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TB135 Rev2 Adding W Axis Buttons to the CAM Menu
Purpose
The following describes the method of setting up the Centroid control and modifying the CNC7CAMS TXT f ile to add
buttons for turning the 4
th axis on and off for the CNC7 software up to v8 00 After CNC7 v8 00 parameter 131 was
added to make this process easier Please see the o perator's manual on a more detailed description of parameter 131
Procedure
1 รข Exit to DOS by pressing CTRL+ALT +X from the main screen It will close out of the CNC 7 software and bring you to
the DOS command prompt C \CNC7\ Type the followin g
รขยข a cd\ and press ENTER
รขยข b md won and press ENTER
รขยข c md woff and press ENTER
รขยข d cd\cnc7 and press ENTER
รขยข e copy cnc7 cfg c \won and press ENTER
รขยข f copy cnc7 hom c \won and press ENTER
รขยข g cnc7m4 and press ENTER
2 รข From the main screen press F1 Setup >F3 Config >default password is 137 > F2 Mach >F2 Motor Disable the
4
th axis by setting its label to N Press the ESC until you are at the main screen Use the EDIT screen to edit the
"cnc7 hom" file and remove the lines with the 4th axis commands Save the file
3 รข Exit to DOS by pressing CTRL+ALT +X from the main screen It will close out of the CNC 7 software and bring you to
the DOS command prompt C \CNC7\ Type the followin g
รขยข a copy cnc7 cfg c \woff and press ENTER
รขยข b copy cnc7 hom c \woff and press ENTER
รขยข c edit cnc7cams txt and press ENTER
4 รข Use the arrow keys to move the cursor below the last line of text in the cnc7cams txt file
Add the following lines
W on W axis on
copy /y \won\* *
W off W axis off
copy /y \woff\* *
The format for the first line of information is a s hort name that appears on the function key label fo llowed by a colon and
a long name description that appears in the center of the screen The short name is limited to seven 7 characters The
second and continuing lines are to be preceded by a n indentation followed by text that will be placed into a batch file
and executed
5 รข Save the file by pressing ALT+F to bring the file menu down Then press S These keys are NOT hit at the same
time but one key after the other
6 รข Exit the editor by pressing ALT+F to bring the file menu down Then press X You should now be at the DOS
command prompt again Type the following
รขยขa cd\cnc7 and press ENTER
รขยข b cnc7m4 and press ENTER
Document History
Rev2 Created on 2014 05 16 by #270
Rev1 Created on 2002 03 05 by #000