CIMCO Edit 5 Manual, English

CIMCO Edit V5 User Guide
c 1991 - 2003 CIMCO Integration June 27, 2005
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1 Introduction 1.1 What is new in this version ofCIMCO Edit V5 . . . . . . . . 1.2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 License information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installation 3 Functions in CIMCO Edit 3.1 The File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 The Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 The NC Functions menu . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 The Transmission menu . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 The File compare menu . . . . . . . . . . 3.7 Backplot Turning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 Backplot Milling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 The Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9.1 Menu items for setting up Machine 3.9.2 Menu items for toolbar behavior . 3.10 The Window menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11 The Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 5 9 11 11 12 21 23 31 32 34 37 40 41 41 41 42 43 43 44 46 49 49 49 50 53
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4 Editor Setup general 4.1 General Program Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.1 Editor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.2 Printer setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Editor Setup File types 5.1 File types . . . . . . . 5.1.1 File types . . . 5.2 Colors . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Block Numbers . . . .
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IV 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Load/Save . . . . . . File compare settings Machine . . . . . . . Backplot turning . . Backplot Milling . . Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6 DNC-Max Client 6.1 DNC-Max Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 Portlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Plugins 7.1 Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 NC-Base Database 8.1 The NC Base Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 Search for programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 NC-Base Settings 9.1 Client Settings . . 9.2 User setup . . . . . 9.3 Server settings . . 9.4 Machine Groups . 9.5 Database Settings 9.6 Database Server .
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10 DNC settings 111 10.1 Port Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 10.2 Receive settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 10.3 Transmit settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 11 Serial communication overview 11.1 RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.1 RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.2 RS-422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.3 RS-485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 RS-232 layout for 9 pin connector . . . . . . . . 11.3 RS-232 layout for 25 pin connector . . . . . . . 11.4 Standard RS-232 serial cable. . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 How to build a loopback device . . . . . . . . . 11.5.1 Loopback device for a 9-pin connector . 11.5.2 Loopback device for a 25-pin connector 119 119 119 119 120 121 121 121 122 122 122
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CONTENTS 12 Using on-line help 125 12.1 Using help in dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 12.2 Printing help information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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LIST OF FIGURES
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1.1 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Two programs. File Compare Tool Box is oating . . . . . . CIMCO Edit V5 setup program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CIMCO Edit V5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The le toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . The File toolbar. . . . . . . . . . The dialog Add program . . . . . The editing toolbar. . . . . . . . Mark/delete dialog box . . . . . The NC toolbar. . . . . . . . . . Simple math functions dialog . . Adjust feedrate dialog . . . . . . Adjust spindle speed dialog . . . Rotate Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . Mirror Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . Oset/Tool compensation Dialog Translate Dialog . . . . . . . . . The DNC send/receive toolbar. . The File Compare Toolbar. . . . The Backplot toolbar. . . . . . . Backplot Kongurations-Dialog . The Backplot toolbar. . . . . . . Backplot Kongurations-Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 9 11 12 13 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 39 43 45 47 49 50 53 56
General setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printer setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dateitypen hinzufgen . . . . Color setup. . . . . . . . . . Block number conguration. Load/Save conguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LIST OF FIGURES File compare conguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine type conguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backplot Kongurations-Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . Backplot Kongurations-Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . Filetyp-specic print settings Kongurations-Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 61 64 66 68 71 74 77 81 82 82 83 84 85 90 93 94 97 100 101 101 102 103 104 105 107 109 111 113 115 117 125 125 125 126
DNC-Max client settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DNC-Max portlist settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Plugins dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NC Base Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program search with customised search elds (example) File preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Add/remove columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NC Base Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Client settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . User setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Add new user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Server Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Add a new machine group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rename machine group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Add port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associated les are stored in the same directory as the program les. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associated les stored in a sub-directory of the directory where the program le is stored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associated les stored where it is specied in Memo directory, Tool list directory, and Setup sheet directory respectively. . . Database Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Database Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DNC Setup dialog. . Basic port settings. . Receive settings. . . Transmission setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Click the question mark. The question cursor. . . The pop-up information. Help buttons. . . . . . .
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11.1 9 pin RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 11.2 25 pin RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 11.3 Standard RS-232 serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Introduction
Congratulations on you purchase of CIMCO Edit V5. CIMCO Edit V5 is the latest version in a long line of proven CNC editing solutions from CIMCO Integration.
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What is new in this version ofCIMCO Edit V5
CIMCO Edit V5 includes a number of improvements over previous versions. New user interface. The new user interface in CIMCO Edit V5 follows the latest standards for windows user interface design. Comprehensive on-line help. Now everything you need to know about functions that was previously contained in the reference manuals is on-line and at your ngertips. Stumped on a function? The ? icon, the F1 key, or the Help button will take you right to the information you need. Optimized editor engine. The new optimized editor engine loads large les quickly, and with minimal memory usage. Flexible conguration. Flexible conguration of colors, NC commands etc. Advanced standard protocol. Advanced standard protocol allows you to communicate with multiple CNCs simultaneously.
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Overview
You can use CIMCO Edit V5 to make, change and check CNC-programs for your CNC machines. If you have a serial communication line from the PC to the CNC machine, you can send and receive programs directly. Even when working with other CNC-programs. CIMCO Edit V5 is designed for editing CNC-programs. CIMCO Edit V5 is able to distinguish between several dierent formats. ISO, APT and Heidenhain to name some.
Purpose.
Figure 1.1: Two programs. File Compare Tool Box is oating User interface. CIMCO Edit V5 has a standard Windows user interface, having one or more child windows for every open le. You can place the child windows and the toolbars as you wish, but inside the main window. The functions in CIMCO Edit V5 can be activated through the drop down menus or through the toolbars.
1.2. OVERVIEW Functions. You can undo and redo (almost) all operations you have done since the le was opened. You can nd the position of a tool change, a spindle speed change or feed rate change, or display the range of the X/Y/Z axes. If you are not sure if two CNC-programs are equal, the File Compare functions of CIMCO Edit V5 helps you to pinpoint the dierences. The File Compare lets you choose two les, and they are put into a twoframe window. The dierences are shown by coloring the line. You can step through the les, stopping at each dierence. You can customize the colors used to display coordinates and NC commands, renumber block numbers, and add/remove spaces to increase readability, or decrease program size/transmission time. The DNC part of CIMCO Edit V5 lets you send and receive CNCprograms to your CNC machines in the workshop. The le can be sent from a window in CIMCO Edit V5 or directly from the harddisk. The le transmission is done while you are working with other CNC programs. Setup. CIMCO Edit V5 oers you a lot of possibilities for you to control the behaviour of the editor. The Setup window is divided into tabs: General, Editor and Printing. In the General tab the appearance of the windows is modied. Further you can choose whether a le can be displayed in more than one window and if alterations to a le inside CIMCO Edit V5 through another program should be indicated. You can choose if you want scrollbars or not, and the speed of the keyboard can be set in the Editor tab. The appearance of the printed CNC-programs is controlled in the Printer tab. Dene a header and/or a footer. If you have a color printer, you might mark the color option. CIMCO Edit V5 has 5 dierent templates for dierent CNC machines. You can setup how the NC functions behave and how the NC code appear in the editor window. The Find function in the Edit Menu needs a denition of Tool change, Feed rate change etc. This denition is made here. Where to nd further information.
1. Introduction In The File menu in the reference manual all CIMCO Edit V5s functions are described. A lot of functions can also be accessed through one of the toolbars. Chapter The Setup menu describes how the behavior of the editor is changed. The setup of Machine Types is described in Editor Setup File types. If you need help on how to setup a serial communication line you can refer to DNC settings and Serial communication overview. The On-line help is accessible through the ? icon, the F1 key, or the Help button. Chapter The Help menu gives you an introduction to the On-line help.
1.3. LICENSE INFORMATION
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License information
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of CIMCO Integration. The software described in this document may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license. The purchaser may make one copy of the software for a backup, but no part of this user manual may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording for any purpose other than the purchasers personal use, without prior written permission from CIMCO Integration.
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TERMS OF USE FOR SOFTWARE - CIMCO Edit V5 Date: June 2000 Copyright 1991-2000 CIMCO Integration Software: CIMCO Edit V5 4.x Notice:
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CIMCO Integration reserves the right to make improvements to the CIMCO Edit V5 Software at any time and without notice. Software License You have the right to use the number of licenses of the enclosed program, which you have bought from CIMCO Integration. You may not distribute copies of the program or related documentation to any persons or companies. You may not modify or translate the program or related documentation without the prior written consent of CIMCO Integration. Disclaimer of all Warranties and Liability CIMCO Integration makes no warranties, either express or implied, with respect to the software, its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. The entire risk as to its quality and performance is with the buyer. Should the CIMCO Edit software prove defective following its purchase, the buyer (and not CIMCO Integration, its distributor, or its retailer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, of correction and any incidental or consequential damages. In no event will CIMCO Integration be liable for direct, indirect, or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software, even if CIMCO Integration has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
NOTICE: The accompanying software is condential and proprietary to CIMCO Integration. No use or disclosure is permitted other than as expressly set forth by written license with CIMCO Integration.
1.3. LICENSE INFORMATION Copyright (c) 1991-2000 CIMCO Integration. All rights reserved. THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND TRADE SECRETS OF CIMCO INTEGRATION. USE, DISCLOSURE, OR REPRODUCTION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE PRIOR EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF CIMCO INTEGRATION. DNC-Max, CIMCO Edit, and the CIMCO Logo are trademarks of CIMCO Integration. Microsoft, Windows, Win32, Windows NT and are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Installation
To install CIMCO Edit V5 follow the instructions below. 1. Locate installation les. If you received CIMCO Edit V5 on a CD-ROM open the CIMCO Edit V5 directory on the CD. If you received CIMCO Edit V5 via e-mail, save the le in a temporary directory. 2. Run installation program. Start the installation program by clicking on CIMCO Edit V5 setup program:
Figure 2.1: CIMCO Edit V5 setup program. 3. Copying your keyle. If you do not have a keyle and wish to install an evaluation version, just proceed to the next step. If you have received a keyle, it should be copied to the CIMCOEdit directory after the installation is completed. 4. Starting the editor for the rst time. When the installation is completed, and you have copied your keyle, you are ready to start the editor for the rst time. Click on the CIMCO Edit icon on you desktop.
Figure 2.2: CIMCO Edit V5 When the editor is started, verify that your company name is shown in the Licensed to eld in the about box, if not, you forgot to copy the keyle to the editor directory.
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2. Installation Note: If you are running an evaluation version, the license name is Demo version.
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Functions in CIMCO Edit

