serial cable and serial printer that is compatible with the Haas controller. Setting up the Printer Note: The Machine Settings for Printing Printing Rules Printing a Program RAVEL IMITS...

  • Page 108: High Speed Machining

    January 2004 PEED ACHINING Recommended Tooling...

  • Page 109: Hour Try-Out

    January 2004 200 H EMORY WITCH OPTIONAL...
  • Page 110 January 2004 Revised on 02-21-04 HAAS MILL CONTROL TIPS GENERAL TIPS...
  • Page 111 January 2004 (Any Mill Control ver. 9.25 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 2.23 and above.) make sure that the cursor is at the beginning CAUTION (Any Mill Control ver. 9.49 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 2.24 and above.) (Any Mill Control ver.
  • Page 112 January 2004 (Any Mill Control ver. 11.10 and above.)
  • Page 113 January 2004 replace (Any Mill Control ver. 10.02 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 3.00 and above.) (See the Control Tips Communications section)
  • Page 114 January 2004 (See the Control Tips Communications section.)
  • Page 115 January 2004 (Any Mill Control ver. 10.15 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 3.05 and above.) will not...
  • Page 116 January 2004 feed rate that is entered in your program can be misinterpreted if you do not enter a decimal point when it is needed (Any Mill Control ver. 10.22 and above. Any Lathe Control ver. 4.11 and above.) (Any Mill Control ver. 9.06 and above. Any Lathe Control ver. 4.11 and above.)
  • Page 117 January 2004 main (Any Mill Control ver. 11.10 and above, Any Lathe Control ver. 4.11 and above.)
  • Page 118 January 2004 p q t u Modifying some of these functions will void the warranty on the machine. download and save (Any Mill control ver. 11.02 and above; any Lathe control ver. 4.05 and above.)
  • Page 119 January 2004 (Any Mill control ver. 10.22 and above; any Lathe control ver. 4.02 and above) if there are no alarms p q t u (Any Mill Control ver. 9.32 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 2.16 and above.)
  • Page 120 January 2004 does not undo program edits done in Block Edit will not (Any Mill Control ver. 9.49 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 2.24 and above.)
  • Page 121 January 2004 (Any Mill Control ver. 9.49 and above. Any Lathe Control ver. 2.21 and above.) needs a decimal point (Any Mill Control ver. 9.49 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 2.29 and above.) (Any Mill Control ver. 11.11 and above) (Any Mill Control ver.
  • Page 122 January 2004 G90 G54 X1.5 Y-.5 G90 G54 X1.5 Y-.5 G90 G54 X1.5 Y-.5 G90 G54 X1.5 Y-.5 S450 S450 S450 S450 G43 H01 Z1.0 M08 G43 H01 Z1.0 M08 G43 H01 Z1.0 M08 G43 H01 Z1.0 M08 G84 G99 Z-.1 R.1 F22.5 G84 G99 Z-.1 R.1 F22.5 G84 G99 Z-.1 R.1 F22.5 G84 G99 Z-.1 R.1 P22.5...
  • Page 123 January 2004 (Any Mill Control ver. 9.49 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 3.00 and above.) (Any Mill Control ver. 9.49 and above; any Lathe Control ver. 3.00 and above.) Press first first...
  • Page 124 January 2004 Press first first (Haas mill control software version 9.63 and above; Haas lathe control ver. 3.00 and above.)
  • Page 125 January 2004...
  • Page 127 Advanced Editor Shortcuts Pressing these keys, when in the Advanced Editor display, will quickly get you to these menu items without having to press the F1 key and cursoring to that selection. HOT KEYS DESCRIPTION OF HOT KEY Pressing SELECT PROG, while in edit, will Bring up the Program List thats in memory SELECT PROG on other side of the edit display so as to select a program from list and display it.

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