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4200T CNC
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Section 1 - Programming Concepts
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1-1
Programs ......................................................................................................................................1-1
Axis Descriptions..............................................................................................................................1-2
Z Axis............................................................................................................................................1-2
C Axis ...........................................................................................................................................1-2
X Axis ...........................................................................................................................................1-3
Part Zero Definition ..........................................................................................................................1-3
Polar Coordinates ............................................................................................................................1-4
Absolute Positioning.........................................................................................................................1-5
Incremental Positioning....................................................................................................................1-6
Diameter or Radius Programming....................................................................................................1-6
Developing Part Programs ...............................................................................................................1-7
Section 2 - CNC Console and Software Basics
CNC Console ...................................................................................................................................2-1
Keypad.............................................................................................................................................2-2
Alphanumeric Keys.......................................................................................................................2-3
Editing Keys..................................................................................................................................2-5
Using the Keypad to Program Moves ...........................................................................................2-5
Soft Keys ......................................................................................................................................2-6
Accessing Keypad Commands Using a PC Keyboard (Optional) .................................................2-6
Software Basics ...............................................................................................................................2-6
Pop-up Menus ..............................................................................................................................2-7
Screen Saver................................................................................................................................2-7
Highlight Bars ...............................................................................................................................2-7
Cursors .........................................................................................................................................2-7
Clearing Entries ............................................................................................................................2-7
Operator Prompts .........................................................................................................................2-7
Typeover and Insert Modes ..........................................................................................................2-8
Deleting Text.................................................................................................................................2-8
Messages/Error Messages ...........................................................................................................2-8
Section 3 - Manual Operation and Machine Setup
Manual Panel ...................................................................................................................................3-1
Manual Panel Keys.......................................................................................................................3-2
Manual Panel LEDs ......................................................................................................................3-3
Manual Mode Screen .......................................................................................................................3-4
Machine Status Display Area Labels ............................................................................................3-5
Program Area Labels....................................................................................................................3-6
Powering on the CNC ......................................................................................................................3-6
Shutting Down the CNC ...................................................................................................................3-7
Setting/Resetting the Emergency Stop (E-STOP)............................................................................3-7
Activating/Resetting the Servos .......................................................................................................3-7

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Manual Mode Settings .....................................................................................................................3-7
Activating Manual Mode Rapid or Feed........................................................................................3-8
Adjusting the Feedrate..................................................................................................................3-8
Adjusting Rapid Move Speed........................................................................................................3-9
Setting Absolute Zero .................................................................................................................3-10
Part Zero.....................................................................................................................................3-10
Jog Moves......................................................................................................................................3-11
Changing the Jog Mode..............................................................................................................3-11
Selecting an Axis ........................................................................................................................3-11
Jogging the Machine (in Increments)..........................................................................................3-12
Jogging the Machine (Continuous Moves)..................................................................................3-12
Manual Data Input (MDI) Mode ......................................................................................................3-12
Using Manual Data Input Mode ..................................................................................................3-13
Handwheel Operation ....................................................................................................................3-13
Operating a Handwheel Mounted on the Manual Panel .............................................................3-13
Operating Handwheels Mounted on the Machine ....................................................................... 3-14
Section 4 - Preparatory Functions: G-Codes
Preparatory Functions: G-Codes......................................................................................................4-1
Rapid Traverse (G0) .....................................................................................................................4-3
Linear Interpolation (G1)...............................................................................................................4-4
Angular Motion Programming Example ........................................................................................4-5
Circular Interpolation (G2 and G3)...............................................................................................4-6
Partial Arcs ...................................................................................................................................4-8
Dwell (G4).....................................................................................................................................4-8