The functions in CIMCO Edit V5 are accessible through the dropdown menus. A lot of the functions in the dropdown menus can also be accessed from buttons in toolbars. If a function can be executed through a toolbar, the actual icon will be shown.
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The File menu
In this chapter opening, saving and printing les are described. The functions are listed in the same order as in the File drop down menu. If the function can be activated through the File Toolbar or a keyboard shortcut, the icon or the keystroke will be shown next to the command name.
Figure 3.1: The le toolbar. New / / Ctrl-N
An empty window will be opened, ready for input. Set the machine type for the program by selecting from the list in Open / / Ctrl-O .
The open le dialog window lets you open an existing program. Close / Ctrl-F4 Close current window. You will be prompted to save changes if the le has been modied. Close All Closes all open windows. You will be prompted to save changes for all modied les. Save / / Ctrl-S
Saves the current CNC-program.
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3. Functions in CIMCO Edit
Saves the current CNC-program under a new name. Save All / Saves all the open CNC-programs under their current names. Print / Prints the current CNC-program. This icon is on the Edit toolbar. If you want to print a part of a program, mark the area of interest and choose Print. Printer Setup The dialog window for printout congurations is opened. Please refer to The Setup menu. Recent / A list of recently used les. Click the down arrow next to the Open icon, to open recently used les. Exit / Alt-F4 Exit CNC-Edit. If there are les open, which have not been saved, you will be prompted to save the les.
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Database
This section describes the functions of the database. The database is optional and will be present in the Editor menu only if you also purchased the database. All functions can be called from the toolbar or the Database Menu.Some functions also have keyboard short cuts assigned. These are shown next to the commands, along with the toolbar icons.
Figure 3.2: The File toolbar. Explorer / / Ctrl-E
Opens the database window.
3.2. DATABASE A dialog will appear to let you log into the database.Enter your User Name and Password in the corresponding elds and close the dialog by clicking the OK button. Further information on User Rights is found under User setup. Add Program / Add a program to the database. This means importing to the database an already existing program from anywhere on your PC or from a PC on your network. Notice: You can also use drag-and-drop to import les to the database or to move or copy associated les within the database from one program group to another, providing that Disable le dragging and Disable drop les are NOT checked in Client Settings. Further information on settings for the drag-and-drop function is found under Client Settings To add a program, select Database, Add Program or click on the corresponding toolbar icon. Select a program in the menu Add Program and click on Open. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 3.3: The dialog Add program
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3. Functions in CIMCO Edit Program le Select the program le to be added to the database. Click on the folder icon to nd the le. Program Enter a name for the program. Click on the lock icon to the right to toggle the program locked/unlocked. Machine Group Select a Machine Group from the drop down list to associate the program.Further information on Machine Groups is found under Machine Groups. Customer To associate the program with a customer, select the customer from the drop down menu. Click on the icon to the right to add a new customer to the database. Memo File To associate a Memo File with the program, select a Memo File Template. If you do not select a Memo File Template and the Disable memo les lists in the Server Settings is not checked, the Default Memo File Template will be associated with the program. Notice: The function Select Memo File Template is not shown in this dialog when Disable memo les lists is checked in Server settings. Further information on settings for the Memo File Template is found under Machine Groups Move program le to machine directory Leave copy of program le Tool List To associate a Tool List with the program, select a Tool List Template. If you do not select a Tool List Template and the Disable Tool lists in the Server Settings is not checked, the Default Tool List Template will be associated with the program. Notice: The function Select Tool List Template is not shown in this dialog when Disable Tool lists is checked in Server settings. Further information on settings for the Tool List Template is found under Machine Groups Set-Up Sheet To associate a Set-Up Sheet with the program, select a Set-Up Sheet Template. If you do not select a Set-Up Sheet Template and the Disable Set-Up Sheets in the Server Settings is not checked,
3.2. DATABASE the Default Set-Up Sheet Template will be associated with the program. Notice: The function Select Set-Up Sheet Template is not shown in this dialog when Disable Set-Up Sheets is checked in Server settings. Further information on settings for the Set-Up Sheet Template is found under Machine Groups Add Current Program / Import to the Database the program that is currently open in the editor. Further information on how to add a current program, see Add Program. Associate File(s) / Associate les with programs in the database. To associate a le with a program in the Database, select the corresponding program in the NCBase Explorer Search List, then select Database, Associate Files, or click on the corresponding icon. Select a program in the dialog Associate le(s) with programs and click on Open. Notice: You can also use drag-and-drop to import les to the database or to move or copy associated les within the database from one program group to another, provided that Disable le dragging and Disable drop le are NOT checked in Client Settings. Further information on settings for the drag-and-drop function is found under Client Settings Edit / Editing les. To edit a program present in the database, highlight the program in the NC-Base search window and select Database, Edit, or simply double-click on the program. Any changes made to the program will be stored in the database only when File, Save is selected. Program Information / This is where you nd all the information about each le in the database, information about program les, program names, machine groups, customers, and associated les, such as memo les, tool lists, set-up sheets, etc. In this dialog you can rename a program and associate new machine groups, customers, and memos/tool lists/set-up sheets.
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3. Functions in CIMCO Edit Notice: This dialog resembles the dialog Add Program. Further information on this function is found under Add Program in this section. If you have specied an optional text eld, it is shown here. Further information on this function is found under Server settings. To open the dialog Program Information, select Database, Program Information or click on the corresponding icon. If you want to modify the program, enter the new values in the corresponding elds and click Modify. Compare / Compares two les. Highlight both les and select Database, Compare, or click on the corresponding icon. More about the File Compare function under The File compare menu. Delete / Deletes selected programs and or associated les. To delete one or more programs or les, highlight the program(s) or le(s) and select Database, Delete, or click on the corresponding icon. Notice: If you delete a program, all associated les (NC program, Setup sheet, images, etc.) will be deleted with it. Undelete / Restores deleted programs. To restore one or more deleted programs, you rst select Database, Find Deleted, whereupon all deleted programs will be shown in the NCBase Search Window. Highlight the deleted program(s) to be restored and select Database, Undelete, or click on the corresponding icon. Backup / Produces a backup of the highlighted program. To make a backup, highlight the program and select Database, Backup, or click on the corresponding icon. Restore / Restore a program from a backup. To restore a program from a backup, highlight the program and select Database, Restore, or click on the corresponding icon. The following dialog will appear:
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Help Click here to get more information on the Restore function. . Purge All Purges all previous backups of this program. Compare Compares the highlighted backup with the current program. Click on this button to compare the highlighted backup with the current program. More about the le compare function under The File compare menu. Purge Purges the highlighted program backup. Restore Click on this button to restore the data of the highlighted program backup. Restore Latest / Restores the program from the most recent backup To restore the data from the most recent backup, highlight the program and select Database, Restore Latest, or click on the corresponding icon.
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Compares the current, highlighted program with the most recent backup. Highlight the program and select Database, Compare With Latest Backup, or click on the corresponding icon. More about the le compare function under The File compare menu. Lock / Locks programs. To lock a program, highlight it and select Database, Lock, or click on the corresponding icon. Unlock / Unlocks programs. To unlock a program, highlight it and select Database, Unlock, or click on the corresponding icon. Approve / Marks an imported program as approved. To approve a program, highlight it and select Database, Approve, or click on the corresponding icon. Reject Imported File / Marks an imported le as rejected. To reject programs, highlight the programs in question and select Database, Reject Imported File , or click on the corresponding icon. Send / Send program. To send a program, highlight it and select Database, Send, or click on the corresponding icon. Add Customer / Adds a new customer to the database. To add a new customer, select Database, Add Customer, or click on the corresponding icon. The following dialog appears:
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Enter the customers data in the corresponding elds and close the dialog by clicking on Add. If you want to exit without entering data, click on Cancel. Modify Customer / Modify customer data. To modify customer data, select Database, Modify Customer, or click on the corresponding icon. A dialog appears, which resembles the Add Customer dialog, although with the title Modify Customer. Select a customer in the drop down menu Customer, enter your changes in the corresponding elds and close the dialog by clicking on Modify. If you want to exit without entering data, click on Cancel. Delete Customer / Delete customer data. To delete customer data, select Databasek, Delete Customer, or click on the corresponding icon. A dialog appears, which resembles the Add Customer dialog, although with the title Delete Customer. Select a customer in the drop down menu Customer and close the dialog by clicking on Delete. If you want to exit without entering data, click on Cancel. Find Unproven /
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3. Functions in CIMCO Edit Displays a list in the NCBase Search Window of all unproven programs. Select Database, Find Unproven, or click on the corresponding icon. Find Imported / Displays a list in the NCBase Search Window of all imported programs awaiting approval. Select Database, Find Imported, or click on the corresponding icon. Find Unlocked / Displays a list in the NCBase Search Window of all unlocked programs. Select Database, Find Unlocked, or click on the corresponding icon. Find Deleted / Displays a list of all deleted programs in the NCBase Search Window. Select Database, Find Deleted , or click on the corresponding icon. Find Modied Day / Displays a list in the NCBase Search Window of all programs modied within the last 24 hours. Select Database, Find Modied Day, or click on the corresponding icon. Find Modied Week / Displays a list in the NCBase Search Window of all programs modied within the last 7 days. Select Database, Find Modied Week, or click on the corresponding icon. Logon / A window appears, letting you log on to the database. Select Database, Logon, or click on the corresponding icon. More about User-/Administrator permissions under User setup. Logo / Logs you o the database. Select Database, Logo, or click on the corresponding icon. More about User-/Administrator permissions under User setup.
3.3. THE EDIT MENU Dynamic Program Preview / Toggles the preview of program les in the lower left corner on and o. To enable the preview, select Database, Dynamic Program Preview , or click on the corresponding icon. Setup / Lets you congure the database. To congure the database, select Database, Setup, or click on the corresponding icon.
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3.3
The Edit menu
In this chapter the ordinary text editing functions are described. If the function can be activated through the Edit Toolbar or a keyboard shortcut, the icon or the keystroke will be shown next to the command name.
Figure 3.4: The editing toolbar. A part of the text is marked by dragging the cursor from start point to end point, while pressing the left mouse button. The background color on the marked text is changed to indicate the selected area. Undo / / Ctrl-Z
Undo the last operation. Redo / / Ctrl-Y
Redo the last undo operation. You can redo all undo actions performed since the le was last opened. Cut / / Ctrl-X
Delete the selected text and save it on the clipboard. Copy / / Ctrl-C
Copies the selected text to the clipboard. Paste / / Ctrl-V
Paste the contents of the clipboard (whatever was cut or copied as above) at the current cursor position.
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Deletes the selected part of the CNC-program. To move a part of a program, select the section of the program you wish to move, then Cut it, move the cursor and use the Paste function described above. Mark/Delete range In this dialog window you can specify a range of lines or block numbers, to be marked or deleted.
Figure 3.5: Mark/delete dialog box Goto line/Block number Ctrl-J Jump to block or line number. Select all Ctrl-A Selects the entire CNC-program. Find Ctrl-F
In the appearing dialog box you can specify a text string and search for it through the CNC-program. You can choose one of the dened tool operations instead of a text string. Find next F3
Finds the next occurrence of the specied search string in the CNCprogram. Find previous Shift-F3
Finds the previous occurrence of the specied search string in the CNCprogram.
3.4. THE NC FUNCTIONS MENU Replace Replaces a specied string in the CNC-program with another string. Specify the search string and the substitute string in the dialog box. Insert le Inserts a le at the cursor position. Append le Appends a le at the end of the current CNC-program.
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3.4
The NC Functions menu
This chapter describes the functions concerning the appearance of the CNCprogram. For instance the commands and the block numbers can be changed. If the function can be activated through the NC Toolbar an icon is shown next to the command name.
Figure 3.6: The NC toolbar. Insert block numbers / / Ctrl-T
Inserts block numbers in the CNC-program (or renumber the block numbers if some already exist in the CNC-program). Remove block numbers / Deletes all block numbers from the CNC-program. Remove Whitespaces / Deletes all the space characters and tab signs from the CNC-program (whitespace characters). Insert Whitespace / Inserts space characters between the commands in the CNC-program, where there is no space character between two commands. Existing space characters are left as they are. Uppercase Changes the case of the text to uppercase.
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Changes the case of the text to lowercase. Next Tool change / Finds the next tool change in the CNC-program. Previous Tool change / Finds the previous tool change in the CNC-program. Find X/Y/Z Ranges Finds the highest and lowest values for X, Y, Z, A, B, C, F, and S in the CNC-program. Simple math functions Performs simple mathematical functions on the chosen NC le parameters.
Figure 3.7: Simple math functions dialog Parameter(s) Check the elds of the parameters to be changed. Other Check this eld to enter parameters with more than one character.
3.4. THE NC FUNCTIONS MENU UPPER/lower case Use this eld to specify UPPER and/or lower case of the parameters to be changed. Addition / / Adds the specied value to all selected parameters. / Subtraction / Subtracts the specied value from all selected parameters. Multiplication / / Multiplies all selected parameters by the specied value. / Division / Divides all selected parameters by the specied value. Value Enter the value to be inserted in the mathematical functions (Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Division) in this eld. Maximum value Enter the maximum value in this eld. Parameters with values higher than specied here will not be altered by the math functions. Minimum value Enter the minimum value in this eld. Parameters with values lower than specied here will not be altered by the math functions. Decimals In this eld, enter the number of decimals to the right of the decimal point. Keep decimals Check this eld to provide the new value with the same number of decimals as the original value. Strip trailing 0s Check this eld to remove all zeros from the end of the number. Strip leading 0s Check this eld to remove all zeros from the beginning of the number. Selection only Check this eld to change the value of the selected program block only.
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In this dialog it is possible to adjust the feedrate of the active program. To do this, click and drag the pointer, or click on the sliding bar of the pointer, or enter the new feedrate in the eld New feedrate (see the following in this section). Click cancel to close this window without any changes taking eect.
Figure 3.8: Adjust feedrate dialog New feedrate In this eld the percentage with which the feed rate should be changed is entered. Minimum value Enter the minimum feedrate into this eld. Maximum value Enter the maximum feedrate into this eld. Decimals Enter number of decimals to the right of the decimal point into this eld. Selection only Check this eld to alter the feedrate in the selected program blocks only. Adjust spindle speed In this dialog the spindle speed of the active program is adjusted. click and drag the pointer, or click on the sliding bar of the pointer, or enter the new spindle speed in the eld New spindle speed (see the following in this section). Click Cancel to close this window without any changes taking eect.
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Figure 3.9: Adjust spindle speed dialog
New spindle speed Enter into this eld the percentage with which the spindle speed should be changed. Minimum value Enter the minimum spindle speed here. Maximum value Enter the maximum spindle speed here. Decimals Enter the number of decimals to the right of the decimal point here. Selection only Check this eld to change the spindle speed in the selected program blocks only.
Rotate In this dialog you can rotate the outline around a specied point and with a specied angle. Click Cancel to close this window without any changes taking eect.
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Figure 3.10: Rotate Dialog Point (X,Y) Enter the co-ordinates of the center of the rotation in these elds. Angle Enter the angle of rotation by degrees in this eld. ARC type Species the arc type. You can choose between Auto detect, Relative to start, Relative to end, and Absolute arc center. Auto detect is default. Decimals Enter into this eld the number of decimals to the right of the decimal point. Strip trailing 0s Check this eld to remove all zeros from the end of the number. Comma as decimal symbol Check this eld to use a comma as a decimal separator. Assume G91 Check this eld when the control is preset for relative co-ordinates. Mirror In this dialog you can mirror the outline around a specied line. Click Cancel to close this window without any changes taking eect.
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Figure 3.11: Mirror Dialog Point (X,Y) Enter into these elds the co-ordinates of the point of the mirror axis . Angle Enter into this eld the angle of rotation by degrees of the mirror axis. ARC type Species the arc type. You can choose between Auto detect, Relative to start, Relative to end, and Absolute arc center. Auto detect is default. Decimals Enter into this eld the number of decimals to the right of the decimal point. Strip trailing 0s Check this eld to remove all zeros from the end of the number. Comma as decimal symbol Check this eld to use a comma as a decimal separator. Assume G91 Check this eld when the control is preset for relative co-ordinates. Oset/Tool compensation In this dialog you can dene a tool compensation for the active program (oset left G41, oset right G42).
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Figure 3.12: Oset/Tool compensation Dialog Oset Enter the oset value into this eld. Oset Left (G41) Enables compensation of the milling path, oset left (G41). Oset right (G42) Enables compensation of the milling path, oset right (G42). ARC type Species the arc type. You can choose between Auto detect, Relative to start, Relative to end, and Absolute arc center. Auto detect is default. Decimals Enter into this eld the number of decimals to the right of the decimal point. Strip trailing 0s Check this eld to remove all zeros from the end of the number. Comma as decimal symbol Check this eld to use a comma as a decimal separator. Assume G91 Check this eld when the control is preset for relative co-ordinates. Translate This dialog translates the outline. The outline is moved to a position oset by the values entered in the Translate (X,Y,Z) elds.
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Figure 3.13: Translate Dialog Translate (X,Y,Z) Enter into these elds the X, Y, and Z values to oset the outline. ARC type Species the arc type. You can choose between Auto detect, Relative to start, Relative to end, and Absolute arc center. Auto detect is default. Decimals Enter into this eld the number of decimals to the right of the decimal point. Strip trailing 0s Check this eld to remove all zeros from the end of the number. Comma as decimal symbol Check this eld to use a comma as a decimal separator. Assume G91 Check this eld when the control is preset for relative co-ordinates. Convert Heidenhain to ISO Converts 3D Heidenhain Programs to ISO-Programs. Stop a long operation / Stops a long operation, such as renumbering a large le.
3.5
The Transmission menu
In this chapter the functions related to sending les to and from CNCmachines are described. The functions are reachable through the Trans-
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3. Functions in CIMCO Edit mission toolbar. The toolbar is shown below, and every icon is showed next to the command name.
Figure 3.14: The DNC send/receive toolbar. Note: The editor must be licensed for DNC operations to use this toolbar. Send / Transmits the current CNC-program to a selected machine. Receive / Receives a CNC-program from a selected machine, opening it in a new window. Receive into current window / Receives a CNC-program into the current window. Send File / Transmits a le to a selected machine. Receive File / Receives a CNC-program from a selected machine, saving it as a le. Status / List the status of current transmissions and/or receptions. DNC Setup / Congures the DNC settings in CNC-Edit.
3.6
The File compare menu
In this section the functions used to compare two les are described. You start a comparison of two les by choosing the les. The les are put into a double framed window, and you can start the search for dierences. To exit the le compare window use the End File Compare menu item or button . The functions can be activated through the Transmission toolbar. Some functions have a keyboard shortcut. The icons and the keystrokes are shown next to the command name.
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Figure 3.15: The File Compare Toolbar. Note: The editor must be licensed for le compare to use this toolbar. Next dierence / / Ctrl-down
Find the next dierence. Previous dierence / / Ctrl-up
Go to the previous dierence. Synchronize left to right / / Ctrl-right
Synchronize current dierence from the left to the right. Synchronize right to left / / Ctrl-left
Synchronize current dierence from the right to the left. Goto rst dierence / Go to rst dierence. Goto last dierence / Go to last dierence. Compare with Window / Compare the le in the current window with a le in another. Compare with File / Compare the le in the current window with a le. The other le is opened through the open le dialog. Compare File with File / Compare two les which are not already in a window. The les are opened using the open dialog. Setup / The behavior of the File Compare functions are changed through the Machine Type settings. To use single step through dierences mark the Single line step option. Stopping le compare / The File compare session is stopped and both les are left open.
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3.7
Backplot Turning
This section describes the optional 3D/2D backplot function. In the following, when the function can be executed both from the toolbar and a keyboard short cut, the corresponding icon and the key combination will be shown next to command. The backplot session is terminated by a click on the button. All functions can be executed from the toolbar. Some functions also have keyboard short cuts. Icons and short cuts are shown next to the command.
Figure 3.16: The Backplot toolbar. Notice: You need a backplot enabled licence key to use this function. Backplot window / Splits the window in two, allowing the lines of the program le and their toolpath simulation to be shown simultaneously. This icon is active only when a program le is already present. Backplot le / Opens up a back plot window from an existing le without showing the program. Rotate view / Click on this icon to rotate the view in any direction using click and drag directly on the image. Zoom view / Click on this icon to zoom in and out, using click and drag. Pan view / Click on this icon to be able to move the image across the window with click and drag. View reset / Click on this icon for the default perspective view. View from top (XY/G17) / Click on this icon to view the simulation from the top.
3.7. BACKPLOT TURNING View from front (YZ/G19) / Click on this icon to view the simulation from the front. View from left / Click on this icon to view the simulation from the left. Show rapid moves / Shows the paths of the tool when in rapid traverse. View arcs / Highlights arcs so that they stand out from the straight lines. Show tool / Toggles the tool image on and o. Setup / This section describes how to congure backplot. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 3.17: Backplot Kongurations-Dialog Turning Check this eld to congure backplot turning.
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Check this eld to select diameter programming. Arc center is specied as diameter Check this eld to select diameter programming for Arc centers also (I coordinate). Show plot as positive X/I Check this eld to show programs with negative X/I values above the Z-Axis line. Arc type Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point. Print Quality Use this eld to specify the printing quality. Higher quality looks better, but requires more time and memory to generate. Draw zero arcs Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point. Show cycles Check this eld to plot cycles. Animation speed
Controls the speed and direction of the animation play-back: Forward; Move control to the right. Back; Move control to the left. Move to start / Moves back to the starting point. Move back / Back-traces at slow speed. Single step back / Goes back one step per click, one step being the equivalent of a program line.
3.8. BACKPLOT MILLING Pause / Stops the animation at the step reached. Animation can be resumed by clicking any of the other control buttons. Single step forward / Goes forward one step per click, one step being the equivalent of a program line. Move forward / Starts the animation. Move to end / Moves to the end of the program, presenting the static view of the complete toolpath.
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Backplot Milling
This section describes the optional 3D/2D backplot function. In the following, when the function can be executed both from the toolbar and a keyboard short cut, the corresponding icon and the key combination will be shown next to command. The backplot session is terminated by a click on the button. All functions can be executed from the toolbar. Some functions also have keyboard short cuts. Icons and short cuts are shown next to the command.
Figure 3.18: The Backplot toolbar. Notice: You need a backplot enabled licence key to use this function. Backplot window / Splits the window in two, allowing the lines of the program le and their toolpath simulation to be shown simultaneously. This icon is active only when a program le is already present. Backplot le / Opens up a back plot window from an existing le without showing the program.
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Click on this icon to rotate the view in any direction using click and drag directly on the image. Zoom view / Click on this icon to zoom in and out, using click and drag. Pan view / Click on this icon to be able to move the image across the window with click and drag. View reset / Click on this icon for the default perspective view. View from top (XY/G17) / Click on this icon to view the simulation from the top. View from front (YZ/G19) / Click on this icon to view the simulation from the front. View from left / Click on this icon to view the simulation from the left. Show rapid moves / Shows the paths of the tool when in rapid traverse. View arcs / Highlights arcs so that they stand out from the straight lines. Show tool / Toggles the tool image on and o. Setup / This section describes how to congure backplot. The following dialog appears: :
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Figure 3.19: Backplot Kongurations-Dialog Milling Check this eld to congure backplot Milling. Tool Diameter Use this eld to specify the tool diameter.It is possible to specify the diameter as a fraction. Ex. 1/8. Tool type Use this eld to specify the tool type. Arc type Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point. Print Quality Use this eld to specify the printing quality. Higher quality looks better, but requires more time and memory to generate. Draw zero arcs Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point.
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Controls the speed and direction of the animation play-back: Forward; Move control to the right. Back; Move control to the left. Move to start / Moves back to the starting point. Move back / Back-traces at slow speed. Single step back / Goes back one step per click, one step being the equivalent of a program line. Pause / Stops the animation at the step reached. Animation can be resumed by clicking any of the other control buttons. Single step forward / Goes forward one step per click, one step being the equivalent of a program line. Move forward / Starts the animation. Move to end / Moves to the end of the program, presenting the static view of the complete toolpath.
3.9
The Setup menu
The setup is described in depth in the chapters The Setup menu and Editor Setup File types. Setup menu items for CIMCO Edit in general
3.10. THE WINDOW MENU Global Global settings. Please refer to section 4.1 for further information. Editor Settings for the editor. Please refer to section 4.1.1 for further information.
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3.9.1
Menu items for setting up Machine Templates
There is one set of settings for each machine template. Please refer to section 5 for further information. Colors Color settings, for highlighting specic commands, comments and selections. Block numbers Settings for block numbering in the CNC-program. Machine templates Settings for program syntax for the dierent machine templates.
3.9.2
Menu items for toolbar behavior
Show Status Bar Select, whether the status line is to be visible or not. Show Toolbars Select which of the toolbars are to be visible.
3.10
The Window menu
This section describes how the sub-windows containing the CNC-programs can be arranged. Cascade Places the open les in an overlapping cascade in the window.
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Assembles the icons of the minimized CNC-programs in the lower left corner of the window. Tile horizontally Places the open les in horizontal editor windows in the program window. Tile vertically Places the open les in vertical editor windows in the program window.
3.11
The Help menu
The on-line help system is explained in Using on-line help. On-line help / F1 Open the on-line help le. About Show information on CIMCO Edit V5 and CIMCO Integration.
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Editor Setup general

