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English, Version 1.1
BoardMaster 4.0
BoardMaster 4.0
This tutorial does not cover the basic operation of the Windows
interface. Please first refer to your Windows documentation if you are
not familiar with the techniques of handling Windows objects.
I. Orientation
this manual is divided into the following chapters::
1. Safety notes
2. Installation
3. Introduction
4. Description of the Menu bar
5. Description of the Function bar
6. Specific functions
7. Step by Step
BoardMaster 4.0
Table of contents
Serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Circuit board plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tool parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Heads dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Installation
2.0 Installation
2.1 System requirements
The minimum system requirements for an installation of
BoardMaster are:
Pentium Iprocessor 75 MHz or better
32 MByte RAM (recomended 64 MByte
VGA/XGA graphics card (recommended resolution 1024 x 768)
Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000
4x CD ROM drive
BoardMaster requires approximately 3 MB free hard disk space for its
installation.
2.3 Installation
BoardMaster is installed from CD ROM. The CD ROM contains all the
programs and files necessary for the correct operation of BoardMaster.
How to install BoardMaster:
Insert the CD ROM in your CD drive.
Select RUN from the WINDOWS START menu.
Then click to Browse... .
Select the BoardMaster 4.0 installation directory and double click
Setup.exe.
The installation routine for BoardMaster starts running
Note: Clicking on CANCEL allows you to close the dialog box and
cancel the installation.
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Use this dialog box to choose the communication port to which your
circuit board plotter is connected. The default setting is NULL, i.e. no
communication takes place through the serial interface.
NULL
CHANNEL
The serial interface parameters to be set for the various circuit board
plotters are listed in the table below:
Baud rate
Data bits
Stop bits
Parity
Flow Control
LPKF 91, 92
LPKF 101 LC,,LC/VS,
HI-P, Automill
4800
none
Hardware
9600
none
Hardware
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This dialog box is used to define all the plotter-specific parameters and
to save them to the initialization file (*.INI). LPKF supplies circuit board
plotters with two different types of controller:
LPKF 91, LPKF 92, LPKF 101 LC, LC/VS, HI-P, Automill with
MCU controller
LPKF 91s, LPKF 92s, ProtoMat 91s, ProtoMat 91s/VS, 92s*,
93s, 95s*, ProtoMat C20, C30*, C60, C100/HF, M30*, M60 and
X60 with SMCU control
The laser is a third controller type. Use this operating mode if
BoardMaster is being used with an LPKF StencilLaser, Multifunction
laser or Hybrid laser.
BoardMaster is capable of operating all three types of controllers. The
controller type is selected in the CONTROLLER group box and is preset
for the circuit board plotter selected during setup.
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Machine parameter setting for MCU controller (only LPKF 101 LC,
LC/VS, Hi-P, Automill)
All the important parameters for circuit board plotters with MCU
controllers such as the HOME position (data origin) and the size of the
working area are stored in battery-buffered RAM after plotter
initialization. This data must be downloaded from the circuit board plotter
before you start working with BoardMaster:
Click on UNLOCK to allow modifications to machine parameters.
Click on INITIALIZE to download the parameters from the circuit
board plotter.
Notes:
It is only possible to download the data from the circuit board
plotter if the circuit board plotter controller is switched to Select.
Unless the origin of the circuit board plotter and/or the serial
interface used is changed, definition of the connection and reading
the HOME position and the working area is a one-time process, as
this information is stored in the initialization file (*.INI) when you
close BoardMaster.
The parameter values downloaded from the circuit board plotter
are displayed in the ORIGIN, SIZE, HOME and PAUSE text boxes.
The data in the NULL and SIZE text boxes are fixed values which
are plotter-dependent and cannot be edited. The data in the HOME
and PAUSE text boxes may be edited.
Changing the HOME position only causes changes of the display of
the grphic area; it has no effect on the positioning of the data on
the circuit board plotter, as the relevant HOME position for the
circuit board plotter is stored in the controller.
It may be appropriate to modify the Pause position if it is to differ
from the default setting (Xmax/Ymax), eg Xmax/Ymin.
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Machine parameter settings for SMCU control (LPKF 91s, LPKF 92s
and all ProtoMat models):
The machine parameters for your plotter are read during installation from
the initialization disk that was supplied with your circuit board plotter.