Ellipse (G5)...................................................................................................................................4-9
Non-modal Exact Stop Check (G9)............................................................................................. 4-10
Setting Software Limits (G22).....................................................................................................4-11
Maximum Spindle Speed (G24).................................................................................................. 4-12
Probe Move (G31) ......................................................................................................................4-13
Thread Cutting (G33)..................................................................................................................4-13
Offsets (Work Coordinate System Select) (G53) ........................................................................4-14
Modal Corner Rounding/Chamfering (G59) ................................................................................4-16
Cancel Modal Corner Rounding (G60) .......................................................................................4-18
In-Position Mode (Exact Stop Check) (G61)...............................................................................4-18
Contouring Mode (Cutting Mode) (G64) .....................................................................................4-19
Using Macros (G65, G66, G67) .................................................................................................4-20
Inch Mode (G70) or MM Mode (G71)..........................................................................................4-22
Absolute Mode (G90) or Incremental Mode (G91)......................................................................4-22
Presetting the Axes (G92)...........................................................................................................4-24
Cutting Feedrates in Feed per Minute (G94) ..............................................................................4-25
Cutting Feedrates in Feed Per Revolution (G95)........................................................................4-25
Setting Spindle Speed to Constant Surface Speed (G96) .......................................................... 4-26
Setting Spindle Speed to Constant Revolutions Per Minute Speed (G97)..................................4-26
Section 5 - Canned Cycles
Programming a Z-Axis Turning/Boring Cycle with a Defined Profile (G73) ......................................5-1
Programming an X-Axis Facing/Boring Cycle with Defined Profile (G74) ........................................5-4
Programming a Z-Axis Rough Turning or Boring Cycle (G76) .........................................................5-7
Programming an X-Axis Radial (Facing) Roughing Cycle (G77)......................................................5-9

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Programming a Pecking Cycle (G78).............................................................................................5-11
Programming a Chip Break Cycle (G79)........................................................................................5-12
Programming a Longitudinal Grooving Cycle (G81).......................................................................5-13
Programming a Radial Grooving Cycle (G82) ................................................................................ 5-15
Types of Threading ........................................................................................................................5-17
Cutting Longitudinal Threads with Canned Cycles (G83, Uni-directional) ..................................5-18
Cutting Longitudinal Threads with Canned Cycles (G84, Bi-directional).....................................5-20
Cutting Radial Threads with Canned Cycles (G85, Uni-directional)............................................5-23
Cutting Radial Threads with Canned Cycles (G86, Bi-directional)..............................................5-26
Tapping a Hole with a Canned Cycle (G87) ...................................................................................5-28
Programming a Boring Cycle (G88) ...............................................................................................5-30
Lathe Tool Probe Cycles (Option) ..................................................................................................5-32
Tool Probe G-code Cycle Designations......................................................................................5-33
Macro Variable and System Variable Settings............................................................................5-33
Probe Orientation........................................................................................................................5-35
Lathe Tool Probe G-code Cycle Designations ............................................................................5-35
Description of Tool Probe Cycles................................................................................................5-37
Section 6 - Program Editor
Activating the Program Editor...........................................................................................................6-1
Activating the Edit Mode from the Manual Screen ........................................................................6-1
Activating the Edit Mode from the Program Directory ...................................................................6-1
Activating the Edit Mode from Draw Graphics ..............................................................................6-1
Edit Soft Keys...................................................................................................................................6-3
Editing Shift Soft Keys ..................................................................................................................6-4
Deleting a Character ........................................................................................................................6-4
Inserting Text to Overwrite Previous Text ........................................................................................6-4
Inserting Text without Overwriting Previous Text..........................................................................6-4
Deleting a Program Block.................................................................................................................6-5
Page Up/Down through the Program Listing...................................................................................6-5
Going to a Line of the Program Listing.............................................................................................6-6
Advancing to the Beginning or End of a Block .................................................................................6-6
Advancing to the First or Last Block of a Program ...........................................................................6-6
Searching the Program Listing for Selected Text .............................................................................6-7
Inserting a Blank Line in the Program Listing...................................................................................6-7
Restoring a Block .............................................................................................................................6-8
Replacing Typed Text with New Text...............................................................................................6-8
Abbreviating Statements ..................................................................................................................6-9
Marking (Highlighting) Programming Blocks ..................................................................................6-10
Unmarking Program Blocks ........................................................................................................6-10
Canceling Edits to a Program Block...............................................................................................6-10
Scrolling Through the Program Listing ...........................................................................................6-10

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Copying Program Blocks................................................................................................................6-11
Printing a Portion of a Program ......................................................................................................6-12
Pasting Copied Blocks into a Program Listing................................................................................ 6-12
Numbering (or Re-numbering) Program Blocks .............................................................................6-13
Writing Blocks to Another Program ................................................................................................6-13