This section describes how to congure general CIMCO Edit settings.
4.1
General Program Settings
If you wish to change the program settings concerning the program in general, enter the Setup menu and click on the Global Setup. The general conguration dialog is shown below:
Figure 4.1: General setup. Start maximized When this eld is checked CIMCO Edit V5 will always start maximized, i.e. lling up the whole screen.
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4. Editor Setup general
When this eld is checked, the editor is given the same size and position, as the last time the editor was used. Open windows maximized When this eld is checked, edit windows will be opened maximized. Warning beeps Check this eld to use warnings beeps (switch this o for silent operation). Protect read only les Check this eld to prevent read only les from being modied or edited. Check external changes When this eld is checked, the editor will check if a le is modied outside the editor. If a le is modied outside the editor, you will be notied. And you will be asked if you want to reload the le. If you choose to do that, any changes made since the last save are lost. Open le multiple times Check this eld if you want to be able to open the same le in more than one window in the editor. Language Select the language to be used in menues and dialogs. Note: Changing language will not have eect until the program is restarted.
4.1.1
Editor settings
By clicking on the Editor in the Setup menu the Editor window will be displayed (see below). In this window you can congure the settings for the editor.
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Figure 4.2: Editor setup dialog Keyboard acceleration Enables your cursor to move faster. Prompt when unable to undo When this is active, you will be told when you are about to do something (such as renumbering a large le) which cannot be undone. If this is switched o, no such warning will appear. Vertical scroll bar Enables a vertical scroll bar. Horizontal scroll bar Enables a horizontal scroll bar. Use virtual space Allows the cursor to move into space that currently contains no text. Backspace at start of line Prevents that lines are joined by using the backspace key.
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Any search and replace options will automatically start from the beginning of the le. Replace tabs with space Inserts spaces when the tab key is used, and replaces existing tabs with spaces when a le is opened. Show replaced count Shows the number of strings that were replaced after the replace all function has been used. Pad with tabs Uses tabs to ll in large empty spaces in virtual space. (Please refer to Use virtual space above.) Mark to end of line If a whole line is selected, the indication continues across virtual space to the side of the window. Copy without selection Enables you to copy the line at the cursor, without marking it as a selection. Font settings Click Select font to change the font used in the editor window.
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Printer setup
To change printer settings, choose Printer setup from the File menu. The printer conguration dialog is shown below:
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Figure 4.3: Printer setup. Syntax highlight Use Bold and Italic to highligt NC commands and comments. Use colors Enables color printouts. This requires a color printer. Print headers Prints headers on every page. Print footers Prints footers on every page. Use template Applies a pre-dened printer template. A template contains denitions of dierent headers and footers. Raw print Produces simple text output to the printer. Send form feed Sends a form feed after every printed page.
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Select one of the templates from the shown list. A template contains denitions of dierent headers and footers. Printer font Select font size and type for the printout. Left margin/Right margin Species the size of the margins in centimeters. If the margins are in inches add in. Example:To specify a one-inch margin enter 1in. Paper width/ Paper height Species the size of the paper, in width and height of the paper in characters. Header/ footer Use these elds to specify the contents of the header and footer. The following options are available: %p page number %P page count %f le name %F le name with path %t time %d date %c company name When clicking on the Print Test button a test page will be printed.
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Editor Setup File types

