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Status Monitor

The status monitor is the machine at a glance, sized to be read from a distance. Leave it up on a machine that is running unattended.

The status monitor: the program name 100.nc over a toolpath and a 3D view of the machine, actual feed and spindle, X Y Z positions, FEED RAPID and SPINDLE override dials, a row of machine lamps, and a job row showing start time, elapsed, remaining, cutting time, parts and total hours.

It also comes up on its own: when nothing is touched for a set time, the panel hands the screen over to it. That delay, and turning it off, is on the DISPLAY screen.

What it shows

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Top: the program that is running, its path, and the machine drawn as it stands. Alongside: actual feed, actual spindle speed, and the axis positions.

Override: the three dials, reading what they are set to. See Overrides & Run Options.

Machine: a lamp per condition: FLOOD, MIST, TOOL, COOLANT, AIR, DOOR, HOMED, READY, ATC ERR, E-STOP, BYPASS. Green is on or healthy. This row is the quickest way to answer “why will it not start” from across the shop. An unlit READY, a lit E-STOP or an open DOOR shows without walking over.

Job: when the job started, how long it has been going, what is left, how much of that was cutting, the parts count, and the machine’s total hours.

What it is not

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It is a display. Nothing on this screen commands the machine: there is no start, no hold, no override to drag. Everything here is a reading.

Where to go next

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