Reading a Program into Another Program ....................................................................................6-14
Recording Keystrokes ....................................................................................................................6-14
Playing Recorded Keystrokes.....................................................................................................6-15
Repeating a Command or Key .......................................................................................................6-15
Printing an Entire Program Listing..................................................................................................6-15
Accessing the Most Recently Used Programs ...............................................................................6-16
Opening Another Program from the Program Listing .....................................................................6-16
Saving Edits ...................................................................................................................................6-16
Canceling Unsaved Edits ...............................................................................................................6-17
Including Comments in a Program Listing......................................................................................6-17
Section 7 - Edit Help
Edit Help Menu.................................................................................................................................7-4
Edit Help Soft Keys.......................................................................................................................7-8
Help Template Menu........................................................................................................................7-9
Help Graphic Screens ....................................................................................................................7-11
Using Help Graphic Screens to Enter Program Blocks ..................................................................7-13
Available Help Graphic Screens.....................................................................................................7-14
Programming Modal G-Codes in Edit Help.................................................................................7-37
Programming LINE Moves in Edit Help ......................................................................................7-38
Angle Direction for Front and Rear Tool Posts ...........................................................................7-39
Using Angles to Program Moves ................................................................................................7-41
Programming MULTIPLE Move Commands in Edit Help ...........................................................7-42
Section 8 - Draw Mode
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................8-1
Starting Draw ...................................................................................................................................8-2
Draw Screen Description..................................................................................................................8-2
Putting Draw in Hold .....................................................................................................................8-3
Restarting Draw When in Hold......................................................................................................8-3
Canceling Draw ............................................................................................................................8-3
Draw Parameters .............................................................................................................................8-4
Tool On or Off ...............................................................................................................................8-4
Drawing Compensated Moves......................................................................................................8-5
Showing Rapid Moves ..................................................................................................................8-5
Setting Grid Line Type ..................................................................................................................8-5
Setting Grid Size...........................................................................................................................8-6
Putting Draw in Motion, S.Step, or Auto Mode..............................................................................8-6

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Automatic Draw Restart................................................................................................................8-7
Erasing the Draw Display..............................................................................................................8-7
Running Draw for Selected Blocks ...............................................................................................8-7
Starting Draw at a Specific Block..................................................................................................8-8
Ending Draw at a Specific Block...................................................................................................8-8
Adjusting Draw Display ....................................................................................................................8-8
Fitting the Display to the Viewing Window ....................................................................................8-9
Halving Display Size .....................................................................................................................8-9
Doubling Display Size...................................................................................................................8-9
Scaling the Display by a Factor ....................................................................................................8-9
Using the Window Zoom.............................................................................................................8-10
Erasing Display...........................................................................................................................8-10
Changing the Viewing Area without Changing the Scale............................................................8-11
Section 9 - Tool Page and Tool Management
Activating the Tool Page ..................................................................................................................9-1
Using the Tool Page.........................................................................................................................9-1
Entering Values in the Tool Page .................................................................................................9-3
Adjusting a Single Value...............................................................................................................9-3
Finding Tools by Number .................................................................................................................9-3
Clearing Tool Information (Delete Row) ...........................................................................................9-4
Clearing a Value from a Column...................................................................................................9-4
Clearing the Whole Tool Page ......................................................................................................9-4
Tool-Length Offsets..........................................................................................................................9-4
Setting Tool-Length Offsets ..........................................................................................................9-5
Entering Tool Page TLO’s Using the Calibration Function............................................................9-6
Entering Tool Page TLO’s Manually .............................................................................................9-6
Tool Offset Modification ................................................................................................................9-7
Activating a Tool Number in the Manual Mode.................................................................................9-8
Deactivating TLO’s in the Manual Mode .......................................................................................9-8
Tool Nose Radius (TNR) Compensation..........................................................................................9-8
Selecting a Tool Location Code ..................................................................................................9-11
Tool Nose Radius Programming Examples ................................................................................9-12