This section describes how to congure le type settings. File type settings determine how to perform renumbering, look for tool changes, backplot settings, colors, where to save les etc.
5.1
File types
This section describes how to congure le type settings. File type settings determine how to perform renumbering, look for tool changes, backplot settings, colors, where to save les etc.
5.1.1
File types
Figure 5.1: Dateitypen hinzufgen
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5. Editor Setup File types
List of dened File types Delete To delete a File type, highlight it and click on the button Delete Rename Click this button to rename a machine group. To rename a File type, highlight it and click on the button Rename Add Click this button to add a new File type To add a File type, highlight it and click on the button Add
5.2
Colors
To dene the colors used for highlighting with a certain File typ, select Colors from the Setup menu. The color conguration dialog is shown below.
Figure 5.2: Color setup.
5.2. COLORS 5.2.0.2 Color settings
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Use colors select this option to use color highlighting. Use modal colors Check this eld to use modal colors. When this option is selected, block containing rapid moves, linear moves and arcs will be assigned dierent colors. Use colors in blocks Use color highlighting inside a selected block.
5.2.0.3 Text
List of dened colors
The color used for text, when Use colors is not checked. Background The background color used for editor windows. Block color The background color within a selection. Comments The color used for comments, as dened by the Comment start and Comment end, or Block Skip character on the Machine template conguration tab. Value The color used for numeric values. Select color / Select a new color. To select a new color highlight a color in list and click on the button (you can also double click in the list). Add new color / Press this button to add a new color (you can also double click in the list).
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Press this button to remove the selected color (you can also double click in the list). Notice: You can only remove new added colors. Up/Down arrows Use these buttons to move the selected color up and/or down on the list. Entries higher on the list has higher priority. Text Use this eld to specify a string that will be highlighted using the selected color. Apply color to trailing digits If this option is selected, the selected colors will be applied to any digits following the selected letter. Apply color to entire the line Check this eld if the selected color should be applied to the entire line. Apply color to trailing letter If this option is selected, the selected colors will be applied to any letters following the selected letter. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Color Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Color Conguration window. Note: The color settings will only aect the selected File typ.
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5.3
Block Numbers
To congure renumbering and/or automatic block numbering, select Block numbers from the Setup menu, or click the congure block numbering icon . The block number conguration dialog is shown below:
Figure 5.3: Block number conguration. 5.3.0.4 Renumbering settings
Auto block numbering Inserts line numbers automatically, according to the format described. If you make a new line (after the existing lines), the new line number will be governed by the preceding line number and the setting for Interval. If you insert a line in an existing program, the new line number will be midway between the preceding line and the following line. Auto indent lines Indents new lines. The indention is set at the same level as the line above. Disable undo prompt for large les
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5. Editor Setup File types When this is switched o, you will be told when you are about to renumber a large le, which cannot be undone. If this is switched on, no such warning will appear. 5.3.0.5 Block Format
Format A list of available block number formats. Notice, that this will not limit the number of digits in the line number. If you wish to limit the number of digits, you have to specify a maximum line number in the Restart every eld. Start with Makes it possible to specify the starting value of the block number. Interval Here, you select the interval which the block number must increase by, for each block. If you select one of the Auto... options, the number selected is the maximum block number, and the interval will be selected to distribute the block numbers as evenly as feasible, within this maximum block number. Restart every Species when the line number must restart. This number is equal to the maximum line number. Precedes lines with Here you can enter a string that will be inserted before the line number. For ISO type machines this is normally the letter N. From line Species the rst line in the program which will be given a line number. Spaces after blocknumber Use this eld to specify the number of spaces to insert after the block number. To insert block numbers with a specic column width, specify a negative value. To line If a positive number is written here, it species the last line to be renumbered, counted from the beginning of the program. If a negative value (-N) is specied, the last N lines (counted from the end of the program) will not be renumbered.
5.4. LOAD/SAVE Skip lines starting with Denes that the lines starting with a particular string and/or characters should be omitted. Multiple strings can be specied using a , as separator. If you wish to omit lines beginning with ,, specify with ,,. Start renumbering from line containing Use this eld to specify a renumbering start trigger. If you specify a renumbering start trigger, renumbering will start from the rst block containing the specied string. To start from the rst block after the block containing the string, check the Start at next block option below. Skip lines containing Here you can specify that lines containing a string and/or character should be omitted. Multiple strings can be specied, using a , as separator. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Block Numbers window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Block Numbers Conguration window.
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5.4
Load/Save
To congure load/save parameters, select Directories/Extensions from the Setup menu. The load/save conguration dialog is shown below:
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Figure 5.4: Load/Save conguration.
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Load/Save
Default extension Specify a default extension to use. This extension will be appended to any new les saved, unless an extension is specied in the Save as window Register Default extensions Check this eld to register the specied Default Extensions. When a an extension is registered in Windows, clicking on a le with the specied extension in the Windows Explorer, will automatically open the le in CIMCO Edit. Additional extensions Dene additional le extensions associated with your machine type. Extensions determines the type(s) of le(s) you wish to open (only les with the extension(s) dened here will be displayed in an Open le window). You can dene more than one extension using a comma , as separator.
5.4. LOAD/SAVE Register additional extensions Check this eld to register the specied Additional Extensions. When a an extension is registered in Windows, clicking on a le with the specied extension in the Windows Explorer, will automatically open the le in CIMCO Edit. Default save path This function species the default save path, which is where the le save dialog will rst point to, when you wish to save a new le of the selected type or when you used the le save as menu. If no path is dened the last directory you saved a le in will be used. Click on the folder button to browse for an adequate save path. Default load path This function species the default load path, which is where the le open dialog will rst point to. If no path is dened the last directory you loaded a le from will be used. Click on the folder button to browse for an adequate load path. Use separate load/and save directories When this eld is checked, the editor will remember the last load and save position independently.
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Backup/Save
Auto save interval Select the length of the interval between auto saves from this list. Auto save saves your le at a regular interval, overwriting the original le Save with linefeed type Use this eld to specify the linefeed type used when saving les. Auto: Do not change linefeed type. When saving new les, the DOS/Windows linefeed type is used DOS/Windows: CR LF (ASCII 13 10) Unix: LF (ASCII 10) Mac CR (ASCII 13) Help Opens the on-line help.
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Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Load/Save window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Load/Save Conguration window. Note: The Load/Save settings will only aect the selected File typ.
5.5
File compare settings
To congure le compare settings, select File compare from the Setup menu, or click on the Setup le compare icon on the le compare toolbar. The le compare conguration dialog is shown below:
Figure 5.5: File compare conguration.
5.5. FILE COMPARE SETTINGS 5.5.0.8 File compare settings
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Single line step Highlights only the dierence on the current line. Show all dierences Check this eld to show all dierences at the same time. Jump to next dierence after sync. When you select this option, the editor will jump to the next dierence after you have synchronized two dierences. Use tab to switch window Select this option if you want to use the tab key to switch between the two les being compared. You will not be able to insert tabs in any of the les when this option is enabled. Mark Changes only Only the dierence will be highlighted, not the entire line. Use smart marking Not only the dierent part of the command will be marked, but the complete command, if it contains dierences.
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Ignore Options
Ignore Block numbers The values of block numbers will be ignored, as will the presence/absence of block numbers (i.e. it will be ignored, if there are block numbers in one le and not in the other). Ignore White spaces White space characters will be ignored. White space characters are space (ASCII 32) and tab (ASCII 9). Ignore Comments Anything inside a comment will be ignored. For this to work, you must have specied the correct Comment start and Comment end characters for this machine template under the Machine templates tab.
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It will be ignored, if one program contains lowercase and the other UPPERCASE characters. Ignore Numeric format Leading and trailing zeros will be ignored, as will optional + characters, i.e. X+14.10 matches X14.1 if this option is used. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the File compare window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the File compare Conguration window.
Note: The File Compare settings will only aect the selected File typ.
5.6
Machine
To congure machine specic characters and commands, select Machine from the Setup menu. The machine conguration dialog is show below:
5.6. MACHINE
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Figure 5.6: Machine type conguration. 5.6.0.10 Special Characters
Comment start Enter the comment start character here. Comment end Enter the comment end character here. Block skip Enter the block skip character here. If you dont want a block skip character, just leave the eld empty. Decimal point Enter the decimal separator here. Block skip after block number A list of commands you can select from. Use decimal point on numeric keypad Check this eld if the decimal key on the numeric keypad should insert the decimal point specied above.
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Tool Change Use this eld to specify the tool change prex. Example: If the tool number is specied as T010101, specify T in this eld. Tool load Use this eld to specify the tool load command. If the tool load command is found on the same line as the tool change command, the tool is loaded immedeatly. Example: N1230 T020202 M6Use this eld to specify the tool load command. If the tool load command is found on the same line as the tool change command, the tool is loaded immedeatly. Example: N1230 T020202 M6. Set feedrate Use this eld to specify the feedrate prex. Example: If the feedrate is specied as F1000, specify F in this eld. Delete Click this button to delete a command. Set spindelspeed Use this eld to specify the spindle speed prex. Example: If the spindle speed is specied as S1000, specify S in this eld. 5.6.0.12 Units
Toopath unit Use this eld to specify the path unit. Arc type Use this eld to specify the arc type. Feedrate unit Use this eld to specify the feedrate unit. Rapid speed (mm / min) Use this eld to specify the rapid feedrate. Help Opens the on-line help.
5.6. MACHINE Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Machine Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Machine Conguration window. Note: The color settings will only aect the selected File typ. Note: You can not delete the built-in commands.
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Backplot turning
This section describes how to congure Backplot turning. The following dialog appears:
Figure 5.7: Backplot Kongurations-Dialog 5.7.0.13 Other settings
Turning Check this eld to congure backplot turning. Diameter programming Check this eld to select diameter programming. Arc center is specied as diameter Check this eld to select diameter programming for Arc centers also (I coordinate). Show plot as positive X/I Check this eld to show programs with negative X/I values above the Z-Axis line.
5.8. BACKPLOT MILLING 5.7.0.14 Milling/Turning
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Arc type Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point. Print Quality Use this eld to specify the printing quality. Higher quality looks better, but requires more time and memory to generate. Draw zero arcs Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point. Show cycles Check this eld to plot cycles. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Backplot Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Backplot Conguration window. Note: The color settings will only aect the selected File typ.
5.8
Backplot Milling
This section describes how to congure Backplot milling. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 5.8: Backplot Kongurations-Dialog
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Other settings
Milling Check this eld to congure backplot Milling. Tool Diameter Use this eld to specify the tool diameter.It is possible to specify the diameter as a fraction. Ex. 1/8. Tool type Use this eld to specify the tool type.
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Milling/Turning
Arc type Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point.
5.9. OTHER Print Quality Use this eld to specify the printing quality. Higher quality looks better, but requires more time and memory to generate. Draw zero arcs Check this eld if a full circle should be drawn on arcs with the same start and end-point. Show cycles Check this eld to plot cycles. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Backplot Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Backplot Conguration window.
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5.9
Other
This section describes how to congure Filetyp-specic print settings. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 5.9: Filetyp-specic print settings Kongurations-Dialog
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General settings
Print Columns Use this eld to specify the number of columns to print. Max line length indicator Use this eld to the position of the Max line length indicator. Notice: If you are using a proportional font (i.e. all letter are not the same width), the indicator does not show the exact line length. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Backplot Conguration window without executing changes.
5.9. OTHER OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Backplot Conguration window. Note: The color settings will only aect the selected File typ.
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DNC-Max Client
In this section you will nd general information about the functions and settings of the DNC-Max Client interface.
6.1
DNC-Max Client
This section describes how to congure DNC-Max client settings. The DNCMax client is the primary interface to DNC-Max for monitoring server activities, manually controlling transmissions and conguring ports. The following dialog appears:
Figure 6.1: DNC-Max client settings dialog 6.1.0.18 Show tabs
Show Manual Control
72 Check this eld to display the Manual tab Show terminal Check this eld to display the Terminal tab. Shows log Check this eld to display the Port log tab. Shows Feed/Speed
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Check this eld to display the Feed/Speed tab. Show System Log Check this eld to display the System Log tab. Show Debug Check this eld to display the Debug tab tab. Show Progress View Check this eld to display the Progress View tab. Show Messanger Check this eld to display the Messenger tab. 6.1.0.19 Client conguration
Allow users to restart port Check this eld to allow users without administrator privileges to restart ports. Never connect to remote servers Check this eld if you do not wish to administrate remote servers from this client. Show links in log Check this eld to show links to les in the port log. Double click to open links Check this eld to open le links with a double click. Double click to congure ports Check this eld to allow administrators to congure port by double clicking in the port list.
6.2. PORTLIST Always show All Files in le dialog Select this option to show All Files by default. Always start inroot directory Select this option to open le dialogs in the root directory. I.e. Send operations will default to $SENDROOT, and receive operations will default to $RECVROOT. Keep le dialog open after edit Check this eld to keep the le dialog open when launching the editor. Use NC-Base logins Check this eld to use NC-Base logins. Show only ports allowed by NC-Base Check this eld to auto logon when the client is started. To use this feature, the user must click Remember Password on the NC-Base login dialog. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the DNC-Max Client Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the DNC-Max Client Conguration window.
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Portlist
This section describes how to congure portlist settings. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 6.2: DNC-Max portlist settings dialog
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Show Tabs
Show Send/Recv/Error colors Check this eld to a dierent background color for active ports (Blue=Sending, Green=Receiving, Red=Error). Show progress background Check this eld to show the progress in the background when sending les. Dragndrop between groups/BP Check this eld to allow administrators to DragnDrop ports between groups. Show groups in full sceen mode Check this eld to show the port groups in the port list when the client is not docked. Show groups when docked Check this eld to show the port groups in the port list when the client is docked.
6.2. PORTLIST Show group name Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show status Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show transfer time Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show progress Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show lines transferred Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show program name Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show lename Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show COM port Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show protocol type Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Show server name Check this eld to show the selected column in the port list. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Port List Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the port List Conguration window.
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Plugins
In this section you will nd general information about how to manage Plugins in CIMCO Edit. Note: The editor must be licensed according to the plugins you whish to run in the Editor.
7.1
Plugins
This section describes how to congure Plugins in CIMCO Edit. The following dialog appears:
Figure 7.1: The Plugins dialog 7.1.0.21 Select plugins
Disable backplot
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Conguration password Check this eld to allow users without administrator privileges to restart ports. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the Plugins Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the Plugins Conguration window. ###insert new book plugins slut
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NC-Base Database
In this section you will nd general information about the functions and settings of the NC-Base interface, as well as information on setting up search criteria to nd programs in the database. With the NC-Base v4, a system for information storing and transfering is at your disposal, which makes it possible for you to search for programs without necessarily knowing all details about them. An example of such a database could be the search system of a common library: The books in the shelves are sorted by the names of the authors. If you know only the title of the book it may result in a long search through the bookshelves. A database allows you to search for certain book using the title as search key, the result in this case being the name of the author, or you could enter the name of the author as search key and the result would be all titles by this author to date.
8.1
The NC Base Explorer
The NC-Base v4 consists of two applications: The NC-Base Server (no user interface, runs in the background as a service) and the NC-Base Client (NCBase Explorer). The function of the NC-Base Server is primarily the data storage and the actual data processing, e.g. the search for specic programs. The NC-Base Explorer serves as user interface for the service provided by the NC-Base Server, thus enabling the entering of search criteria, as well as the (graphical) presentation of the results, the further processing of programs, and the possibility of program data modication. Using the Explorer, you can perform operations like program search, Add Program, Associate le(s), Lock program, make Backup, Add Customer, Send program, etc. Edit program les The NC-Base Explorer allows editing of NC programs in the CIMCO Editor, as well as the modication of associated les by means of applications outside NC-Base, normally used when opening these les. Depending on the conguration of your PC, only a double click on the le is needed to start
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Notice: Do not save the le clicking Save As.... If the le is saved in another directory the modied data will not be stored in the database.
To start NC Base Explorer
To start NC Base Explorer, select Database, Explorer, or click on the corresponding icon. The following window will appear:
Enter your User Name and Password in the corresponding elds and click OK.
Notice: Further information on the assignment of user permissions is found underUser setup.
The following window appears:
8.1. THE NC BASE EXPLORER
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Figure 8.1: NC Base Explorer
Common information
The Nc-Base Explorer consists of two parts: On the right a tree structured presentation of all programs for showing table contents, and on the left preview and entering of search criteria.
Program search
The elds Program, File name, Machine group, and Customer are pre-dened (see following picture).
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Figure 8.2: Program Search Program search with customised search elds If you have dened Text eld 1, Text eld 2, Text eld 3, etc in Server settings, these elds will be recognised as search elds (see following picture).
Figure 8.3: Program search with customised search elds (example) Notice: You can specify up to 9 customised search elds.
8.1. THE NC BASE EXPLORER Preview If you highlight an NC program or an associated le in the the NC-Base search window to the right, the contents will be displayed to the left, in a separate window below Search for programs (see the following picture).
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Figure 8.4: File preview
Notice: In Client Settings you can de-activate the preview by checking the Disable preview eld, or you can specify whether to Preview associated les.
Add/remove columns By right-clicking the title bar of any column i the search window, you can add or remove columns from the Explorer search result window (see following picture).
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Figure 8.5: Add/remove columns In the context menu, which appears when right-clicking the title bar, check or un-check a column title to make it appear in, or disappear from, the Explorer search result window. Column order You can easily change the column order by clicking a column title and dragging it to a new position. Notice: Click and drag between column titles to adjust the width of the nearest column to the left.
8.2
Search for programs
In this section you will nd information on how to enter search criteria to nd programs in the database.
8.2. SEARCH FOR PROGRAMS By entering search criteria in the elds Program, File name, Machine group, etc. you can make a search for specied programs. Using wildcards like ? (for any uspecied character) and * (for a string of unspecied characters) you can limit the search to come up with programs having certain character strings in common. To search for a program in NC-Base, select Database, Explorer, or click on the corresponding icon. In the logon dialog, enter your User Name and Password and click on OK. The following window appears:
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Figure 8.6: NC Base Explorer Search for programs A search can be simple or complicated, narrow or broad. A succesful search is (user nds all information wanted) should be simple and broad. In the Program Search window you can enter part or all of the search term. If a eld is left empty it will not be included in the search criteria. You can thus enter search terms into one, some, or all of the elds, as well as select machine group and customer from the drop down lists. When the desired search terms have been entered, click Search. All programs matching the search criteria will be shown in the search result window, as shown in the following example:
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Click on Clear if you wish to clear the search elds.
Advanced search
In NC-Base v4 you can extend the search to include groups of data not dened by eld names. Check the eld Advanced search to activate the extended search options. The following window will appear:
