Overview

when the software is started, the primary operations screen is shown the different parts are several tabs with different functions direct i/o control and input statuses main graphical display homing buttons, dro with machine and work coordinates job/macro view message screen operations buttons at the top of the window, the software version is shown in the image below, you see that this is version v5 3 additionally, in this case, it indicates that it is in simulation mode this means there is no connection to the controller in simulation mode, the software can be used entirely as if it were connected to a controller the software will still yield the same result as if a controller were connected, with respect to path control this also offers you the opportunity to experiment with settings and observe the path that the machine would travel without actually needing to run it on a cnc machine also, it's an excellent way to develop your macros however, there are two crucial differences between running in simulation or not it can not simulate input signals, so macros that read inputs will not work correctly in simulation mode in simulation mode, more or different i/os can be shown that are not available at the controller that you are using tip it can be helpful to automatically skip macros that will not correctly work in a simulation mode if you would like more information, please look at the macro programming information when the software is connected to one of our controllers, it will show the name of the controller and its firmware version to the right of the version information and controller version, the filename of the currently loaded cnc program file is loaded