POSITIP 880 7
I – 1 Fundamentals of Positioning ..... 12
Coordinate Systems ..... 12
Setting the Datum ..... 13
Nominal Position, Actual Position and Distance-To-Go ..... 14
Absolute Workpiece Positions ..... 15
Incremental Workpiece Positions ..... 15
Position Encoders ..... 17
Reference Marks ..... 17
Angle Reference Axis ..... 18
I – 2 Working with POSITIP 880 – First Steps ..... 19
Power Up ..... 19
Before You Start ..... 19
Operating Modes ..... 21
On-Screen Operating Instructions (HELP Mode) ..... 22
Confirming Your Changes ..... 22
Messages ..... 23
Error messages ..... 23
Selecting the Unit of Measure ..... 24
Selecting the Angle Format ..... 24
Tool Table ..... 24
Calling the Tool Data ..... 25
I – 3 Actual Value ..... 26
Datum Setting: Approaching Positions and Entering Actual Values ..... 26
Probing Functions for Datum Setting ..... 28
Datum Setting with a Tool ..... 34
I – 4 Distance-To-Go ..... 36
Displaying and Moving to Positions ..... 36
I – 5 Milling Patterns ..... 43
Circle Pattern ..... 43
Linear Pattern ..... 46
Milling a Rectangle Pocket ..... 49
I Operating Instructions ..... 11