527F Plotting program graphically with PC video option
With the PC 527F video card application, using DR or back plotting will be different than the legacy control. The program will first be plotted into a file on the 527F control card. Then with the PC the file will be accessed and can be viewed or plotted with any g-code back plotting software.
Setup:
In the SETP, page 1, select the VIDEO STYLE and set to PC.
Map the 527F FTP site to Windows File Explorer, here is a post how to do this
Process:
Load a program to view
Use the DR command to plot the program into a file on the SD card of the control. Typically the program will be plotted to a file name with the DR prefix, the o-word number of the program.
Open a g-code plotting application or web based plotter on the 527F PC.
Browse and open the 527F FTP folder where the program was plotted to and select the DR#.TXT file that was created.
If the 527F PC has access to the internet, a good webbased g-code plotter is available at ncviewer.com. Here is an example of the plot file the control will generate. From this viewer, searching to certain a certain part of the program is possible, like each M6 tool change, etc.
