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TB059 Rev1 Control Reporting Procedures
Overview
This document describes the procedures to complete the reporting requirements for control integration When
you are finished with control integration completed drag tests for all axes performed an Autotune completed
ball bar measurements you must ship the machine with a Servo Control Configuration Disk and also email us
the files that are on it
Procedure
1 Performing required test procedures
After the control integration is completed ensure all turn ratios; backlash limit switches and travel
limits are properly set
From the PID Configuration Menu perform an Autotune to ensure all parameters are set properly
Reference Tech Bulletins #44 & #45 as necessary
Perform a Drag Diagnostic on all axes; reference Tech Bulletin #47 as necessary
Perform Ball Bar Tests Run the ball bar once for the XY plane Use a feedrate of 1000mm/min and
the largest possible ball bar length This is the uncompensated ball bar run and should be named K
nnnn
XYU RTB where nnnn
is the control serial number and the K is to be replaced with the first
letter of the machine frame builder i e E for Extron G for Gain Shin P for Ping Jeng L for L & W T
for Top One and so on Adjust lash in the CNC7 Machine Configuration based upon the ball bar
analysis Run the ball bar again after adjusting lash Verify that the ball bar analysis is reporting lash
near zero If lash is still not near zero continue to make adjustments to the lash and running the ball
bar until you have lash that is near zero or it is the best that can be done When finished name the file
K nnnn
XYC RTB which is the final compensated ball bar run Repeat the procedures above for the
ball bar on the XZ and YZ planes obtaining the files K nnnn
XZU RTB K nnnn
XZC RTB K nnnn
YZU RTB and K nnnn
YZC RTB
As of CNC10 version 1 10 run system test to ensure the control is setup correctly
2 The Servo Control Configuration Disk is to be made in the following manner
Start with a blank disk that has been formatted
Ensure all ball bar test files are saved to the disk
Go to the F7 Utilities
menu and choose the F7 Report option
The report option will place the
following files on the disk Report File
Report files in CNC7 w/DOS
1 INSTALL BAT
a program that is later used by the F2 Update
function to the relevant machine
files onto the control
2 CNC7 CFG
the control configuration which contains the information that you will find in the
Control and Machine Configuration screens of the CNC7 software This file cannot be read It is not a
text file
3 CNC7 WCS
the control work coordinate system information which contains the information that is
found in the Work Coordinate System Configuration of the CNC7 software This file cannot be read It
is not a text file
4 CNC7CFG TXT
Includes the cnc7 cfg cnc7 wcs cnc7 job cnc7 prm and other files in a form that
is readable It is a text file
5 * OUT
all files that have a out extension The files that would have a out extension are
* AUTOTUNE OUT
this file exists if an autotune has been run at least once This file should be
present
* DRAG_? OUT
the drag plot files generated after a drag test has been completed There should be
one for each axis i e drag_x out drag_y out and drag_z out
Report files in CNC10 w/ Linux
1 INSTALL SH
Linux equivalent to the install bat file used in DOS
2 REPORT TXT
Identical to the CNC7CFG TXT containing a snapshot of every configuration
screen plus job and WCS files
3 REPORT ZIP
This file takes the place of the backup config file as well as containing all the files
normally copied into a report However to restore the configuration you need to do an update not
restore config because backup and restore config are no longer options as of CNC10 version 1 10
Once all the files are placed on the disk compress them into one zip file DOS ONLY along with the Centroid
Team Final Factory Report file and email the file to support@centroidcnc com It is a good idea to keep a copy
of the zipped file for every machine shipped Be sure to ship the Servo Control Configuration Disk with the
machine Remember to record the control serial number the machine serial number and the date To avoid
damage place the disk into a cardboard disk mailer
Additional Notes
One disk cannot be used to gather all the control reports from different machines because the
previous files will be overwritten
Remember to put a label on the disk and to use a new disk for each machine that is shipped
Document History
Rev1 Created on 1999 04 13