This means that all the important data for the machine size and the
location of the HOME Position (data origin on the mirror axis) are already
programmed in the factory. The plotter is ready to use.
All the important information such as the HOME position and the working
area will be sent to the circuit board plotter controller by BoardMaster.
In case the machine specific INI file or the configuration disk get lost it
might be necessary to initilaize the circuit board plotter anew.
Please follow the instructions below if you need to set these parameters
anew or correct them.
Caution: The following instruction starts the circuit board plotter.
Previous parameter sets get lost.
Make sure that no-one can access the working area of the circuit
board plotter.
You should also take account of additional safety instructions in
the circuit board plotter manual.
Click on UNLOCK to allow modifications to machine parameters.
Click on INITIALIZE to start the initialization run.
The plotter head approaches the limit switches for all four travel
directions during the initialization run and sends the values determined
in this way back to BoardMaster. These values are displayed in the
ORIGIN (Xmin/Ymin, always 0/0) and SIZE (Xmax/Ymax) text boxes.
These entries cannot be edited, they can only be reset by initialization.
The values in the PAUSE text box are identical with the values in the
SIZE text box. They can, however, be edited to place the Pause position
at any chosen point.
Note: The values in the HOME (data origin) are set by default to
Xmin and Ymax/2. The HOME values determined in this way are not
the precise values which will ensure that the solder side and
component side will coincide in the production of double-sided
circuit boards. It is necessary to ensure that the HOME position lies
precisely on the mirror axis of the plotter, which is established by
the two alignment pins.
Set up the Home position on the mirror axis of the circuit board
plotter. (You can find information on how to do this in the circuit
board plotter manual.)
Click on SET HOME to set the Home position to the current position
of the circuit board plotter's head.
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TYPE
This text box displays the circuit board plotter type that will
be displayed in the BoardMaster title bar. This data is for
information only and is of no significance for operation.
ROTATION SPEED
The number in this box specifies the maximum speed of the
circuit board plotter spindle.
MOVING SPEED
The number in this box specifies the maximum travel speed
of the circuit board plotter spindle. This has higher priority
than the tool speed (see TOOL PARAMETERS dialog box).
RESOLUTION
The numbers in these two text boxes define the distance
traversed by the circuit board plotter for one step of the
stepper motor in the X or Y direction. These values should
never be changed, as otherwise it is no longer possible to
guarantee proper scaling of the output.
None of these parameters should be changed (except SEND) to avoid
malfunction!
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Libraries:
Samples for a ProtoMat C60:
FR4-60.tol
FR3-60.tol
Alu-60.tol
Film-60.tos
Kapt-60.tol
Plastics.tol
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The various tool libraries define all tool specific parameters depending
on the different plotter and application type. The parameters are
described here to assist you in modifying or inserting additional tools.
NAME The name of the tool is listed in this list box. The name
you choose if generating a new tool must be the same as
used in CircuitCAM in order to enable an automaically tool
assignment if importing the production data from
CircuitCAM. Selecting a tool from this list box allows you to
display and, where necessary, modify its parameters.
DIAMETER
The number in this text box specifies the diameter of the tool.
This information allows the system to display the actual
diameter of the tool in the BoardMaster tool bar and will be
used for the automatic tool assignment as well.
HEAD DOWN TIME
The number in this text box indicates the time interval in
seconds between "Head down" and "Head up" commands
for the drilling tool, between Head down command and
start of milling respectively.
MILL/DRILL
Clicking on one of these two radio buttons defines the tool as
a milling tool or drilling tool.
DESCRIPTION
This text box is provided for an additional description of the
tool. This information is of no significance for the production
process.
LIFE CYCLE
The number in the MAXIMUM text box specifies the
maximum milling distance or the maximum number of
drills for the tool.
The CURRENT text box displays the distance already milled
by the tool or the current number of drills made by the
tool. Clicking on REPLACE starts the tool change procedure
and resets the content of the CURRENT text box to 0 once
the old tool has been replaced.
OPTIMAL SPEED
The number in the SPEED text box specifies the optimum
speed of the drilling spindle. The number in the MILLING
text box defines the optimum feeding for milling tools.
