Newport Programming Manual (MRSI 605)

NewportWindowsWorkCellProgrammingManualRev3.06ProgrammingReferenceManual-WorkCellUnitsIncludesVisionandMotionManualsPartNumberWordDocument27376Rev3.06PDFDocument27375Rev3.06NewportCorporation,MRSI101BillericaAvenueBuilding3NorthBillerica,MA01862-1256Tel[phone]Fax[phone](THISPAGEINTENTIONALLYLEFTBLANK.)ImportantNoteNewportWindowsWorkCellProgrammingManualRev.3.06ImportantNoteNewportcontinuestoupdateandimprovethesoftwarewhichcontrolsthismachine.Sincethemainpartofthismanualwaswritten,engineersatNewportmadesomeimprovementsandupdatestothesoftware.ThesearelistedintheReleaseNotesincludedattheendofthismanual.Ifyouareworkingwithasectionofthesoftware,andthescreenimageonthemachinedoesnotmatchthepictureinthemanual,itispossiblethatyouhavefoundoneoftheseimprovementsorupdates.PleasechecktheReleaseNotesformoreinformation.HowtoIdentifytheSoftwareVersionRunningonYourMachineTheReleaseNotesarelistedbytherevisionnumberofthecontrolsoftware.Hereistheprocedureforfindingtherevisionnumberofthesoftwarerunningonyourmachine:1.OpentheWorkCellsoftware.2.OntheWorkBar,abovetheDooricon,clickonthebuttonforHelp.3.TheAboutscreenliststhenumberofthesoftwareversion.ImportantNoteNewportWindowsWorkCellProgrammingManualRev.3.06UsingPDFNewportWindowsWorkCellProgrammingManualRev.3.06FindingInformationinthisAdobeAcrobat/PDFFileThisisalargemanual,anditincludesalotofdetailedinformation,butnoneofthisisveryusefultoyouunlessyoucanfindit.We’dliketohelpyoutofindtheinformationyouneed,quicklyandeasily.TherearefourwaystolocateinformationinthisPDF*file.1)BookmarksWhenyoufirstopenthisfileonyourcomputer,itshoulddisplayalistofBookmarks”alongtheleftedgeofthepage.Scrolldownthelistuntilyouseetheitemyouwant.WhenyouclickonthatBookmark,thePDFReaderwilltakeyoutothatpointinthemanual.(IftheBookmarksdonotappear,youcandisplaythembyclickingonthesmalltabinthemiddleoftheleftmargin,anddraggingtowardthecenterofthescreen.)2)SearchFunctionsProvidedbyPDFThePDFreaderincludestwowaysoflocatinginformation:•IfyouareusinganewerversionofthePDFReader,clickontheSearchbuttoninthebaratthetopofthescreen.Awindowwillopenontherightsideofthepage.Typeintheitemyouwanttofind.ThePDFReaderwillreturnwithalistofeveryoccurrenceofthatitem.(Sometimesthiscanbeaverylonglist.)Scrolldownthelist,andfindtheoccurrencethatlooksthemostinteresting.Clickonthatitem,andthePDFReaderwilltakeyoutothecorrectpointinthemanual.•IfyouareusinganolderversionofthePDFReader,usetheFindfunction.(SelectEdit,thenFind.)Typeintheitemyouwanttofind.ThePDFReaderwilltakeyoutothefirstoccurrenceofthatitem.Togotothenextoccurrence,selectFindAgain(Control-G).3)TableofContentsTheTableofContentsislocatednearthebeginningofthemanual.(ThebookmarkforContentswilltakeyouthere.)Usethistoidentifythesectionofthemanualyouwanttoread,thenusetheBookmarkstojumptothatsection.(YoucanalsoscrollthroughthePDFfiletogettothesectionyouwant.)4)IndexWehaveincludedanIndexattheendofthemanual.(Again,thereisaBookmarkforthis.)UsetheIndextofindtheitemyouwant,thenscrollthroughthePDFfiletogettothatsection.*AboutAcrobat/PDFAdobeCorp.developedthePDFformat(“PortableDocumentFormat”)toprovideaneasywaytotransferinformationbetweencomputerswithoutUsingPDFNewportWindowsWorkCellProgrammingManualRev.3.06worryingaboutfonts,pagesize,etc.YoucanreadaPDFfileusingthePDFReader.YouwillfindthattheReaderhasalreadybeeninstalledonmostcomputers.Youcanalsodownloadafreecopyatthisaddress: