I feel dumb asking this question, but… What is AVID’s recommended shust down procedure for the ex controller?
This is a snipet from the Centroid’s manual:
F2 – Poweroff: Use this to properly shut down the control. With most controls, this action turns off the control once
the system has prepared itself to be shut down. Just like a desktop computer, the control should be properly
shut down before turning off the power in order to reduce the risk of corrupting data on the hard drive.
Note: This will only turn off the control. The machine itself will still need to be manually turned off.
F9 – Exit CNC12: Use this to exit the CNC control software.
AVID’s screen set is slightly different. There is a “Power off PC” that just shuts down the whole computer (I assume while also properly shutting down the controller) but if I don’t want to shut my PC down yet what is the correct method to shut down just the controller. I was exiting using the F9 (Exit CNC 12) command but apparently that only affects the CNC control software but maybe not the controller itself…? Obviously, the last thing I do is turn off the power to the controller box itself but I don’t want to just flip the power switch if it is akin to yanking the cord out of the wall on a PC…