Note: The speed of rotation is only used automatically for the LPKF
ProtoMat circuit board plotters with variable spindle speed. In the
case of all other circuit board plotters with variable motor speed
(e.g. LPKF 101 LC/VS), the optimum speed of rotation must be set
manually on the controller. The optimum speed of rotation to be set
is, however, indicated by BoardMaster on a tool change.
All changes to the tool library could be saved in the tool library file
(*.TOL) for later reuse. The file which is loaded with the start of
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The various tool heads are listed on the left-hand side, and the offsets
assigned to the highlighted head are shown in the right-hand side:
MILLDRILL HEAD: The circuit board plotters head used as a reference
for all further options fitted to the head. Its offset must, therefore, always
be set to X = 0 and Y = 0.
DISPENSER/VACUUM: The distance between the Dispenser/Vacuum
nozzles ( LPKF AutoContac) and the plotter head is defined.
The Special functions for LPKF AutoContac chapter contains a detailed
description of how these offsets are determined.
CAMERA: The distance between an assembled videa camera option
(LPKF CircuitView) and the plotter head is defined in here. These can be
used for precise positioning when reworking prefabricated circuit boards.
The Reworking .... chapter (see Reload... - rework function on
page 36) contains a detailed description of how these offsets are
determined.
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X offset, Y offset:
These values specify the distance between the AutoContac nozzles or
the camera and the mill/drill spindle in the X and Y directions. These
values differ for the various types of cartridge toolholders and are in the
range of 32 to 35 mm for X and 30 to 37 mm for Y.
Once the offsets have been determined, they should only be corrected if
the nozzles or the camera are not positioned exactly centered over the
drillings in the circuit board for dispensing, suction or viewing. An
increase in the value corresponds to a displacement of the nozzles/
camera relative to the mill/drill spindle in the positive X or Y direction.
Important:The maximum size of the working area is smaller for the use
of dispenser or camera than those for drilling and milling by these
amounts. The restricted grapfic area will be indicated by a white frame if
a dispensing tool or suction tool is selected.
You can use this white frame to correctly place a project with dispensing
and vacuum phases correctly on the printed board. Do this by selecting
a dispensing and suction tool in the TOOL combo box (tool bar top left).
The white frame will then be visible.
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All production phases defined by default are listed in the list box.
Selecting a production phase allows you to display and, when
necessary, modify its parameters.
Two settings are required for each production phase:
The color to be used to display the data assigned to this
production phase. This setting is used to distinguish the various
production phases in the graphic area.
Definition of a production phase as "Standard" or "Reversed
side". Check the REVERSED SIDE check box for all production
phases that act on the solder side of the circuit board. All other
production phases for which the REVERSED SIDE check box is
disabled are thus defined as acting on the component side.
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This sub menu offers two options for the definition of board size:
Manual input in the SIZE dialog box
Determine the size by allowing the circuit board plotter to travel
Manual input in the SIZE dialog box
Open the CONFIGURATION MATERIAL sub menu and select SIZE...
to open the following dialog box:
fig. 13 :
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arrow keys.
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Make sure that the controller (standard controller) of the circuit board
plotter series LPKF 91, 92 and LPKF101* is switched to Select when
you are setting the two coordinates.
Make sure that you follow the specified sequence in setting the
coordinates (first X/Y low corner , then X/Y high corner).
Take the fixing tape and the size of the working depth limiter into
consideration when specifying the material size.
Any material size already defined will be deleted when you open a new
job.
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NEW
OPEN
SAVE
fig. 16 :
LMD OR LPR...
Select this item to import LMD files (CircuitCAM
production data) or LPR files (BoardMaster HP-GL
projects) into BoardMaster. Also LMD files from
BoardMaster 3.x can be imported, but the tool
assignment has to be done again, because the tool
names are different in this version.
HP-GL INTOSelect
NEW LPR...
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The data is automatically placed in the centre of the circuit board plotter
work area or the predefined base material respectively when LMD files
are imported. Furthermore, the production phases and tools required are
automatically assigned to the data. If BoardMaster is unable to assign
one or more tools, the following message box will appear:
fig. 17 :
You will then have to assign the tools manually in the tool assignment
dialog box, add needed tool to the tool library or load the proper tool
library before importing the data again.
