6.1 Device Manager Overview

Device Manager (List Program)

You use the device manager (LIST PROGRAM) to access, save, and manage data on the CNC control, and on other devices attached to the control. You also use the device manager to load and transfer programs between devices, set your active program, and back up your machine data.

In the tabbed menu at the top of the display, the device manager (LIST PROGRAM) shows you only the available memory devices. For example, if you do not have a USB memory device connected to the control pendant, the tabbed menu does not show a USB tab. For more information on navigating tabbed menus, refer to Chapter 5.1.

The device manager (LIST PROGRAM) shows you the available data in a directory structure. At the root of the CNC control are the available memory devices in a tabbed menu. Each device can contain combinations of directories and files, many levels deep. This is similar to the file structure you find in common personal computer operating systems.

6.2 Operation

Device Manager Operation

Press LIST PRogRAM to access the device manager. The initial device manager display shows the available memory devices in a tabbed menu. These devices can include machine memory, the User Data directory, USB memory devices connected to the control, and files available on the connected network. Select a device tab to work with the files on that device.

Device Manager Initial Screen Example:

[1] Available Device Tabs,

[2] Search Box,

[3] Function Keys,

[4] File Display,

[5] File Comments (only available in Memory).

Use the cursor arrow keys to navigate the directory structure:

Use the UP and DOWN cursor arrow keys to highlight and interact with a file or a directory in the current root or directory.
Roots and directories have a right-hand arrow character (>) in the far-right column of the file display. Use the RIGHT cursor arrow key to open a highlighted root or directory. The display then shows the contents of that root or directory.
Use the LEFT cursor arrow key to return to the previous root or directory. The display then shows the contents of that root or directory
The CURRENT DIRECTORY message above the file display tells you where you are in the directory structure; for example: MEMORY/CUSTOMER 11/NEW PROGRAMS shows that you are in the subdirectory NEW_PROGRAMS inside the directory CUSTOMER 11, in the root of MEMORY.

6.3 File Display

File Display Columns

When you open a root or directory with the RIGHT cursor arrow key, the file display shows you a list of the files and directories in that directory. Each column in the file display has information about the files or directories in the list

The columns are:

File selection check box (no label): Press ENTER to toggle a check mark on and off in the box. A check mark in a box indicates that the file or directory selected for operations on multiple files (usually copy or delete).
Program O Number (O #): This column lists the program numbers of the programs in the directory. The letter ‘O’ is omitted in the column data. Only available in the Memory tab.
File comment (Comment): This column lists the optional program comment that appears in the first line of the program. Only available in the Memory tab.

File Name (File Name): This is an optional name that the control uses when you copy the file to a memory device other than the control. For example, if you copy program O00045 to a USB memory device, the filename in the USB directory is NEXTGENtest.nc.
File Size (Size): This column shows the amount of storage space that the file takes up. Directories in the list have the designation <DIR> in this column.

NOTE: This column is hidden by default, press the F3 button and select Show File Details to display this column.

Date Last Modified (Last Modified): This column shows the last date and time when the file was changed. The format is YYYY/MM/DD HR:MIN.

NOTE: This column is hidden by default, press the F3 button and select Show File Details to display this column.
Other Information (no label): This column gives you some information about a file’s status. The active program has an asterisk (*) in this column. A letter E in this column means that the program is in the program editor. A greater-than symbol (>) indicates a directory. A letter S indicates that a directory is part of Setting 252. Use the RIGHT or LEFT cursor arrow keys to enter or exit the directory.

Check Mark Selection

The check box column on the far left of the file display lets you select multiple files.

Press ENTER to place a check mark in a file’s check box. Highlight another file and press ENTER again to put a check mark in that file’s check box. Repeat this process until you have selected all of the files you want to select.

You can then do an operation (usually copy or delete) on all of those files at the same time. Each file that is part of your selection has a check mark in the check box. When you choose an operation, the control does that operation on all of the files with check marks.

For example, if you want to copy a set of files from the machine memory to a USB memory device, you would put a check mark on all of the files that you want to copy, then press F2 to start the copy operation.

To delete a set of files, put a check mark on all of files you want to delete, then press DELETE to start the delete operation.

NOTE: A check-mark selection only marks the file for further operation; it does not make the program active.

NOTE: If you have not selected multiple files with check marks, the control does operations only on the currently highlighted directory or file. If you have selected files, the control does operations only on the selected files and not on the highlighted file, unless it is also selected.

Select the Active Program

Highlight a program in the memory directory, then press SELECT PROGRAM to make the highlighted program active.

The active program has an asterisk (*) in the far-right column in the file display. It is the program that runs when you press CYCLE START in OPERATION:MEM mode. The program is also protected from deletion while it is active.

6.4 Create, Edit, Copy A Program

Create a New Program

Press INSERT to create a new file in the current directory. The CREATE NEW PROGRAM popup menu shows on the screen:

Create New Program Popup Menu Example: [1] Program O number field, [2] File Name field, [3] File comment field.

Enter the new program information in the fields. The Program O number field is required; the File Name and File comment are optional. Use the UP and DOWN cursors to move between the menu fields.

