Contents 1. Foreword ............................. 3 2.System technical characteristics ....................3 2.1 System technical parameters ........................3 2.3 System function ............................5 2.3.1 Self-diagnosis.................................5 2.3.2 Compensation ................................5 2.3.3 Abundant instruction system ..........................5 2.3.4 Full English menu operation & full screen edit ......................6 2.3.5 Abundant error-correction functions ........................6 2.3.6 Program exchange between CNC system and PC ....................6 2.4 System operating condition ........................
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5.7 BDT function ............................22 5.8 Stopping automatic operating ....................... 22 6.Safe operation ..........................23 6.1 Emergency stop ............................ 23 6.2 Hard limit over travel ........................... 23 6.3 Soft limit over travel ..........................23 7. Alarm and self- diagnosis function .................... 24 7.1 NC program execution alarm .......................
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10.2 System upgrade ..........................46 10.3 Reset parameters to default value ....................... 46 10.4 Parameter backup and recover ......................46 10.5 Entering BIOS ............................ 47 11.System parameters ........................48 11.1 Parameter index list ..........................49 11.2 Genal parameters (P1.) ........................63 11.3 Axis parameter configuration (P2.) ....................
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BZ001B092A Copyright Notice The property rights of all the parts of the manual belong to Adtech (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. (Adtech for short), and any form of imitation, copying, transcription or translation by any company or individual without the permission is prohibited. This manual does not include any form of assurance, standpoint expression, or other intimations.
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Precautions and Explanations Transport and storage: Do not stack product package more than six layers; Do not climb, stand on or place heavy stuff on the product package; Do not pull the cable still connecting with machine to move product. Forbid impact and scratch on the panel and display;...
1. Foreword CNC49 series cnc controllert developed by Adtech (Shenzhen) CNC Technology Co., Ltd. for milling machines and machining centers, CNC4940 is four axis motion controller and CNC4960 is six axis motion controller. Instructions and reading convention of the Manual Before using this CNC system, please read this Manual carefully to operate properly.
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Function Name Specification Feeding speed rate 10~150% Jog feeding, All control axis return to reference point Manual Returning to reference point manually simultaneously (allow setting order of priority) Single step/handwheel function Positioning, linear interpolation, G00, G01, G02/G03 Interpolation interpolation Operating mode MDI, auto, manual, single step, edit Testing function Test run, single program section, Handwheel...
Function Name Specification Tool function T code 30 tools length, radius compensation Tool compensation memory Compensation function Reverse clearance compensation Measurement centered Automatic tool regulator Other functions Specify arc radius R/center position Electronic gear ratio 2.3 System function 2.3.1 Self-diagnosis Diagnose CPU, memory, LCD, I/O interface, parameter state, coordinates and processing program Generally every time when the system power on;...
2.3.4 Full English menu operation & full screen edit 4940/4960 CNC system uses cascading menu structure and full English operation to ensure simple operation and visibility. 2.3.5 Abundant error-correction functions Point out the nature and correct the errors in operation. 2.3.6 Program exchange between CNC system and PC Perform CAD/CAM/CAPP auxiliary programming with abundant software in PC, and then load G code program to the controller through communication interface (USB disk, RS232 interface), or transmit the...
3. Operation panel 3.1 LCD/keypad Keypad Note: Press the submenu buttons to perform the operations of submenus. JOG axis moving and edit & input are composite. It has different definitions according to the modes. System working mode switch section is used to switch working modes, which can improve the security and system performance.
Note: Screen info shows the information of current window Working mode info shows currently selected working mode System main screen shows current main screen. The submenu options are used to switch submenus with left triangle, F1~F6 and right triangle. The right arrow is used to turn pages, and the left arrow is used to close the submenus in next level and previous menu.
4.Manual operation 4.1 Returning to home point manually CNC machine has special mechanical position, which is called as home point and for tool exchange and coordinates setting. Generally, after power on the tool should be moved to the home point. This operation is also called as go home operation, which will make the CNC system confirm the origin of machine.
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Press the mode switch key [Home] to select home operation; In [Absolute Position] and [Coordinate System] screen, press [X], [Y], [Z], [A],[ B],[C]respectively to show the value of corresponding axis position, and then press the [Cancel] key to reset the machine position of current axis, i.e. current positions are used as machine origin position.
4.2 JOG Function Press the keys on the operation panel or handwheel to move the tool along every axis. The operation follows: Press the mode switch key [Manual] to select manual operation; Press composite keys [X+], [X-]; [Y+], [Y-]; [Z+], [Z-]; [A+], [A-] [B+], [B-]; [C+], [C-] in numbers area to move the tool along selected axis.
Rotate the increment switch on the handwheel to select the moving amount (0.1, 0.01, 0.001); Rotate the handwheel to move the machine. The tool moves certain distance acoording to the handwheel scale setting. (For example, if you select X axis in step and select 0.01 in step , the tool moves 0.01mm every scale).