All the tools required will be listed in the CircuitCAM report window after
the data is exported.
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The production data is generally imported using the import function from
the file menu. These projects can, however, also be added (LMD file
from CircuitCAM) or generated (HP-GL files) at this point.
Every LMD file created during export in CircuitCAM contain the
production data for the whole PCB to be produced. The imported LMD
files are listed in the project list box. In the Phase File/Layer list box
every CircuitCAM layer with its production phase (Phase) is listed. Each
of the items contain 1 or more tool information (Pen) with the assigned
tool from the BoardMaster tool library (Tool).
In case the tool assignment could not be done automatically (see
message box above) it needs to be done in here:
Select the layer from the listing which misses the assignment.
Open the Pen list box and check that each pen has a tool assigned.
If not, choose from the Tool list box the to be assigned tool.
Repeat this till all tools have been assigned correctly.
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PEN/TOOLSelect from the PEN list box the pen from the HPGL file to which the tool selected in the TOOL list
box is to be assigned.
Y=>-Y
To open a project saved as an LPR file when you start the BoardMaster
program, you should select LMD OR LPR... line of the IMPORT sub
menu of the FILE menu.
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Or:
Click on ADD PROJECT... to add a project.
This project may be an LMD file generated by CircuitCAM or an LPR
file (HP- GL project file) generated in BoardMaster.
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Example:
A blunt drill bit has been used for drilling. For that reason the drills were
not all the way through the board or the tool got broken. Only those
drillings will be done again with this tool if the other tools of the list are
disabled.
In addition you can choose if the smallest tool of the list (recommended
for fine line milling) followed by the next bigger one or the current tool
(for drilling, to reduce unnecessary tool changes) should be used first.
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Distance
Angle
If the check box Check for broken tools is enabled and you leave the
dialog box with OK the additional drillings will be displayed in the graphic
area as small squares. The Check Drill function is marked in the edit
menu.
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The main task for the rework function is to align the data to be executed
with the PCB to be reworked. Therefore 2 characteristic items (reference
points) of the data will be assigned to the 2 correspondig items on the
board placed on the plotter. How to select graphical items of a project
please refer to open the Edit menu and select Reload ... to open the
following floating dialog box:
fig. 25 : Reload material
Procedure:
Fix the circuit board to be machined on the plotter.
Import the LMD file with data matching to the circuit board
If not yet been done open the Reload... dialog box with the radio
buttom 1.Point enabled. Select the first reference point in
BoardMaster (pad center point, drilling center point, corner point).
CENTRE or CORNER buttons to move the
Use the
highlight to the desired position. The centre point of the soldering
pad ot a drilling is best. This is indicated on the screen by a cross.
Move the mill/drill spindle with an inserted tool or the cameras cursor
target (LPKF CircuitView option) to the corresponding position of the
board. Therefore use the
the tool bar.
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Enabling the check box Stretch will stretch or shrink the data
according to the real dimension of the board.
Note: The rotation or shifting eventually happend to the data is not
displayed on the graphic area.
After finishing rework completely, disable the Enable check box to
avoid mis-alignment of the data for later non-rework-jobs and close
the dialog box by clicking on OK.
ZOOM AREA
ZOOM IN 1.5x
MATERIAL
ALL PROJECTS Select this function to display all the placed projects
as large as possible in the grapfic area.
PREVIOUS
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TRUE WIDTH
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-1-Selected Tool
This list box shows the tool being used for the current
production phase. Open the list box and select a different tool
for manual tool change. The plotter willmove to the toolchange
position.
-2-Milling speed/drilling time
The value displayed here indicates the milling speed or the
drilling time defined in the tool library for the tool displayed.
You can increase or reduce this value by clicking on the arrow
buttons to the right of the field or type a specific value.
-3-Speed of rotation
The value displayed here indicates the speed of rotation
defined in the tool library for the tool displayed.
You can increase or reduce this value by clicking on the arrow
buttons to the right of the field or type a specific value.
For plotters with variable spindle seed only.
-4-Current production phase
This list box displays the current production phase. Open the
list box the change the production phase in order to machine
the requested data.