8.2. SEARCH FOR PROGRAMS
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Date Do not search by date : A search for programs without considering the dates of their modication or creation (Options Between:, and: grayed out). Created and modied time : A search for programs created and modied within the dates specied in the Between: and and: elds. Created time : A search for programs created within the dates specied in the Between: and and: elds. Modied time : A search for programs modied within the dates specied in the Between: and and: elds. Approved All : A search for approved and unapproved programs, including imported programs waiting for approval.
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NC-Base Settings
This section describes in detail the conguration of the NCBase database, including Client Settings, User Permissions, Passwords, Machine Groups, etc. The conguration of the database depends on which machine is to be connected to it, where programs and associated les should be stored, which user should have access and with which permissions, etc. Notice:In order for you to be able to congure the database you must be permitted access as system administrator and have access to the PC where the NCBase Client is installed.
When you start to congure the database you will be prompted to enter your password.
9.1
Client Settings
In this section is described how to set up and use the NC-Base Client (NCBase Explorer) functions. The NC-Base Client is the user interface of the NC-Base Server. To congure the client, select Database, Setup. The Cimco NC-Base Conguration window appears. Select Client Settings from the left hand list. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 9.1: Client settings Remember password Check this eld to log in automatically. Notice: Selecting this option will render the properties of the Auto logout function inactive. Remember last search Check this eld to store the latest search made. Double click opens program info With this eld checked, the dialog Program Info will start when a program is double-clicked. Double click opens program With this eld checked, you can open and edit the program le with a double click. Disable multiple search windows Check this eld to de-activate the function Multiple Search Windows. With this option selected, the user can open only one search window at a time.
9.1. CLIENT SETTINGS Disable le dragging Check this eld to disable le dragging. With this option selected, the user cannot copy or move associated les between programs by DragnDrop. Disable drop les Check this eld to disable drop les. With this option selected, the user cannot copy or move program les or to-be associated les into the database by using DragnDrop. Disable change columns Check this eld to disable the function change columns. With this option selected, the user cannot change which columns are displayed in the search window. Disable column re-arrange Check this eld to disable the function column re-arrange. With this option selected, the user cannot change the order of the columns in the NCBase search window. Disable editor setup Check this eld to disable the editor conguration dialogs. This limitation should not be imposed on users with administrator access. Disable preview Check this eld to disable the preview window. Preview associated les Check this eld to enable the preview of associated les. Show preview below results Check this eld to show the preview below the search results. Disable external editors Check this eld to disable the option external editors. All les are then viewed or edited using CIMCO Edit. Show le path Check this eld to show the le paths of associated les in the search window. Show le types Check this eld to show the le types of associated les in the search window.
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Check this eld if the last memo/tool/setup templates should be remembered when adding new programs. Auto completion Check this eld to enable the function Auto completion. Notice: If you have a slow network/computer, you should disable this option. Keep dialogs open Check this eld to keep dialogs open. When this option is selected, the customer and program dialogs stay open after adding a new entry. This makes is easier to add multiple programs/customers. Move les to program directory Leave original when moving les Check this eld to leave a copy of the original le in the program directory when the le is moved. Auto unlock Check this eld to automatically release program les or associated les for editing. Disable other groups Auto logout time (mins) Enter the time in minutes before automatic logout. The value 0 will deactivate the automatic logout. Notice: This option is not available when the option Remember password is active. Max search results Enter the maximum search results. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the NCBase Conguration window without executing changes.
9.2. USER SETUP OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the NCBase Conguration window.
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User setup
This section describes the setup and use of user access. To dene dierent users with dierent access proles has some advantages: 1. Limits the number of users allowed to alter congurations. 2. The normal user cannot accidentally alter or delete important conguration setups, nor delete an entire NC program (conguration dependent). 3. Possible monitoring of each users program changes. 4. Possible conferment of individual user access for each user. To open the dialog NCBase User Set-up, select Database, Setup, or click on the corresponding icon. Then click on User Setup on the list to the left. The following dialog appears:
Figure 9.2: User setup
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To add a new user, click on the button Add user. The following dialog appears:
Figure 9.3: Add new user . Enter a User ID and a password and click OK. If you want to exit without changes taking eect, click Cancel. Delete To delete a user, highlight the user to be deleted and click Delete. Notice: The administrator ADMIN cannot be deleted. Set password If you want to change the password of a user, highlight the user and click on the button Set password. 9.2.0.24 User Permissions
There are two access levels: Administrator and User. You can permit a new user access on administrator level. More on this in the section Administrator below. Allowed groups List of all dened machine groups. To allow the selected user access to a machine group, check the check box next to it. Edit Check this eld to allow the selected user the editing of programs.
9.2. USER SETUP Add Programs Check this eld to allow the selected user to add new programs. Modify Check this eld to allow the selected user to modify program data. Delete Check this eld to allow the selected user to delete programs. Un-delete Check this eld to allow the selected user to restore deleted programs. Backup Check this eld to allow the selected user to make back-ups. Purge Backups Check this eld to allow the selected user to purge back-ups. Restore Check this eld to allow the selected user to restore back-ups. Add customer Check this eld to allow the selected user the adding of new customers. Modify customer Check this eld to allow the selected selected user to modify customer data. Delete customer Check this eld to allow the selected user to delete customers. Lock Check this eld to allow the selected user to lock programs. Unlock Check this eld to allow the selected user to unlock programs. Approve Check this eld to allow the selected user to approve programs. Auto Approve Check this eld if programs should be auto approved when this user locks a program.
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Check this eld to allow the selected user to purge deleted les. Auto purge Check this eld if any programs deleted by this user should be automatically purged. Send Check this eld to allow the selected user to send programs. Receive Check this eld to allow the selected user to receive les. Associate les Check this eld to allow the selected user to associate les Administrator Check this to make the selected user a system administrator. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the NCBase Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the NCBase Conguration window.
9.3
Server settings
This section describes the set up and use of the NCBase Server functions. The function of the NCBase Server (No user interface, runs in the background as a service) is primarily the data storage and data processing, such as searching for individual programs.
9.3. SERVER SETTINGS The server oers functions like Use CIMCO DNC-Max, Disable memo les lists, Send only approved les, Max number of back-ups, Programs not approved when released, Send only approved les, Only back-up if changed, etc. In this dialog is also dened the optional search elds. To open the dialog Server Settings, select Database, Setup, or click on the corresponding icon. Then, in the left window of the dialog CIMCO NCBase Conguration, click on Server Settings. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 9.4: The Server Settings dialog. Use CIMCO DNC-Max Check this eld if CIMCO DNC-Max should be used as DNC link. Use UNC names Check this eld to use UNC names. Allow les outside program directory Check this eld to allow programs to be placed outside the program directory. Allow les outside base directory Check this eld to allow programs to be placed outside the base directory.
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Check this eld to activate the locking system. When the locking system is active, the user cannot edit program les. Use approval system Check this eld to activate the approval system. When the approval system is active, the user can send only approved program les. When a program is released for editing it is automatically marked as unproven. After this, the program le can only be sent to the machine when a user with the required access has approved it. Set locked les Read Only Check this eld if program les should be set to Read Only when locked. Set associated les Read Only Check this eld if associated les should be set to Read Only when the program is locked. Backup les when unlocking Check this eld if program les should be backed up when they are unlocked. Backup associated when unlocking Check this eld if associated les should be set to Read Only when the program is locked. Only backup if changed Check this eld if a backup should be generated only when the le is dierent from the latest backup. Auto purge Check this eld to enable the automatic purge of deleted les from the database. Disable user management Check this eld to disable user management. Disable tool lists Check this eld to disable the tool lists. Disable memo les Check this eld to disable memo les.
9.4. MACHINE GROUPS Disable setup sheets Check this eld to disable setup sheets. Disable customer info Check this eld to disable customer info. Disable le search Check this eld to disable le search. Add new edit programs Check this eld to add NC programs, edited in CIMCO Edit, directly to the database. Notice: Using this function, the command Save/Save as in the CIMCO Editor automatically opens the NCBase Dialog Add program. Max number of backups Use this eld to specify how many backups should be kept in the database. Notice: To disable backups specify a value of 0 in this eld. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the NCBase Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the NCBase Conguration window.
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Machine Groups
The functions in the dialog Machine Groups make it possible to attach a dened machine group to a DNC port. Whether the machine groups are dened in the Editor or in DNC-Max depends on the Use DNC-Max setting in the server conguration dialog.
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9. NC-Base Settings In NCBase it is possible to associate programs with a machine group, which in turn is connected to a DNC port. In this way, NC programs imported to the database can be accessed or sent directly from the machine control (this method utilises the optional DNC-Max functions Remote Request and Auto Receive). To open the dialog Machine Groups, select Database, Setup, or click on the corresponding icon. Then, in the left window of the dialog CIMCO NCBase Conguration, click on Machine Groups. The following dialog appears:
Figure 9.5: Machine Groups Program directory / Click this button to change the program directory of the selected machine. Delete machine group / Click this button to delete the highlighted machine group. Add Group Click this button to add a new machine group.
9.4. MACHINE GROUPS To add a DNC port to a machine group, a machine group must rst be made. Click on the button Add Group. The following dialog will appear:
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Figure 9.6: Add a new machine group
Assign an indicative name to the machine group and click OK.
Rename Click this button to rename a machine group. To rename a machine group, highlight it and click on the button Rename. The following dialog will appear:
Figure 9.7: Rename machine group
Assign a new name to the machine group and click OK.
Add port Click Add port to add a DNC port to the selected machine groups. The following dialog will appear:
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Figure 9.8: Add port
Highlight the machine to connect to and click OK. Notice: DNC Ports are either dened in the Editor DNC conguration or in DNC-Max, depending on the Use DNC-Max setting on the server conguration dialog.
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Associated les
Apart from storing program les, CIMCO NC-Base also assumes management of associated les. All formats accepted by Windows can be stored, e.g. Word les (*.doc), PDF les (*.pdf), images (*.jpg, *.gif, and others), etc. This section concerns the associated les Memo, Tool list, and Setup sheet. Notice: If these les are to be used they must not be de-activated in the dialog Server Settings. Further information on the settings for associated les is found in the section Server settings.
Associated les location Specify here where Memos, Tool lists, and Setup sheets are to be stored. Store in program directory: Files are stored in the same directory as the program les (see following picture).
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Figure 9.9: Associated les are stored in the same directory as the program les.
Store in sub-directory: Files are stored in a directory subordinate to the program directory (see following picture).
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Figure 9.10: Associated les stored in a sub-directory of the directory where the program le is stored.
Store in specied directory: Files are stored in the directories specied below (see following picture).
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Figure 9.11: Associated les stored where it is specied in Memo directory, Tool list directory, and Setup sheet directory respectively. Sub-directory Use this eld to specify the name of the sub-directory where associated les should be stored. Memo template Use this eld to specify the location of the Memo le template. The le templates are by default placed in C:\CIMCO\NCBase4Server\Programs\Default. If you do not select a Memo le template of your own, and have not checked the eld Disable memo les in Server Settings, the default Memo le template (as a text le) will be associated with the program. Further information on settings for associated les is found in the section Server settings. Tool list template Use this eld to specify the location of the Tool list template. The le templates are by default placed in C:\CIMCO\NCBase4Server\Programs\Default. If you do not select a Tool list template of your own, and have not checked the eld Disable tool lists in Server Settings, the default Tool list template (as a text le) will be associated with the program.
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9. NC-Base Settings Further information on settings for associated les is found in the section Server settings. Setup sheet template Use this eld to specify the location of the Setup sheet template. The le templates are by default placed in C:\CIMCO\NCBase4Server\Programs\Default. If you do not select a Setup sheet template of your own, and have not checked the eld Disable setup sheets in Server Settings, the default Setup sheet template (as a text le) will be associated with the program. Further information on settings for associated les is found in the section Server settings. Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings. Cancel Click on this button to close the NCBase Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the NCBase Conguration window.
9.5
Database Settings
In this section is described how to dene a Base Directory, declare Custom Fields, and ax prex/sux to the Memo, Tool, and Setup les. To open the dialog Database Settings, select Database, Setup, or click on the corresponding icon. Then, in the left window of the CIMCO NC-Base Conguration, click on Database Settings. The following dialog appears:
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Figure 9.12: Database Settings
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Base Directory
Base Directory In this eld the program Base Directory is dened.
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Custom Fields
Text eld 1 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 1. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. Text eld 2 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 2. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. Text eld 3 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 3. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty.
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Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 4. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. Text eld 5 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 5. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. Text eld 6 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 6. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. Text eld 7 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 7. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. Text eld 8 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 8. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. Text eld 9 Enter into this eld the title of custom search eld 9. If you do not want to use custom search elds, leave these text elds empty. 9.5.0.28 Associated Files Prex/Sux
Memo Prex Tool Prex Setup Prex Memo Sux Tool Sux Setup Sux Help Opens the on-line help. Default Click this button to revert to default settings.
9.6. DATABASE SERVER Cancel Click on this button to close the NCBase Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the NC-Base Conguration window.
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Database Server
In this dialog, the host address of the CIMCO NC-Base Server is entered.
Figure 9.13: Database Server NC-Base ServerName Enter into this eld the computer name/address under which the CIMCO NC-Base Server is installed. The server name can be entered either as an IP address or a host name. Notice: If the NC-Base Server runs on this computer, you can enter localhost (or the computer name).
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9. NC-Base Settings
Click on this button to close the NCBase Conguration window without executing changes. OK Click this button to execute the new settings made in the NC-Base Conguration window.
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DNC settings
If you wish to congure the settings for communication between the PC and a selected machine, you can do it in two ways: You can select DNC Setup from the Transmission menu, select the desired machine, and click Setup. Or you can select the desired machine in the communications toolbar and click on the congure DNC icon on the communications toolbar. If you select DNC Setup from the Transmission menu, this window will appear:
Figure 10.1: DNC Setup dialog. Machine If there are several machines connected to the computer, you can select which machine to communicate with or congure. Protocol
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10. DNC settings Here, you select the communications protocol for the selected machine. Notice that you can not select a protocol which you have no license for. If tried, the computer will automatically select the earlier used protocol. Port information Shows - in shorthand - the most important of the machine settings. Machine Type Shows a list of dierent machines, which can be used as templates. Setup Enters the conguration dialog for the selected machine. Delete Click this button to delete a conguration. Add new Click this button to add a new conguration. Rename Click this button to rename a conguration.
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Port Setup
To change DNC settings, select DNC Setup from the Transmission menu, or click the DNC setup button, on the transmission toolbar. The basic port conguration dialog is shown below:
Figure 10.2: Basic port settings. Port List of the serial ports on your PC. Select the one you wish to use with this machine conguration. Baud rate The transmission speed, in bits per second. Stop bits The number of stop bits appended after each character in the communication to separate the data bits. Data bits The number of bits in each character.
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An error checking method which indicates if a transmission was successful or not. The method can operate in dierent modes: None. Is selected when no parity error checking is to be used. Even parity. An even number of 1s in each character. Odd parity. An odd number of 1s is used in each character. Mark parity. The parity bit is always 1 and the line is low. Space parity. The parity is always 0 and the line is high. Flow control The handshake procedure for synchronizing the communication between the computer and the control. Software handshake uses the XON/XOFF ASCII characters, Hardware handshake uses the RTS/CTS control lines in the RS-232 communication specications. Advanced port settings If you want CIMCO Edit V5 to report parity errors, then mark the Check parity box. Every time an error occurs the specied character is inserted into the le at the receiving point. Non standard XOn and XO characters can be specied.
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Receive settings
To congure receive settings, click on the Receive tab. The receive conguration dialog is shown below:
Figure 10.3: Receive settings. CR/LF Use this eld to specify the line feed character(s). If you select Auto, the DNC will try to auto-detect the CR/LF combination used. If the remote machine does not use any of the standard combinations of ASCII 13 and ASCII 10, you must enter the CR/LF combination manually. The normal combination is ASCII 13 followed by ASCII 10. ASCII 13 and ASCII 10 have no character representation, so they must be entered as \13 and \10 respectively. Omit lines containing Exclude lines containing one or more selected characters. The consequence of entering anything here is, that any line containing one of these characters or strings will be discarded when received.
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Selected characters will automatically be removed from the received stream. You can select None, ASCII 0 or All below ASCII 32 from the dropdown menu if one of those is appropriate. Start trigger Start triggers are characters indicating that CIMCO Edit V5 should start saving incoming data. If no start trigger is used and the eld therefore is left empty, CNC-Edit will start saving at the beginning of the le. End trigger End triggers are characters indicating that CIMCO Edit V5 should stop saving incoming data. If no end trigger is used and the eld therefore is left empty, CIMCO Edit V5 will continue to save until the end of the le, where a timeout occurs. Receive timeout in seconds Indicates the time delay after the last character has been received from the remote machine, until the computer concludes that the receiving is nished. If no end trigger is specied, you should specify a value here, or you will have to stop the receive process manually from the receive status dialog. Send XOn When this eld is checked, the DNC will send a XOn character when it is ready to receive data. Send at start of reception Use this eld to specify a string that should be sent to the CNC when a receive operation is started. Note: When entering characters in one of the character entry elds, the characters can be entered in two ways. You can enter the characters themselves, like $*, or you can enter the ASCII values of the characters, like \36\42.($ has the ASCII code number 36).
10.3
Transmit settings
To congure transmit settings, click on the Transmit tab. The transmit conguration dialog is shown below:
10.3. TRANSMIT SETTINGS
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Figure 10.4: Transmission setup. CR/LF. In this eld you can select the carriage-return or line-feed character(s) from the drop-down menu, or you can enter them manually. ASCII 13 and ASCII 10 have no character representation, so they must be entered as \13 and \10 respectively. Send at start of feed Here, you can specify a certain character or a string that should be sent at the start of the transmission. Send at end of feed Here, you can specify a certain character or a string that should be sent at the end of the transmission. Omit lines containing Exclude lines containing one or more selected characters. The consequence of entering anything here is, that any line containing one of these characters or strings will not be transmitted. Break after receiving characters
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10. DNC settings Ends the transmission to the control after a specied number of characters have been sent, even if the program is not nished. If this eld is left empty, any incoming characters are ignored. Handshake timeout in seconds The chosen time that CIMCO Edit V5 should wait after receiving a stop ow signal from a remote machine, before it terminates the connection. If the timeout value is not specied, it will wait until a start ow is received. Delay before each line in ms The time given in milliseconds, CIMCO Edit V5 should wait before it begins transmitting a new line. Remove white spaces White spaces and tabs are removed automatically from the le transmitted to the remote machine. This feature is activated with a mark in the box. Replace tabs with spaces Replaces tabs with spaces before sending the le to the remote machine. This feature is activated with a mark in the box. Wait for Xon This box is checked if you wish CIMCO Edit V5 to wait for an Xon before transmitting data. This option is only available if Software handshake is enabled in the port settings. Note: When entering characters in one of the character entry elds, the characters can be entered in two ways. You can enter the characters themselves, like $*, or you can enter the ASCII values of the characters, like \36\42.
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Serial communication overview