General instructions for manual operation keys Cooling, lubricant, spindle cw/ccw are available in MPG, single step and Jog mode; When the spindle is rotating, press the reverse rotation key, the Spindle will stop first, then rotate to the reverse direction after pressing it again. When auxiliary output is on, if the system is switched to other modes, the output is unchanged;...
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Move the tool to make its side blade touch side A surface of the workpiece, and press [EOB] to record boundary point Move the tool to make its side blade touch side B surface of the workpiece, and press [EOB] to record boundary point Press [EOB] to calculate the coordinates of center point;...
Select the edit mode; Select MPG or Jogl mode; Press [Coord] to enter coordinate system setting interface; Press the left/right arrow to move the cursor to select coordinate system; Press [HALVE] to enter centered interface; Move the tool to make its side blade touch the surface of round workpiece, and press [EOB] to record boundary point Move the tool to make its side blade touch another point in the surface of the workpiece, and press [EOB] to record boundary point 2;...
Before using the tool setting gauge, you need to set the parameters. In [Coord] menu, press [set] to show tool setting parameters. After that, press [Tcheck] in the setting interface to execute the tool setting gauge program according to specified parameters. The action sequence oftool setting gauge follows Return Z axis to mechanical home first, and then locate spindle to X, Y coordinates of the tool setting gauge;...
2:for incremental input and directly input ,there is a symbol at the left side , = is directly input, + is incremental input ,the default setting is directly input(=),in setting dialog,press shift directly and incremental input . 4.7.2 System parameter setting The system parameters can be modified as follow: Select the edit mode;...
5.Automatic operation The machine works according to cnc program is called as automatic operation. The automatic operation modes of CNC49XX system as follow: Memory operation, MDI operation, USB disk DNC operation. 5.1 Memory operation The machine works according to the cnc program in CNC49XX memory, which is called as memory operation.
press [File] Select [data traveler(u)]and press [EOB] to enter; Move cursor to select a file in the disk; Press [EOB] to load the file into work area (system buffer); Press [Auto]; Press the [Start] to run the program, and the indicator is on. Caution The system won t record the USD disk path.
5.7 BDT function at auto mode, press [BDT] to start the BDT function, which will make the instructions invalid, the instructions are that hace a symbol at the begaining of program segments. 5.8 Stopping automatic operating Two methods are available to stop automatic operating,one is that when the controller exctue M01 or M00 code,the other is that press stop key on the panel Program stops After executing M00 or M01 code, the controller stop automaticly, which is same as SBK...
6.Safe operation 6.1 Emergency stop Press the emergency stop button on the machine which will stop immediately, and all outputs such as spindle and coolant are turned off., but all outputs must be rebooted after emergency stop button release Caution: The power supply maybe not cut off when the emergency stop button be pressed.
7. Alarm and self- diagnosis function The system has several levels, and the alarm numbers also have different type, as follow: 0~1023: G code program running alarm info 1024~2048: System environment alarm info 7.1 NC program execution alarm 0000 Reset 0001 Prog No End 0004...
0030 Missing X Code Error 0031 Missing X Code Error 0032 Missing X Code Error 0033 Missing X Code Error 0034 Missing X Code Error 0035 Missing X Code Error 0036 Missing X Code Error 0037 Missing X Code Error 0038 Missing X Code Error 0039...
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1032 X+ direction program limit 1033 4 - direction machine limit 1034 4 + direction machine limit 1035 Z - direction machine limit 1036 Z + direction machine limit 1037 Y - direction machine limit 1038 Y + direction machine limit 1039 X - direction machine limit 1040...
1052 chuck signal alarm detect 7.3 Alarm processing If alarm occurs, please refer to the alarm code to confirm the failure reason. When alarm occurs, if the system isn t reset, the alarm will constantly prompt no matter whether the alarm still exists, so as to avoid the conditions that alarm causes system suspended, but find the reason.
The step of loading files to controller through PC follows: Set system baud rate and ID No.; Connect to PC and run Adtech serial communication software; Set the baud rate same as controller, and scan ID device; Select the [Upload file to NC] button in the communication software;...
8.2 Reading programs into work area 8.2.1 Reading programs from controller into work area The step of loading files from controller memory into work area as follows: Press [File] Select [local disk(d)], and press [EOB] Select [PROG] folder, press [EOB] to enter Move cursor to select desired program, press [EOB] to confirm and load the program.
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`The programs loaded into the work area can t be deleted, or else the comtroller will report error.
9 Main interfaces of the controller 9.1 Position interface The position interface shows current machine tool coordinates, including absolute position, relative position and General position. In the main interface, press [Monitor] to enter the position interface. To enter position interface: [MONITOR] General Absolute position...
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Relative position In Jog mode, reset current coordinates to check the relative motion distance of any displacement, and thus it is called as relative position. This interface is usually used for early tool setting. Considering that some operators have been used to manual calculation, this function is preserved.
General (All) Position Interface 9.2 Edit interface The program interface shows the program info in current work area. In the main interface, press [program] to enter the program interface. To enter program edit interface: Program Edit Program edit The program edit interface shows the NC program currently processed; in this mode, you can edit the NC program (see 8.3 for details).
