Acu-Rite CNC 3500i User Manual

ACU-RITE 3500i

DistDown

E

The incremental distance from the current Z 
Retract amount to go down along the side 
of the probe stylus when doing a diameter 
pick. The maximum E value is 0.55" (13.97 
mm) or the tool may crash into the probe or 
table. If you enter a value larger than 0.55" 
(13.97 mm), the control issues an error 
message. If E is not set, the cycle uses a 
default value of 0.1" (2.54 mm). (Optional) 
[Default: 0.1"]
Ball nose cutters and special cutters that 
require a move down more than 0.55" 
(13.97 mm) are not supported.
Z Retract Amount is set in the Tool Probe 
Parameters.

Update

U

If this is undefined or set to 0, the G154 
cycle does not update the diameter or 
length wear register each time it checks a 
tool. If set to one, the cycle updates the 
wear registers. In both cases, the control 
alarms when the maximum limit set in K or 
J has been exceeded. (Optional)

ToolLife

Q

Select Yes or No if the Tool Life has been 
entered into the Tool Table for the tool in 
use.

OvrMed
Feed

M

This is the override for the medium feedrate 
that was set in the machine setup 
parameter ZFirstPickFeedRate_Medium. 
Sometimes there may be a tool that has a 
large diameter making it necessary to slow 
it down to prevent the touch probe from 
being hit too hard. This can only be set 
slower. Trying to set this higher will result in 
the software using the original feedrate. 
(Optional)