Michael Haberler wrote: > Could you summarize which kinds of changes are possible when switching from > AUTO to MAN (or MDI a bit) AND which remain in force when you cycle start? > (because that's a hard case) > > example: machine position - does it revert to where it left off? what for > offset changes? tool diameter? > The only one I know (and this is mostly from the manual, I never really used it in actual operation) was on the Allen-Bradley 7320 (a 1978-vintage 16-bit minicomputer control.) It had a "jog retract" feature. You could hit cycle stop, then jog retract, and then move ONLY one axis of your choice. When you hit cycle start, it would return to the place in the current block where it had been interrupted and continue finishing that block. I assume you could change a length offset, not too sure about cutter radius.
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