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5226; Allow Continuous Use of Alternate Gripper In Semi-Auto Mode
Pathfinder

Changes made for Pathfinder 5226 controllers.

On some double folding machines there are the standard sheet grippers used for most of the parts and an alternate gripper that is mainly used for parts that have a flange already bent into the material. Since it is gripped with the alternate gripper it is allowed to go into full automatic. There is a bug though in semi-automatic using the pedals though. The problem was that after each step the controller would want the user to open the alt gripper, press the next step pedal to move to the new position and then have you close the alt gripper. If the step after the current step is also an alt gripper it should just move to position.

The fix was to also allow continuous movement when using the alternate gripper in semi-automatic mode. So now there should be no opening and closing for each step when using the alternate gripper.

Model Version Released
5226BB Rev G. 5.00.01 9/21/2023