TURBOCNC v4.01
CNC Machinery
Control Program
© 2005 DAK Engineering. All Rights Reserved
Table of Contents. iii
Part 1 – Quick Start 5
Legal Notice. 5
Upgrade Information. 5
Installation. 2
System Requirements. 2
Program Installation. 3
Getting Started. 3
Contact Information. 5
Support 5
Credits. 5
Part 2 – User’s Guide. 6
Introduction. 6
Menu System.. 6
Quick Keys. 7
Motion Keys: 7
File. 7
Run. 10
Setup. 12
Configure. 20
Tools. 40
Help. 40
Port Monitor 42
Monitor Lockout: 42
Display Monitor: 42
Port to Monitor: 42
Color Scheme: 42
Ignore Contention: 43
Active Mode: 43
Force Full I/O: 44
Control Register Mode: 44
TurboCNC Configuration File. 44
Command Line Options. 47
Part 3 – RS 274 Programming Guide. 48
Introduction. 48
TurboCNC Parser 48
OpCodes. 50
Operands. 50
Conditional Execution. 51
Preparatory Functions (G-Codes) 51
Supported Preparatory Functions. 51
G00 Rapid Positioning. 51
G01 Linear Interpolation. 52
G02 CW circular interpolation (3D) 52
G03 CCW circular interpolation (3D) 54
G04 Dwell 54
G16 Set implicit planes. 55
G17-19 Set current 2D plane. 55
G20 Inch units. 56
G21 Metric units. 56
G28 Home all axes. 56
G31 Probe move. 57
G32 Probe cycle. 57
G33 Single pass threading. 58
G50 Probe hole ID. 59
G53 Change to master coordinates. 59