Dl EZ-PATH I OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING MANUAL March 1996 Code No. 11865457 Rev. Bii COPYRIGHT 1996 BRIDGEPORT MACHINES, INC., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED i ‘This manual describes software that contains published and unpublished works of authorship proprietary to Bridgeport Machines, Inc. It is made available for use and fnaintenance of our products, Under copyright laws, this manual, or the software it escribes may not be copied in whole, of in part, without prior written consent of Bridgeport Machines, Inc, except in normal software use, as described in the software license agreement. “The information in tis document is subject to change without notice and should fot be construed as a commitment by Bridgeport Machines, Inc. All software package identifying names appearing herein prefaced with BZ are tradematks of Bridgeport Machines, Inc., All Rights Reserved. FZ-CAM® and any ‘oiher references to Bridgeport applications software are protected by copyright 1996 ‘of Bridgeport Machines, Inc. All Rights Reserved. KeTABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE Chapter 1 EZ-PATH HARDWARE Ez-Path Hardware ‘Conwol Panel Handwheels von Operator's Panel Computer Hardware Chapter 2 STARTING UP THE EZ-PATH Introduction ... ‘Tuming on the BZ-Path Homing the Axes Moving the Axes Jogging the Axes Reading the CRT 24 2a 24 Chapter 3 EZ-PATH TUTORIAL Introduction Cuting a Part onsen ‘Beginning the Part Setting Tool Offsets ... Roughing the Part ‘Making a Groove Making Threads Chapter 4 CONTROLS and BASIC OPERATION ‘Basic Operation Key Functions ... FLT LIB ston ¥2T OFFS 3 STOPS ABS-TMP INCH-MM DR OVR = SAVE PT RUN enn OPWRFD . 1 TL CHG SaSSESEE