Press UNDO at any time to cancel program creation.

Program O number (required for files created in Memory): Enter a program number up to (5) digits long. The control adds the letter O automatically. If you enter a number shorter than (5) digits, the control adds leading zeros to the program number to make it (5) digits long; for example, if you enter 1, the control adds zeros to make it 00001.

NOTE: note: Do not use O09XXX numbers when you create new programs. Macro programs often use numbers in this block, and overwriting them may cause machine functions to malfunction or stop working.

File Name (optional): Type a filename for the new program. This is the name the control uses when you copy the program to a storage device other than memory.

File comment (optional): Type a descriptive program title. This title goes into the program as a comment in the first line with the O number.

Press ENTER to save your new program. If you specified an O number that exists in the current directory, the control gives the message File with O Number nnnnn already exists. Do you want to replace it? Press ENTER to save the program and overwrite the existing program, press CANCEL to return to the program name popup, or press UNDO to cancel.

Edit a Program

Highlight a program, and then press ALTER to move the program into the program editor.

The program has the designation E in the far-right column of the file display list when it is in the editor, unless it is also the active program.

You can use this function to edit a program while the active program runs. You can edit the active program, but your changes do not take effect until you save the program and then select it again in the device manager menu.

Copy Programs

This function lets you copy programs to a device or a different directory.

To copy a single program, highlight it in the device manager program list and press ENTER to assign a check mark. To copy multiple programs, check-mark all the programs you want to copy.

Press F2 to start the copy operation.

The Select Device popup appears.

Select Device

Use the cursor arrow keys to select the destination directory. RIGHT cursor to enter the chosen directory.

Press ENTER to complete the copy operation, or press CANCEL to return to the device manager.

6.5 Program Editing

Create / Select Programs for Editing

You use the Device Manager (LIST PROGRAM) to create and select programs for editing. Refer to the CREATE, EDIT, COPY A PROGRAM tab to create a new program.

Program Edit Modes

The Haas control has (2) program edit modes: The program editor or manual data input (MDI). You use the program editor to make changes to numbered programs stored in an attached memory device (machine memory, USB, or net share). You use MDI mode to command the machine without a formal program.

The Haas control screen has (2) program edit panes: The Active Program / MDI pane, and the Program Generation pane. The Active Program / MDI pane is on the left side of the screen in all display modes. The Program Generation pane appears only in EDIT mode.

Example Edit Panes.

[1] Active Program / MDI Pane,

[2] Program Edit Pane,

[3] Clipboard Pane

Basic Program Editing

This section describes the basic program editing functions. These functions are available when you edit a program.

1) To write a program, or make changes to a program:

To edit a program in MDI, press MDI. This is EDIT:MDI mode. The program is displayed on the Active pane.
To edit a numbered program, select it in the Device Manager (LIST PROGRAM), then press EDIT. This is EDIT:EDIT mode. The program is displayed in the Program Generation pane.

2) To highlight code:

Use the cursor arrow keys or the jog handle to move the highlight cursor through the program.
You can interact with single pieces of code or text (cursor highlighting), blocks of code, or multiple blocks of code (block selection). Refer to the Block Selection section for more information.

3) To add code to the program:

Highlight the code block you want the new code to follow.
Type the new code.
Press INSERT. Your new code appears after the block you highlighted.

4) To replace code:

Highlight the code you want to replace.
Type the code you want to replace the highlighted code with.
Press ALTER. Your new code takes the place of the code you highlighted.

5) To remove characters or commands:

Highlight the text you want to delete.
Press DELETE. The text that you highlighted is removed from the program.

6) Press UNDO to reverse up to the last (40) changes.

NOTE: You cannot use UNDO to reverse changes that you made if you exit EDIT:EDIT mode.

NOTE: In EDIT:EDIT mode, the control does not save the program as you edit. Press MEMORY to save the program and load it into the Active Program pane.

Block Selection

When you edit a program, you can select single or multiple blocks of code. You can then copy and paste, delete, or move those blocks in one step.

To select a block:

Use the cursor arrow keys to move the highlight cursor to the first or last block in your selection.

NOTE: You can start a selection at the top block or the bottom block, and then move up or down as appropriate to complete your selection.

NOTE: You cannot include the program name block in your selection. The control gives the message GUARDED CODE.

Press F2 to start your selection.
Use the cursor arrow keys or the jog handle to expand the selection.
Press F2 to complete the selection.

Actions with a Block Selection

After you make a text selection, you can copy and paste it, move it, or delete it.

NOTE: These instructions assume you have already made a block selection as described in the Block Selection section.

NOTE: These are actions available in MDI and the Program Editor. You cannot use UNDO to reverse these actions.

1) To copy and paste the selection:

Move the cursor to the location where you want to put a copy of the text.
Press ENTER.

The control puts a copy of the selection on the next line after the cursor location.

NOTE: The control does not copy the text to the clipboard when you use this function.

2) To move the selection:

Move the cursor to the location where you want to move the text.
Press ALTER.

The control removes the text from its current location and puts it in the line after the current line.

3) Press DELETE to delete the selection.

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