Features

Computer
• PC Based
• Upgradeable Software
• 3.5” Floppy Disk Drive
• Internal Hard Drive
• LCD Display
• LAN Ready, RS232, Mouse, Keyboard and Parallel Ports
• 32 Bit Digital Signal Processor
• Digital Fiber Optics

High Speed Machining
• Unlimited Part Program Size
• Cuttercomp Lookahead
• High Block Throughout
• Accel / Decel Lookahead
• High Speed 3D Contouring

Display
• Current Position Display (DRO)
• Run Time & Parts Counter
• Program Display
• Real Time Alarm Message Display
• Feedrate Display
• English, French, Spanish, and Chinese Language Display

Control Operator Panel
• Emergency Stop
• Feedrate Override
• Spindle Speed Override
• Spindle Start / Stop
• Spindle Auto / Manual
• Spindle Clockwise / Counter Clockwise
• Coolant Control
• Fast / Slow Jog Buttons
• Continuous Jog or Incremental Jog (X1, X10, X100)
• MPG Select Button
• Tool Check
• Cycle Start / Cycle Cancel
• Feed hold, Single Block
• Axis Jogs X, Y, Z, 4th
• Tool Index +/-
• Programmable Auxiliary Keys

Operation
• Icon and Soft Key-Based Menus
• Alpha-numeric Program Names
• On screen Operation Instructions
• Part Setup Menus
• Tool Length and Diameter Setup Menus
• 3D Tool Path Graphics (G-Code Back plot)
• Full Screen Unlimited File Size Text Editor
• Backlash and Leadscrew Compensation
• Software Travel Limits
• Auto Machine Home and Park

Conversational Programming
• Pocket Cycles (Circular and Rectangular)
• Frame Mill Cycle (Circular and Rectangular)
• Clean out of irregular pockets
• Straight or Ramped Plunges on Canned Cycles
• Position, Line, Arc Events
• Automatic Corner Radius
• Copy, Repeat, Rotate, Mirror, with Nesting
• Drilling Cycles
• Tapping Cycles *
• Boring Cycles
• Bolthole Circles (Drilling, Tapping, Boring)
• Threadmilling Cycles
• Automatic Angle Calculator
• Graphical Math Help For Solving Angles, Intersections, Tangents; with Paste to Event
• Linear and Polar Values on Same Event
• Single key Graphing Anytime During Programming
• 4 Axis, Degrees, Minutes, Seconds, or Decimal Degrees *

Tool Library Functions
• 200 Position Tool Library
• Tool Length and Radius Compensation
• Automatic Tool Length Measurement *
• Spindle Direction, Speed, and Coolant Control *

G-Code Programming
• EIA Fanuc Style G-Codes
• G1 Linear Interpolation (4 Axis Simultaneously)
• G2 & G3 Circular Interpolation (Any Plane)
• G2 & G3 Helical Interpolation (Any Plane)
• G4 Dwell
• G17, G18, & G19 Circular Interpolation Planes
• G20 & G21 Inch / Metric Conversion
• G28, G29, G30 Work Coordinate Reference Return Point
• G40, G41, G42 Tool Radius Compensation
• G43, G44, G49 Tool Length Compensation
• G52-G59 Work Coordinate Systems *
• G73, G80, G81, G82, G83, G85, G89 Canned Drilling Cycles
• G74 & G84 Tapping Cycles *
• G90 & G91 Absolute / Incremental Programming
• G92 Coodinate System Setting
• R Specifying the Radius of an Arc
• N Sequence Number up to 9 digits

M-Function Programming
• M0 Stop
• M01 Optional Stop
• M02 Home, Restart
• M03 Spindle CW
• M04 Spindle CCW
• M05 Spindle Stop
• M06 Tool Change
• M08 Coolant
• M09 Coolant Off
• M25 Z to Home
• M26 Set Home
• M91 Go to - Home
• M92 Go to + Home
• M93 Release Power
• M100 Wait for Input to Open
• M101 Wait for Input to Close
• M102 Program Restart
• M103 Start Timer
• M104 Cancel Timer
• M105 Move to - Limit Switch
• M106 Move to + Limit Switch
• M108 Enable Feed & Spindle Override
• M109 Disable Feed & Spindle Override
• Custom M-Codes

Utilities
• Backup and Restore System Files
• Backup and Restore Data Files
• Format Floppy Command
• PLC and System Diagnostics
• Import / Export Program
• Drag Plot (Patented)
• Auto Tune
• Error Message History

Physical Characteristics
• M400: 20.2" x 11.725" x 6.75" Control Console
• Console Weight 25 Lbs.
• Electrical Enclosure Weight 50 Lbs.

Specifications subject to change without notice.
* Optional Feature

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