-5-Step width for manual control
This text box defines the step width by which the plotter head is
moved on a click of one of the four arrow keys. You may
highlight the text box and increase or reduce the value in fixed
increments using the + or - key or type a specific value.
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-6-Vector index
Specify the vector index in this text box. An index is
incremented for every line section, arc or drilling. Here you may
specify, for instance, from which vector index machining should
be started or the range of vectors to be done.
Move project
Click this button to move a project around the board material.
Place the mouse pointer over the project to be moved, click the
left mouse button and drag the project to the desired position
holding the mouse button down. The project is displayed as a
light area while it is being moved.
Duplicate project
Click this button to duplicate a project and to place the copy
on the board material.
Place the mouse pointer over the project to be duplicated, click
the left mouse button and drag the copy of the project to the
desired position holding themouse button down.
The copy of the project is displayed as a light area while it is
being duplicated.
You must click the appropriate button again each time you wish to move
or duplicate a project.
Press the <ESC> key to cancel a function.
Click the right mouse button on a project to open the PLACEMENT
dialog box and display the parameters for this project.
You can, for instance correct the reference point values in this dialog box
to place the projects on the same X or Y coordinate (in register). This
may be useful if you wish to use a guillotine or saw for later dividing up a
multiple use board.
You may also use the PLACEMENT dialog box to rotate a project - after
placement with the mouse - by changing the ROTATE parameter.
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Manual control
The plotter head can be moved in the +X, +Y, -X and -Y
directions using the arrow keys. Pressing one of the arrow keys
once moves the head in the direction selected by the amount
specified in the STEP WIDTH FOR MANUAL CONTROL field
in the tool bar (see Variable parameters on page 41).
The arrow keys specify the direction in the coordinates system.
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Milling/drilling mode
You may use this button to toggle the controller mode between
milling and drilling.
The appropriate button will be displayed according to the
status.
The speed of the milling tool or the drilling time of the
drilling tool will then be observed, depending on the mode
activated.
A milling file will not be processed in drilling mode and,
inversely, a drilling file will not be processed in milling mode.
The mode will be set automatically with every tool change.
Automotor on/off
You may use this button to enable or disable automatic control
for switching the motor on and off. ,
The appropriate button will be displayed according to the
status.
When the Automotor function is enabled the milling/drilling
motor will be switched on at the start of a production phase and
switched off again when the phase is completed. The same is
true for tool change on circuit board plotters with manual tool
change.
This function has a higher priority than the Motor on/off and
Raise/lower plotter head functions. These two functions are
disabled if Automotor is enabled.
In case the Automotor On/Off button is disabled the plotter will
start the production phase without switching on the spindle and
lowering the head. This is for test run only.
Choose the production phase to be processed next. Make sure that the
production phase you select has also been assigned to an HP-GL file or
the LMD file. An incorrect selection will either cause the incorrect files to
be processed, or cause no data at all to be sent.
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1. Drilling
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Assign the tools to the tool positions 1 to 30 (7 for the LPKF 101 Automill
) by selecting the tool required for the production phase in the
appropriate list box.
The WANTED FOR THE CURRENT PHASE list box lists the tools
required for the production phase currently selected. This helps to
ensure that all needed tools have been assigne to a tool position.
The current life cycle of the assigned tools is given under Current. The
maximum life cycle of the tools is shown under Maximum.
The New check box needs to be checked if a used to in the toolmagazin
has been replaced by a new one. This will set the Current life cycle back
to 0.
These tool position setting will be saved in the BoardMaster directory
under *.tls when quiting BoardMaster. The list willbe automatically
loaded when starting Boardmaster anew.
This dialog box will be opened automatically at the start of the
production phase if a required tool has not been assigned to a tool
position. You will only be able to continue once all tools have been
assigned to a position.
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Cancel selection
Click on this button to cancel the current data selection.
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Click on this button to send the selected data of the current
production phase to the circuit board plotter through the
serial interface.
Stop
Click on this button to terminate data transmission to the
circuit board plotter once started.
CAUTION:The circuit board plotter will NOT stop IMMEDIATELY
after you click on the Stop button, but will first process the data
remaining in the buffer memory.
Clicking the Stop button only interrupts data transmission to the
circuit board plotter.