This section contains information about how to build a standard serial cable, and loopback device.
11.1
11.1.1
RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485

RS-232
Quite possibly the most widely used communication standard is RS-232. This implementation has been dened and revised several times and is often referred to as RS-232 or EIA/TIA 232. The IBM PC computer dened the RS-232 port on a 9-pin D sub connector and subsequently the EIA/TIA approved this implementation as the EIA/TIA 574 standard. This standard is dened as the 9 Position Non-Synchronous Interface between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange. Both implementations are in widespread use and will be referred to as RS-232 in this document. RS-232 is capable of operating at data rates up to 20 Kbps at distances less than 50 ft. The absolute maximum data rate may vary due to line conditions and cable lengths. RS-232 often operates at 38.4 Kbps over very short distances. The voltage levels dened by RS-232 range from 12 to +12 volts. RS-232 is a single ended or unbalanced interface, meaning that a single electrical signal is compared to a common signal (ground) to determine binary logic states. A voltage of +12 volts (usually +3 to +10 volts) represents a binary 0 (space) and 12 volts ( 3 to 10 volts) denotes a binary 1 (mark). The RS-232 and the EIA/TIA-574 specication denes two type of interface circuits, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment (DCE).
11.1.2
RS-422
The RS-422 specication denes the electrical characteristics of balanced voltage digital interface circuits. RS-422 is a dierential interface that denes voltage levels and driver/receiver electrical specications. On a dierential
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RS-485
RS-485 is backwardly compatible with RS-422; however, it is optimized for party line or multi drop applications. The output of the RS-422/485 driver is capable of being Active (enabled) or Tri State (disabled). This capability allows multiple ports to be connected in a multi drop bus and selectively polled. RS-485 allows cable lengths up to 4000 feet and data rates up to 10 Megabits per second. The signal levels for RS-485 are the same as those dened by RS-422. RS-485 has electrical characteristics that allow for 32 drivers and 32 receivers to be connected to one line. This interface is ideal for multi drop or network environments. RS-485 tri state driver (not dual state) will allow the electrical presence of the driver to be removed from the line. Only one driver may be active at a time and the other driver(s) must be tri stated. The output modem control signal RTS controls the state of the driver. Some communication software packages refer to RS-485 as RTS enable or RTS block mode transfer. RS-485 can be cabled in two ways: two wire or four wire mode. Two wire mode does not allow for full duplex communication and requires that data be transferred in only one direction at a time. For half duplex operation, the two transmit pins should be connected to the two receive pins (Tx+ to Rx+ and Tx to Rx ). Four wire mode allows full duplex data transfers. RS-485 does not dene a connector pin out or a set of modem control signals. RS-485 does not dene a physical connector.
11.2. RS-232 LAYOUT FOR 9 PIN CONNECTOR
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RS-232 layout for 9 pin connector

