Acu-Rite CNC 3500i User Manual

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G - Functions........................................................................................................ 372

Basic Modal Functions.................................................................................... 373
Multi -Segment Blocks.................................................................................... 373
Arcs................................................................................................................. 374
Drilling Cycles ................................................................................................. 374
Pocket Cycles ................................................................................................. 375
Milling and Profiles.......................................................................................... 375
Rotation, Scaling, and Mirroring...................................................................... 376
Spindle Probing ............................................................................................... 376
Tool Probing .................................................................................................... 377
Tool Radius Compensation ............................................................................. 377
Other G - Functions......................................................................................... 378

M - Functions ....................................................................................................... 379

All M - Functions ............................................................................................. 379
Basic M - Functions ........................................................................................ 380
Cooling, Cleaning, and Lubrication.................................................................. 380
Spindle Functions............................................................................................ 381
Tool Change .................................................................................................... 381

11.4 Advanced Programming

SPEED ................................................................................................................. 382

M - Functions ....................................................................................................... 382

Miscellaneous (M-Code) ................................................................................. 382
Control M - Codes........................................................................................... 383

Order of Execution............................................................................................... 384

Programming Non-modal Exact Stop: ................................................................. 385

In-Position Mode (Exact Stop Check): ................................................................ 385

Contouring Mode (Cutting Mode) : ..................................................................... 385

Setting Stroke Limit: .......................................................................................... 386

Return from Reference Point: ............................................................................. 386

Move Reference from Machine Datum: .............................................................. 386

Modifiers.............................................................................................................. 387

Block Separators .................................................................................................. 387

Tool Offset Modification ...................................................................................... 388

Expressions and Functions .................................................................................. 391

System Variables ................................................................................................. 395

User Variables ...................................................................................................... 396

Variable Programming (Parametric Programming) ............................................... 397

Block Skip ....................................................................................................... 397
Select Block Skip ............................................................................................ 398
Parameters and Variable Registers ................................................................. 399
Setting and Direct Transfer Variables.............................................................. 400
Indirect Transfer: ............................................................................................ 401
Storing Result of Computation........................................................................ 402
Variable Programming Examples .................................................................... 403