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Special functions
The names for the tools are built up as follows: The abbreviation D for
dispenser is followed by the colour of the metering needle, then by the
associated drilling diameter in mm.
For a 0.8 mm diameter drilling, you must use the D GREEN
CARTRIDGE 0.8 MM, i.e. a green nozzle. When importing the LMD file
BoardMaster will automatically assigne the proper nozzle. It is clear from
the list of tools, that the same needle can be used for a number of
different drilling diameters. The difference between these tools lies in the
different settings for the wait times. See the Wait times in dispensing
section for an explanation of the meaning of these times.
The user is able to define his own tools (eg for solder paste dispensing)
or to modify the settings for the existing tools, thus having a direct
influence on their function.
Press SAVE to save all dispense parameters to the current
dispenser library file (*.DIS).
To load other dispenser libraries press LOAD .
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Vacuum tools
The Vacuum Tool Edit dialog box contains a list of the vacuum tools
available. These tools are similar nozzels as those for dispensing. They
will be used with empty cartridges to suck off residual conductive paste
using LPKF AutoContac
Select Vacuum from the CONFIGURATION - TOOL LIBRARY menu to
open the following dialog box:
fig. 33 : VACUUM TOOL EDIT
The names of the suction tools are composed of the letter V followed by
the colour of the metering needle used and finally the associated drilling
diameter.
Press SAVE to save all vacuum parameters to the current vacuum
library file (*.VAC).
To load other vacuum libraries press LOAD .
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thread as the nozzle is raised. The AU wait time after the command to
raise the head waits for these threads to break and prevents the tool
head moving immediately; this prevents the paste thread being laid
across the isolation track. AU can be set to shorter times for small
needle diameters than for large diameters.
The graph below illustrates the function of the wait times in the dispense
operation:
fig. 34 : Wait times in dispense
The graph above plots the position of the tool head, the changes in
pressure in the cartridge and the exit speed of the paste against process
time.
The gradient of the pressure pulse transitions is determined by the buffer
effect of the air volume in the hose and the cartridge. The term min
instead of 0 is intended to indicate that a weak vacuum is also present in
the nozzle during the dispense procedure to prevent dripping. The
vacuum is applied to the cartridge once the solenoid valve is closed.
Wait times for vacuum
All the wait times necessary for the control of the suction operation are
entered in ms iunder WAITING TIMES in the VACUUM TOOL EDIT
dialog box.
Before Down (BD):
This has the same meaning as during the dispense procedure.
Vacuum (V):
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The time V between the commands for lowering and raising the tool
head has an indirect influence on the contact time of the suction nozzle.
A time of around 180 ms for the head to lower needs to be subtracted.
After Up (AU):
The AU wait time gives the paste sucked up time to pass through the
needle into the cartridge. This ensures that the needle is free again
before the next suction operation. AU can be set to a fixed value of 500
ms.
The graph below illustrates the function of the wait times in the suction
operation:
fig. 35 : Times for the suction
The graph above plots the position of the tool head, the negative
pressure in the cartridge and the flow rate of the paste in the drill hole
against process time.
The vacuum level is fixed on the metering device. The maximum
negative pressure is established in the cartridge when the nozzle is
closed. The negative pressure in the cartridge falls to a greater or lesser
degree, however, as air is sucked through the nozzle depending on the
magnitude of the volume flow. The minimum negative pressure is
established once the needle is completely free. This situation exists
when the head is up.
When the suction nozzle is placed on the paste-filled drill hole, the
negative pressure in the cartridge rises to the preset maximum negative
pressure. This sucks the paste upwards through the drill hole into the
nozzle. The negative pressure falls again when the drill hole is finally
opened and air is sucked through it. The air flow in the drill hole forces
the paste further up the hole side wall until the head lifts and the air flow
through the drill hole is halted.
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Special functions
Here you can manually check the alignment positions preset by LPKF
for automatic tool change. The user does not normally need to make any
changes here. The numerical values entered indicate a sample
configuration.
MAIN CLAMP AT EXCHANGE POS.
indicates the position of the plotter head over the exchange
station.
AUXILLARY CLAMP AT EXCHANGE POS.
indicates the position of the auxillary clamp over the exchange
station.