Left of Path TNR Program (G41) ................................................................................................9-13
Right of Path TNR Program (G42)..............................................................................................9-15
Canceling Tool Nose Radius Compensation (G40) ....................................................................9-17
Choosing the Correct TNR Compensation .................................................................................9-18
Changing TNR Compensation in a Program...............................................................................9-18
Motion of Tool during TNR Compensation..................................................................................9-20
Compensation around Acute Angles ..........................................................................................9-21
Changing the Numbers of Look Ahead Blocks ...........................................................................9-22
Wear Offsets ..................................................................................................................................9-22
Setting Wear Offset Adjustment While Running a Program........................................................9-23
Section 10 - Program Management
Changing the Program Directory’s Display.....................................................................................10-1
Creating a New Part Program ........................................................................................................10-2
Choosing Program Names..........................................................................................................10-2

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Selecting a Program for Running ...................................................................................................10-2
Selecting a Program for Editing and Utilities ..................................................................................10-3
Listing a Program ...........................................................................................................................10-3
Deleting a Program ........................................................................................................................10-3
Logging to Other Drives .................................................................................................................10-4
Marking and Unmarking Programs.................................................................................................10-5
Marking Programs ......................................................................................................................10-5
Unmarking Marked Programs .....................................................................................................10-5
Marking All Programs .................................................................................................................10-5
Unmarking All Marked Programs ................................................................................................10-5
Deleting Groups of Programs.........................................................................................................10-6
Restoring Programs .......................................................................................................................10-6
Copying Programs to Floppy Disks ................................................................................................10-6
Renaming Programs ......................................................................................................................10-7
Printing Programs ..........................................................................................................................10-7
Formatting Floppy Disks.................................................................................................................10-8
Checking Disks for Lost Program Fragments................................................................................. 10-8
Displaying System Information.......................................................................................................10-9
Copying Programs from/to Unspecified Locations .......................................................................10-10
Renaming Programs from/to Unspecified Locations ....................................................................10-10
Printing Programs from Unspecified Locations ............................................................................10-11
Creating Subdirectories................................................................................................................10-11
Deleting an Unspecified Program.................................................................................................10-12
Listing an Unspecified Program ...................................................................................................10-12
Editing an Unspecified Program................................................................................................... 10-12
Optimizing Your Hard Disk...........................................................................................................10-13
Accessing the Disk Optimizer ...................................................................................................10-13
Maximizing Program Storage Space............................................................................................10-14
Section 11 - Running Programs
Running a Program One Step at a Time ........................................................................................11-1
Toggling Between Motion and Single-Step Mode .......................................................................11-2
Holding or Canceling a Single-Step Run ....................................................................................11-2
Single-Step Execution of Selected Program Blocks.......................................................................11-3
Using Arrow Keys to Select Starting Block .................................................................................11-3
Using Search to Select Starting Block ........................................................................................11-3
Switching from Single-Step to Auto ............................................................................................11-3
Position Display..............................................................................................................................11-4
Automatic Program Execution........................................................................................................11-4
Holding or Canceling an Auto Run..............................................................................................11-5

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Automatic Execution Starting at a Specific Block ...........................................................................11-5
Using Arrow Keys to Select Starting Block .................................................................................11-5
Using SEARCH to Select Starting Block.....................................................................................11-5
Clearing a Halted Program.............................................................................................................11-5
Using Draw while Running Programs............................................................................................. 11-6
Setting the CNC to Display an Enlarged Position Display..............................................................11-6
Teach Mode ...................................................................................................................................11-7
Initiating Teach-In .......................................................................................................................11-7
Soft Keys of Teach-In .................................................................................................................11-7
Inputting Data into a Program .....................................................................................................11-7
Canceling Teach Mode...............................................................................................................11-8
About Teach Mode .....................................................................................................................11-8
Parts Counter and Program Timer .................................................................................................11-9
Background Mode ........................................................................................................................11-10
Section 12 - S Function, M Functions, and C-Axis Programming
