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2023.1 HxGN NC Server with NC Gage

Machine Menu

A menu is available at the top of the Machines area of the screen. You can access this menu by clicking on the vertical three vertical dots to the right of the Machines title in this area of the main screen.

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Click the three vertical dots to show these options:

Option

Description

Sort By

This option allows you to select the order of the cards in the display.

When you click this option, three sort options are available:

  • Sort by Name

  • Sort by ID

  • Sort by Creation Date

The software displays a small arrow next to the selected criteria and points up for ascending order or down for descending order. Click the arrow to change between ascending and descending sort order.

Offline Manager

This option allows you to import or export data from a pop-out menu for use with NC Server Offline Manager on a different computer.

Import

This option opens an Open dialog box. You can use the dialog box to navigate to and select a file to import server data into NC Server.

Export

This option opens an Machine Selection dialog box. Select a machine from the list and click the OK button to open an NC Server dialog box. You can use the dialog box to save a backup of your machine's data.

The name of the backup file starts with the name of the selected machine followed by a date and time stamp and ends with a .backup extension. NC Server stores the backup file in the "C:\ProgramData\Hexagon\NC Server" folder.

New

This option opens the Machine Definition dialog box that you can use to create a new machine and its machine card.

Clone

This option creates a copy of the selected machine and opens the Machine Definition dialog box that you can use to edit the copy.

Edit

This option opens the Machine Definition dialog box that you can use to edit the selected machine.

Delete

This option deletes the selected machine and its associated machine card.

Generate

This option allows you to generate and upload the macros for the selected machine.

Upload

This option allows you to upload the CNC measurement routine file to the selected machine.

To use this function:

  1. Select the Machine Card for the machine.

  2. Click the Upload button.

  3. Navigate to and select the file to upload.

  4. Click OK.

NC Server informs you if the upload was successful or not.

Report Folder

This option opens the folder that contains the reports for the selected machine.

Run Journal

This option opens the Run Journal dialog box for measurement data that the selected machine collects.

You can click the Run Journal button to recall a previously executed journal file from the Execute Journal File dialog box. You can then review the results in PC-DMIS or perform further analysis on it.

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Execute Journal File dialog box

To run a journal which was previously analyzed:

  1. Select the machine on which the data was collected.

  2. Click Run Journal to access the Execute Journal File dialog box.

  3. From the Programs list, select the measurement routine.

  4. From the Journal Files list, select the journal file to re-execute.

  5. Select the Delete journal file after execution check box to delete the selected journal file after it executes.

  6. Select the Update Control check box to update the information on the controller after the selected journal file executes.

  7. Click the Execute button.

NC Server formats the journal file names as <Machine Name><Machine ID><Date><Time>, where:

<Date> is yyyymmdd and

<Time> is hhmmss

In this way, you can use the file name to locate a specific journal file.

Note

If you originally used a program or journal file to update information on the machine (for example, work offset, tool offset, or write variable), then replaying a journal file does NOT update this information again.

If you need to use the journal file to update the information on the control again, you must select the Update Control check box in the bottom-left of the Execute Journal File dialog box.

Head

This option opens the rotary head builder tool and is only enabled when your machine has at least one wrist-type axis defined.

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