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File | Restart Loaded Program activates the Program Restart function, which allows a program to be restarted at a specified line number. This function is intended for use when long programs are terminated before completion and the normal program recovery method cannot be used. Program Restart is particularly useful with the Automatic Laser Shut- down function (see Auto SHUT-DOWN, in the LASER MENU section), which will display the last absolute line number executed when a program has not run to completion.

Note: Restart Loaded Program will be enabled only if a program is loaded, the machine is in Auto mode, and is not currently running a program. At all other times, this menu command will appear grayed, indicating the Program Restart function is disabled.

When this command is selected, the Restart Loaded Program window will be displayed, prompting the user for an absolute line number to restart the program at.

Note: Absolute line numbers identify the sequential position of a row or block of code in a program file. This number is always relative to the first line in the program, and is not necessarily the same as the optional program line number, “Nxxxxx”.

The absolute line number of a part program is displayed in the Main Status Bar when the program file is open in a Program Edit window, and that window is the active window. To determine the absolute line number corresponding to a given block in a program file, open the file, move the cursor to the desired block and observe the line number in the status bar.

the Main Status Bar.

Selecting “Cancel” will close the dialog and abort the restart operation. Selecting “OK” will cause the control to search through the program from the beginning until it finds the desired line number. A message window will be displayed, stating: “Please wait while restart line number is found”. This may take a few seconds to finish. If the line number is not reached before an M30, M02, or M99 in a main program, an error will be displayed stating “Restart End” and the program will be rewound.

After the line number is reached, the CNC Run Window will be updated to show the next line to be executed. Press “CYCLE START” and the Z-axis will move to the full up position, then the X- and Y-axes will move from the current position to the beginning of the current block at 500 IPM. Normal program execution will resume from there. If the program would normally have been cutting at this point, the Z-axis will move down and cutting will resume, otherwise the head will remain up until the program commands it down to start cutting.

The following restrictions apply to the Program Restart function: The

• Program Restart function works best with “straight line” programs, for example, programs that do not contain subroutine calls, macro calls, or “while” loops.

A program cannot be restarted inside a macro. •

A program can be restarted inside a subroutine as long as that subroutine is located in the same file as the main program. •

Note, however, if this is done, the program will restart at the first instance the subroutine is called.

If a program is restarted inside a “while” loop, the program will restart at the first iteration through the loop. •

If the work coordinate system of a program depends on the starting position of the cutting head (for example, a program •

beginning with G92 X0 Y0), then the program will not restart at the correct work coordinates unless the cutting head has not moved since the program was terminated.

Keyboard Shortcut: { Alt, F, E } sequence

PRINT

File | Print uses the specified printer to print the document displayed in the active window. This command opens the Print window containing the following controls:

Note: The File | Print command is enabled only when the currently active window contains a document type that supports printing, such as program and Process Parameter documents.

Use these controls in the Print window to specify how the file is to be printed:

Properties: Select this button to set up options for the selected printer. The options available depend on the features of the printer specified in the “Name” field.

Print to file: Check this box to print the document to a file instead of routing it directly to a printer. It will prompt the user to specify the file name and location.

Print range: This section specifies what portion of the document to print: the entire document, specific pages, or the selection highlighted.

Number of copies: This box specifies how many copies of the document to print.

Collate: When printing more than one copy, this selection specifies whether the copies will be collated. Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + P or { Alt, F, P } sequence