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................12-1
Spindle Speed Control (S-Function)...............................................................................................12-1
Miscellaneous Functions (M-Codes) ..............................................................................................12-2
Control M-Codes ............................................................................................................................12-2
Order of Execution......................................................................................................................12-3
C-Axis Programming ......................................................................................................................12-3
Enabling C-Axis Programming Mode..........................................................................................12-3
Disabling C-Axis Programming Mode .........................................................................................12-3
C-Axis Jog ..................................................................................................................................12-4
Programming C-Axis Feedrate ...................................................................................................12-4
Synchronizing/Unsynchronizing C-Axis ......................................................................................12-4
Section 13 - Simplified Command Interface (SCI) Mode
Activating the SCI Mode.................................................................................................................13-1
SCI Mode Soft Keys.......................................................................................................................13-3
Activating the SHIFT SCI Soft Key Menu ...................................................................................13-3
Deactivating the SCI Mode.............................................................................................................13-4
Canceling an SCI Command..........................................................................................................13-4
Canceling a Running SCI Command ............................................................................................. 13-4
Clearing Messages ........................................................................................................................13-4
Clearing an Entry Field...................................................................................................................13-4
Returning to the Software Selection Screen...................................................................................13-4
Exiting SCI Mode ...........................................................................................................................13-5
Commanding Moves in SCI Mode..................................................................................................13-5
Performing Rapid Moves (G00) .................................................................................................. 13-5
Activating and Changing a Tool ..................................................................................................13-5
Performing Line Moves (G01).....................................................................................................13-6

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Performing Arc Moves (G02 or G03) ..........................................................................................13-6
Setting Software Limits (G22).....................................................................................................13-7
Homing the Machine (G28).........................................................................................................13-9
Making a Rough Turning Cut (G76)............................................................................................13-9
Making a Rough Facing Cut (G77) ...........................................................................................13-10
Cutting Threads (G83) ..............................................................................................................13-11
Activating Absolute (G90) or Incremental (G91) Mode .............................................................13-12
Setting the Feedrate to Feed per Minute (G94) ........................................................................13-12
Setting the Feedrate to Feed per Revolution (G95) .................................................................. 13-13
Setting Spindle Speed to Constant Surface Speed (G96) ........................................................ 13-13
Setting the Spindle Speed to Revolutions per Minute (G97).....................................................13-14
Slave Mode ..................................................................................................................................13-14
Cutting a Taper .........................................................................................................................13-15
Cutting a Chamfer.....................................................................................................................13-16
Cutting a Radius .......................................................................................................................13-17
Section 14 - Shape Editor
Activating the Shape Editor............................................................................................................14-2
Shape Terminology ........................................................................................................................14-3
Using the Pointer............................................................................................................................14-3
Selecting Editing Tools...................................................................................................................14-4
Line Tools.......................................................................................................................................14-6
Arc Tools........................................................................................................................................14-8
Arc Tools........................................................................................................................................14-9
Chamfering Corners.......................................................................................................................14-9
Example #1, Creating a Basic Shape...........................................................................................14-10
Reversing an Arc’s Direction........................................................................................................14-13
Deleting a Shape..........................................................................................................................14-13
Projecting Line Segments (Restoring Sharp Corners) ................................................................. 14-14
Joining Line Segments.................................................................................................................14-14
Importing Shapes from Other Programs.......................................................................................14-14
Deleting a Segment......................................................................................................................14-15
Changing the Shape Editor View .................................................................................................14-15
Viewing a List of Shape Segment Details ....................................................................................14-15
Deactivating and Activating Shapes.............................................................................................14-16
Using Construction Geometry ......................................................................................................14-16
Accessing Geometry Tools ..........................................................................................................14-16
Point Tools ...................................................................................................................................14-17
Line Tools.....................................................................................................................................14-18
Circle Tools ..................................................................................................................................14-19
Example #2, Creating Construction Geometry and Chaining it Into a Shape...............................14-20
Creating Construction Geometry ..............................................................................................14-20