AUXILLARY CLAMP AT FIRST TOOL POS.
indicates the position of the auxillary clamp over the first
tool in the tool magazine.
AUXILLARY CLAMP AT LAST TOOL POS.
indicates the position of the auxillary clamp over the last tool.
Pressing the Read button will reset the coordinates to the coordinates of
the current plotter head position. Doublecheck the ploter head position
before clicking to Read. Clicking on MOVE then verifies this change.
These positions, and also HOME and SIZE, are preset in the factory (file
BM-95PS2.INI).
CAUTION:Note that it is possible to overwrite the current positions
and thus there is a hazard to the user and damage to the machine is
possible.
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DELAY
indicates the wait time between the various commands.
HEAD SHIFT IN X DIRECTION
indicates the plotter head travel in the X direction during a tool
change.
The status of the three combo boxes, MAIN CLAMP (of the plotter
head), EXCHANGE CLAMP and TOOLBOX must correspond to the
status when the TOOL MAGAZINE box is opened, otherwise it is not
possible to quit the TOOL MAGAZINE box. These buttons can be used
tosimulate an automatically tool change procedure.
Note:The plotter must be switched on and connected before you
can quit the TOOL MAGAZINE box.
Any changes or actions within this dialog box needs to be enable
by clicking on SERVICE and entering the a.m.password for safety
reasons.
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Note here that a file has already been written for the data to be created;
the coordinates will then be exported into this file in sequence. Do this by
clicking on the Append file button. A new window in which you can
assign a name to the file will open. You may use any extension for the
file.
Once you have entered the name, you will be returned to the TEACH
IN dialog box. You must check the RECORD MOVEMENT option
before you can begin importing data.
The file to be created is an HPGL file which means that it will be
written in the structure appropriate for an HPGL file. You should thus
first click the Pen (SP) button to define a pen.
Now move the head to the drill hole position to be imported using the
movement buttons and click on the Drill (PD;PU) button.
Once you have imported all the drilling data required, you should
close the TEACH IN dialog box by clicking the EXIT button. The
coordinates recorded will now be saved in the HPGL file previously
created.
If you now wish to produce a board using this newly entered data
with BoardMaster and the machine, you must open the EDIT
PROJECT dialog box. It is best first to create a new project by
clicking on NEW PROJECT. You may then insert the associated
HPGL file using ADD....
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Step by Step
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Step by Step
using the
Save job
Save the job following placement of all projects by selecting the
SAVE AS line from the FILE menu.
Select first production phase
Select the production phase DrillingPlated to be processed from the
PRODUCTION PHASE list box in the tool bar.
Enable Automotor
Enable the Automotor function by clicking on
Select data
Select the data to be sent to the circuit board plotter using the
selection buttons in the tool bar:
Click on
in the tool bar to send the selected data for the
current production phase to the circuit board plotter via the serial
interface.
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Step by Step
Click on
in the tool bar to send the selected data for the
current production phase to the circuit board plotter via the serial
interface. The tool change will be controlled by BoardMaster. Follow
the instruction.
Turn the base material
After finishing the drilling and milling of the bottom side of the PCB,
move the plooter head to pause position (GO TO - PAUSE) and turn
the base material by X axis.
Select third production phase
After finishing tiurning the material, select the production phase
MillingTop to be processed from the PRODUCTION PHASE list box
in the tool bar.
Select data
Select the data to be sent to the circuit board plotter using the
selection buttons in the tool bar:
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Click on
in the tool bar to send the selected data for the
current production phase to the circuit board plotter via the serial
interface. The tool change will be controlled by BoardMaster. Follow
the instruction.
Select fourth production phase
After finishing the milling of the top side, select the production phase
CuttingOutside to be processed from the PRODUCTION PHASE
list box in the tool bar.
Select data
Select the data to be sent to the circuit board plotter using the
selection buttons in the tool bar:
Click on
in the tool bar to send the selected data for the
current production phase to the circuit board plotter via the serial
interface. The tool change will be controlled by BoardMaster. Follow
the instruction.
The double sided board has been finished. If you need to process data
of other production phases (dispense, milling inner layers of a multi layer
baord etc.) follow the a.m. instructions in the same way.