Program Edit Interface System info interface The system info is a summary of the program blocks in current processing area, and calculates the resource usage in current work area. The upper right of the program directory interface shows the version info of current controller software.
MDI Interface 9.4 File management In the file management interface, you can manage the controller files. To enter file management interface: [Program] [File] File management mainly has the following functions: Connect the USB device(Via USB port or flash drive), Upgrade controllerystem software: Copy the upgrade file to memory in either method above to upgrade the software;...
File Operation Interface 9.5 Graph simulation [Track] function is to simulate NC processing program. To enter graphic simulation interface: [MONITOR] [path] Enter path interface to enable real-time track display automatically. During automatic running of the system, the motion track is displayed in real-time. In other (Jog/edit mode, you can also press Preview to preview the processing file.
Graphic Simulation Interface 9.6 Parameter interface The parameter interface shows comtroller parameter info, including General, axis parameter, management, tool magazine, spindle, port, etc. In the main interface, press [para] to enter the interface. Parameter has the following menus: [Para] General Axis Manage Tool...
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General Parameter Interface Axis parameters Axis parameters are parameter set of interface characteristics of control position axis. Please refer to the parameter description for details. Axis parameter interface is shown as below: Axis Parameter Interface Management parameters This is a function that confirms identity and initialize the controller Management parameter interface is shown as below:...
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Management Parameter Interface Tool magazine parameters Tool magazine parameters collect the parameters that the tool magazine requires. The specific meaning of the parameters should be determined by the tool magazine of the machine, and therefore should refer to the instructions provided by the machine manufacturer.there are several kinds of tool magazine (linear ,umbrella tool magazine),the parameter and macro program made acoording to the tool magazine type .the default parameter and build-in program is for linear tool magazine .
Spindle Parameters Interface IO configuration(port) parameters IO configuration parameters are the assignment of hardware interfaces. This parameter setting is the IO IO configuration parameter interface is shown as below: IO Configuration Parameters Interface 9.7 Compensation interface Tool compensation interface shows tool compensation info of the controller, including tool length compensation, tool radius compensation and other input variables.
[COORD] [Exp] There are two compensation variables, i.e. length offset and R offset; corresponding to G43, G44 and G41, G42; input compensation value to corresponding compensation number, and call the compensation number in NC program to realize the compensation. Tool compensation numbers have 36 variables. Tool compensation interface is shown below: Tool Compensation Parameter Setting Interface 9.8 workpiece coordinate system setting interface...
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The workpiece coordinate system interface is shown as below: Workpiece Coordinate System Setting Interface Coordinate system auxiliary parameter setting interface The auxiliary parameters for workpiece coordinate system, including offset and tool setting parameters of tool setting gauge To enter coordinate system auxiliary parameter setting interface: [COORD] [set] The detailed auxiliary parameters are described in the table below:...
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Tool checking limit x To Tool checking limit y Tool checkinglimit z Tool checking limit A Tool checking Dir x Tool checking Dir y Tool checking Dir z Tool checking Dir A Tool set mode(0 Nos.1 Tis base ,1 not base) home offset The home offset is added to current machine coordinates when setting the coordinate system;...
Z negative limit is used to prevent crash caused by not in right place of Z axis. Once negative limit alarm occurs, the tool setting gauge stops working immediately. If the system is in working state, the system will send alarm; during separate setting of the tool setting gauge 9.9 Controller diagnosis interface (DGNOS) The diagnosis interface is used to display the hardware interfaces and system info, including alarm, input, output, DA diagnosis;...
To enter macro variable view interface: [MONITOR] Macro The macro variable menu has eight levels, as below: Local variable #100~#199 #500~#599 #600~#699 #700~#799 #800~#899 #900~#999 user variables In the variable interfaces of different levels, you can check the corresponding variable number. Local variable has five levels totally, and shows the variables of current working layer by default.
10.System maintenance 10.1 Retoot In the main menu, press [PROG] Press [File] Press [Reset] and the system asks whether reboot or not; Press [EOB] to reboot the system. 10.2 System upgrade The step of copying upgrade program with USB disk(flash drive) as follows: 1) In the main menu, press [PROG] 2) Press [File] to enter the file management interface;...
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2) Press [Manage] 3) Move cursor to 007 ,it s for para back up ,after press[EOB],then it will show a dialog ,then press [EOB] to comfirm 4) Move cursor to 008, it s for para recover ,after press[EOB],then it will show a dialog ,then press [EOB] to comfirm 5) The backup operation will generate the SYSCONF.BAK file in the root directory of [local disk d].
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11.System parameters `According to occasions and functions, the parameters contain General parameters, IO configuration parameters, management parameters and spindle parameters. General parameters are General, and contain basic operation and usage settings of the controller, including spindle, MPG, home, tool magazine, etc.; IO configuration parameters are mainly used for machine installation and test, adapting to the interface characteristics of machine and motor drive;...
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