P in 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Signal Received Data Transmitted Data Data Terminal Ready Signal Ground Data Set Ready Request To Send Clear To Send N ame RX TX DTR GND DSR RTS CTS
Table 11.1: 9 pin RS-232 Note: Only signals used for regular RS-232 communication are shown.
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RS-232 layout for 25 pin connector

P in 3 2 20 7 6 4 5 Signal Received Data Transmitted Data Data Terminal Ready Signal Ground Data Set Ready Request To Send Clear To Send N ame RX TX DTR GND DSR RTS CTS
Table 11.2: 25 pin RS-232 Note: Only signals used for regular RS-232 communication are shown.
11.4
Standard RS-232 serial cable.
To build a standard RS-232 serial cable, you will need two 9 or 25 pin female connectors and a cable with 7 wires, preferably shielded cable.
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11. Serial communication overview ConnectorA RX TX DTR DSR RTS CTS GND ConnectorB TX RX DSR DTR CTS RTS GND
Table 11.3: Standard RS-232 serial cable If the cable is shielded, you should use the shield as ground (GND).
11.5
How to build a loopback device
A loopback is a device that sends the signal back through the same port as it is sent out of. It is used for testing purposes and is not used under normal operations. To make a loopback device, you will need a 9-pin or 25-pin male connector, and three pieces of wire.
11.5.1
Loopback device for a 9-pin connector
RX/TX Connect pin 2 (RX) to pin 3 (TX). DTR/DSR Connect pin 4 (DTR) to pin 6 (DSR). RTS/CTS Connect pin 7 (RTS) to pin 8 (CTS).
11.5.2
Loopback device for a 25-pin connector
RX/TX Connect pin 3 (RX) to pin 2 (TX).
11.5. HOW TO BUILD A LOOPBACK DEVICE DTR/DSR Connect pin 20 (DTR) to pin 6 (DSR). RTS/CTS Connect pin 4 (RTS) to pin 5 (CTS).
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Using on-line help