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Index
8.0 Index
A
ADD FILES ......................................................................................................................32
automatic tool change ...............................................................................................46
Automill ..............................................................................................................................18
Automotor on/off ...........................................................................................................44
AUXILLARY CLAMP ..................................................................................................58
B
board material ................................................................................................................14
BOTH SIDES .................................................................................................................39
Broken drills ....................................................................................................................36
C
CAMERA/ .........................................................................................................................23
Cancel selection ...........................................................................................................48
Caution ................................................................................................................................4
Check Drill .......................................................................................................................36
circuit board data ..........................................................................................................14
CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................17
CONTROL PANEL ......................................................................................................16
Conventions ......................................................................................................................4
D
Danger .................................................................................................................................4
data loss ............................................................................................................................12
DESCRIPTION ..............................................................................................................22
DISPENSER ...................................................................................................................23
DISPENSER TOOL EDIT ........................................................................................50
dispensing ........................................................................................................................52
DispoMat ..........................................................................................................................55
DRILLING TIME ............................................................................................................22
DRILLING/MILLING HEAD ...............................................................................21, 50
E
Enable Automotor ............................................................................................63, 64, 65
F
FILE menu .......................................................................................................................29
Folders ...............................................................................................................................10
G
GO TO menu ..................................................................................................................28
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H
HEAD ................................................................................................................................. 23
HOME ................................................................................................................................ 28
HP-GL ................................................................................................................................ 29
Hybrid laser .................................................................................................................... 17
I
INSERT ............................................................................................................................. 26
interface ............................................................................................................................ 15
L
Libraries ............................................................................................................................ 21
LMD OR LPR ................................................................................................................. 29
M
MACHINE ........................................................................................................................ 38
MAIN CLAMP ................................................................................................................ 58
Manual control .............................................................................................................. 43
material size ............................................................................................................. 13, 26
MCU controller .............................................................................................................. 18
Menu bar .......................................................................................................................... 13
MILL/DRILL .................................................................................................................... 22
Milling/drilling mode .................................................................................................... 44
Milling/drilling motor on/off ...................................................................................... 43
monitor ................................................................................................................................ 8
Move project .................................................................................................................. 42
Movement using the mouse .................................................................................. 43
MOVING SPEED ......................................................................................................... 20
Multifunction laser ....................................................................................................... 17
N
Note ...................................................................................................................................... 4
NULL .................................................................................................................................. 16
O
OPTIMUM SPEED ...................................................................................................... 22
Orientation ......................................................................................................................... 4
ORIGIN ............................................................................................................................. 33
P
PARAMETER ................................................................................................................ 17
PAUSE .............................................................................................................................. 28
PLACEMENT ................................................................................................................. 33
plotter head position .................................................................................................. 41
pointer position ............................................................................................................. 14
PREVIOUS ..................................................................................................................... 38
processor ........................................................................................................................... 8
Production phases ...................................................................................................... 25
R
Raise/lower plotter head .......................................................................................... 43
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Index
RESOLUTION ...............................................................................................................20
REVERSED SIDE .......................................................................................................25
ROTATION SPEED .....................................................................................................20
S
Safety notes ......................................................................................................................7
Save job ............................................................................................................................63
Scroll bars ........................................................................................................................14
Select all data ................................................................................................................48
SEND ..................................................................................................................................20
SET HOME ......................................................................................................................19
SETTINGS .......................................................................................................................16
SIZE dialog box .............................................................................................................26
SMCU control .................................................................................................................19
Start .....................................................................................................................................11
Status bar .........................................................................................................................14
symbols ...............................................................................................................................4
System requirements ...................................................................................................8
T
Teach In .............................................................................................................................59
Title bar ..............................................................................................................................13
TOOL CHANGE POSITION ...................................................................................28
TOOL HOLDERS .........................................................................................................20
TOOL LIBRARY ................................................................................................21, 50, 51
Toolbar ...............................................................................................................................13
TYPE ..................................................................................................................................20
U
UNIT ....................................................................................................................................20
V
VACUUM ..........................................................................................................................23
Vector index ....................................................................................................................42
W
working area ...................................................................................................................14
X
X offset ...............................................................................................................................24
XON/XOFF ......................................................................................................................16
Y
Y offset ...............................................................................................................................24
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