This section describes how to use the on-line help system in CIMCO products. A standard Windows Help le is available through the dropdown Help menu or by pressing the F1 key.
12.1
Using help in dialogs
To get help for a particular dialog item, click the ? at the top of a dialog box, as shown below.
Figure 12.1: Click the question mark. This will change the cursor to an arrow and a question mark indicating that you are in Help Mode. The new pointer is shown below.
Figure 12.2: The question cursor. Now click on the item that you want further information about. If help is available for the selected item, a small window will pop up displaying the help text. If no help is available the general on-line help is launched. An example of a pop-up help is shown below.
Figure 12.3: The pop-up information. You can also display the pop-up help by pressing F1.
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12.2
Printing help information
If you wish to print just a single section of this on-line help, press the Print button on the toolbar (shown below).
Figure 12.4: Help buttons. If you wish to print more than a few sections, you should open the PDF version of the on-line documentation. The PDF produces a much nicer printout. The PDF version is located in the CIMCO Edit V5 Help directory. Note: You will need Adobe acrobat reader to open the PDF le.
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About, 42 Add, 50 Add Current Program, 15 Add Customer, 18 Add customer, 95 Add Group, 100 Add new, 112 Add new color, 51 Add new edit programs, 99 Add port, 101 Add Program, 13 Add Programs, 95 Add user, 94 Add/remove columns, 83 Addition, 25 Additional extensions, 56 Adjust feedrate, 26 Adjust spindle speed, 26 Administrator, 96 Advanced port settings, 114 Advanced search, 86 Allow les outside base directory, 97 Allow les outside program directory, 97 Allow users to restart port, 72 Always show All Files in le dialog, 73 Always start inroot directory, 73 Angle, 28, 29 Animation speed, 36, 40 Append le, 23 Apply color to entire the line, 52 Apply color to trailing digits, 52 Apply color to trailing letter, 52 Approve, 18, 95 Approved, 87 Arc center is specied as diameter, 36, 64 ARC type, 2831 Arc type, 36, 39, 62, 65, 66 Arrange, 42 Associate File(s), 15 Associate les, 96 Associated les location, 102 Assume G91, 2831 Auto Approve, 95 Auto block numbering, 53 Auto completion, 92 Auto indent lines, 53 Auto logout time (mins), 92 Auto purge, 96, 98 Auto save interval, 57 Auto unlock, 92 Background, 51 Backplot le, 34, 37 Backplot window, 34, 37 Backspace at start of line, 45 Backup, 16, 95 Backup associated when unlocking, 98 Backup les when unlocking, 98 Base Directory, 107 Baud rate, 113 Block color, 51 Block numbers, 41 Block skip, 61
128 Block skip after block number, 61 Break after receiving characters, 117 Cancel, 52, 55, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 68, 73, 75, 78, 92, 96, 99, 106, 109, 110 Cascade, 41 Check external changes, 44 Close, 11 Close All, 11 Colors, 41 Column order, 84 Comma as decimal symbol, 2831 Comment end, 61 Comment start, 61 Comments, 51 Common information, 81 Compare, 16, 17 Compare File with File, 33 Compare with File, 33 Compare With Latest Backup, 18 Compare with Window, 33 Conguration password, 78 Convert Heidenhain to ISO, 31 Copy, 21 Copy without selection, 46 CR/LF, 115 CR/LF., 117 Customer, 14 Cut, 21, 22 Data bits, 113 Date, 87 Decimal point, 61 Decimals, 2531 Default, 52, 55, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 68, 73, 75, 78, 92, 96, 99, 106, 108, 110 Default extension, 56 Default load path, 57 Default save path, 57 Del, 22 Delay before each line in ms, 118
INDEX Delete, 16, 50, 62, 94, 95, 112 Delete Customer, 19 Delete customer, 95 Delete machine group, 100 Deleted, 88 Diameter programming, 36, 64 Disable advanced NC-Functions, 78 Disable backplot, 77 Disable change columns, 91 Disable CNC-Calc, 78 Disable column re-arrange, 91 Disable customer info, 99 Disable DNC-Max client, 78 Disable DNC/Serial communikation, 78 Disable drop les, 91 Disable editor setup, 91 Disable external editors, 91 Disable File compare, 78 Disable le dragging, 91 Disable le search, 99 Disable memo les, 98 Disable multiple search windows, 90 Disable NC-Base, 78 Disable other groups, 92 Disable preview, 91 Disable setup sheets, 99 Disable tool lists, 98 Disable undo prompt for large les, 53 Disable user management, 98 Division, 25 DNC Setup, 32 Double click opens program, 90 Double click opens program info, 90 Double click to congure ports, 72 Double click to open links, 72 Dragndrop between groups/BP, 74 Draw zero arcs, 36, 39, 65, 67 Dynamic Program Preview, 21
INDEX Edit, 15, 94 Edit program les, 79 Editor, 41 End trigger, 116 Exit, 12 Explorer, 12 Feedrate unit, 62 Find, 22 Find Deleted, 20 Find Imported, 20 Find Modied Day, 20 Find Modied Week, 20 Find next, 22 Find previous, 22 Find Unlocked, 20 Find Unproven, 19 Find X/Y/Z Ranges, 24 Flow control, 114 Font settings, 46 Format, 54 From line, 54 Global, 41 Goto rst dierence, 33 Goto last dierence, 33 Goto line/Block number, 22 Handshake timeout in seconds, 118 Header/ footer, 48 Help, 17, 52, 55, 57, 60, 62, 65, 67, 68, 73, 75, 78, 92, 96, 99, 106, 108, 110 Horizontal scroll bar, 45 Ignore Block numbers, 59 Ignore Case, 60 Ignore Comments, 59 Ignore Numeric format, 60 Ignore White spaces, 59 Insert block numbers, 23 Insert le, 23 Insert Whitespace, 23 Interval, 54 Jump to next dierence after sync., 59 Keep decimals, 25 Keep dialogs open, 92 Keep le dialog open after edit, 73 Keyboard acceleration, 45 Language, 44 Leave copy of program le, 14 Leave original when moving les, 92 Left margin/Right margin, 48 Lock, 18, 95 Locked, 88 Logo, 20 Logon, 20 Lowercase, 24 Machine, 111 Machine Group, 14 Machine templates, 41 Machine Type, 112 Mark Changes only, 59 Mark to end of line, 46 Mark/Delete range, 22 Max line length indicator, 68 Max number of backups, 99 Max search results, 92 Maximum value, 2527 Memo File, 14 Memo Prex, 108 Memo Sux, 108 Memo template, 105 Milling, 39, 66 Minimum value, 2527 Mirror, 28 Modify, 95 Modify Customer, 19 Modify customer, 95 Move back, 36, 40 Move les to program directory, 92 Move forward, 37, 40
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130 Move program le to machine directory, 14 Move to end, 37, 40 Move to start, 36, 40 Multiplication, 25 NC-Base ServerName, 109 Never connect to remote servers, 72 New, 11 New feedrate, 26 New spindle speed, 27 Next dierence, 33 Next Tool change, 24 Oset, 30 Oset Left (G41), 30 Oset right (G42), 30 Oset/Tool compensation, 29 OK, 52, 55, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 69, 73, 75, 78, 93, 96, 99, 106, 109, 110 Omit lines containing, 115, 117 On-line help, 42 Only backup if changed, 98 Open, 11 Open le multiple times, 44 Open windows maximized, 44 Other, 24 Pad with tabs, 46 Pan view, 34, 38 Paper width/ Paper height, 48 Parameter(s), 24 Parity, 114 Paste, 21, 22 Pause, 37, 40 Point (X,Y), 28, 29 Port, 113 Port information, 112 Precedes lines with, 54 Preview, 83 Preview associated les, 91 Previous dierence, 33
INDEX Previous Tool change, 24 Print, 12 Print Columns, 68 Print footers, 47 Print headers, 47 Print Quality, 36, 39, 65, 67 Printer font, 48 Printer Setup, 12 Program , 14 Program directory, 100 Program le, 14 Program Information, 15 Program search, 81 Program search with customised search elds, 82 Programs without a customer, 88 Programs without a machine group, 88 Prompt when unable to undo, 45 Protect read only les, 44 Protocol, 111 Purge, 17, 96 Purge All, 17 Purge Backups, 95 Rapid speed (mm / min), 62 Raw print, 47 Receive, 32, 96 Receive File, 32 Receive into current window, 32 Receive timeout in seconds, 116 Recent, 12 Redo, 21 Register additional extensions, 57 Register Default extensions, 56 Reject Imported File, 18 Remember last search, 90 Remember password, 90 Remember templates, 92 Remember window position, 44 Remove block numbers, 23 Remove characters, 116 Remove selected color, 52
INDEX Remove white spaces, 118 Remove Whitespaces, 23 Rename, 50, 101, 112 Replace, 23 Replace from top, 46 Replace tabs with space, 46 Replace tabs with spaces, 118 Restart every, 54 Restore, 16, 17, 95 Restore Latest, 17 Rotate, 27 Rotate view, 34, 38 Save, 11 Save All, 12 Save As, 12 Save with linefeed type, 57 Search for programs, 85 Select all, 22 Select color, 51 Selection only, 2527 Send, 18, 32, 96 Send at end of feed, 117 Send at start of feed, 117 Send at start of reception, 116 Send File, 32 Send form feed, 47 Send XOn, 116 Set associated les Read Only, 98 Set feedrate, 62 Set locked les Read Only, 98 Set password, 94 Set spindelspeed, 62 Set-Up Sheet, 14 Setup, 21, 33, 35, 38, 112 Setup Prex, 108 Setup sheet template, 106 Setup Sux, 108 Show all dierences, 59 Show COM port, 75 Show cycles, 36, 40, 65, 67 Show Debug, 72 Show le path, 91 Show le types, 91 Show lename, 75 Show group name, 75 Show groups in full sceen mode, 74 Show groups when docked, 74 Show lines transferred, 75 Show links in log, 72 Show Manual Control, 71 Show Messanger, 72 Show only ports allowed by NCBase, 73 Show plot as positive X/I, 36, 64 Show preview below results, 91 Show program name, 75 Show progress, 75 Show progress background, 74 Show Progress View, 72 Show protocol type, 75 Show rapid moves, 35, 38 Show replaced count, 46 Show Send/Recv/Error colors, 74 Show server name, 75 Show status, 75 Show Status Bar, 41 Show System Log, 72 Show terminal, 72 Show tool, 35, 38 Show Toolbars, 41 Show transfer time, 75 Shows Feed/Speed, 72 Shows log, 72 Simple math functions, 24 Single line step, 59 Single step back, 36, 40 Single step forward, 37, 40 Skip lines containing, 55 Skip lines starting with, 55 Spaces after blocknumber, 54 Start maximized, 43 Start renumbering from line containing, 55 Start trigger, 116 Start with, 54
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132 Status, 32 Stop a long operation, 31 Stop bits, 113 Stopping le compare, 33 Strip leading 0s, 25 Strip trailing 0s, 25, 2831 Sub-directory, 105 Subtraction, 25 Synchronize left to right, 33 Synchronize right to left, 33 Syntax highlight, 47 Template, 48 Text, 51, 52 Text eld 1, 107 Text eld 2, 107 Text eld 3, 107 Text eld 4, 108 Text eld 5, 108 Text eld 6, 108 Text eld 7, 108 Text eld 8, 108 Text eld 9, 108 Tile horizontally, 42 Tile vertically, 42 To line, 54 To start NC Base Explorer, 80 Tool Change, 62 Tool Diameter, 39, 66 Tool List, 14 Tool list template, 105 Tool load, 62 Tool Prex, 108 Tool Sux, 108 Tool type, 39, 66 Toopath unit, 62 Translate, 30 Translate (X,Y,Z), 31 Turning, 35, 64 Un-delete, 95 Undelete, 16 Undo, 21
INDEX Unlock, 18, 95 Up/Down arrows, 52 UPPER/lower case, 25 Uppercase, 23 Use approval system, 98 Use CIMCO DNC-Max, 97 Use colors, 47, 51 Use colors in blocks, 51 Use decimal point on numeric keypad, 61 Use locking system, 98 Use modal colors, 51 Use NC-Base logins, 73 Use separate load/and save directories, 57 Use smart marking, 59 Use tab to switch window, 59 Use template, 47 Use UNC names, 97 Use virtual space, 45, 46 Value, 25, 51 Vertical scroll bar, 45 View arcs, 35, 38 View from front (YZ/G19), 35, 38 View from left, 35, 38 View from top (XY/G17), 34, 38 View reset, 34, 38 Wait for Xon, 118 Warning beeps, 44 Zoom view, 34, 38

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What is new in this version ofCIMCO Edit V5

1.3. LICENSE INFORMATION

Functions in CIMCO Edit

The File menu

Figure 3.1: The le toolbar. New / / Ctrl-N

Saves the current CNC-program.

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

Figure 3.2: The File toolbar. Explorer / / Ctrl-E

Opens the database window.

Figure 3.3: The dialog Add program

18 Compare With Latest Backup /

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

The Edit menu

Undo the last operation. Redo / / Ctrl-Y

Copies the selected text to the clipboard. Paste / / Ctrl-V

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

The NC Functions menu

Figure 3.6: The NC toolbar. Insert block numbers / / Ctrl-T

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

3.4. THE NC FUNCTIONS MENU

Figure 3.9: Adjust spindle speed dialog

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

3.4. THE NC FUNCTIONS MENU

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

3.5. THE TRANSMISSION MENU

The Transmission menu

The File compare menu

3.6. THE FILE COMPARE MENU

Find the next dierence. Previous dierence / / Ctrl-up

Go to the previous dierence. Synchronize left to right / / Ctrl-right

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

3.8. BACKPLOT MILLING

40 Show cycles Check this eld to plot cycles. Animation speed

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

The Setup menu

Menu items for setting up Machine Templates

Menu items for toolbar behavior

The Window menu

3. Functions in CIMCO Edit

The Help menu

Editor Setup general

General Program Settings

44 Remember window position

4. Editor Setup general

4.1. GENERAL PROGRAM SETTINGS

46 Replace from top

4. Editor Setup general

4.1. GENERAL PROGRAM SETTINGS

4. Editor Setup general

Editor Setup File types

Figure 5.1: Dateitypen hinzufgen

50 5.1.1.1 File types

5. Editor Setup File types

Figure 5.2: Color setup.

5.2. COLORS 5.2.0.2 Color settings

List of dened colors

52 Remove selected color /

5. Editor Setup File types

5.3. BLOCK NUMBERS