Job management

The primary task of the Job Manager is to manage jobs. A job is defined as a unit with the following attributes:

• CNC program to be started. It is identified by the CNC program filename.
• Start mode of the CNC program,
• optional parameters/values for transfer to the commanded program,
• a “Job D” and “Source ID” defined by the user.

When the Job Manager is enabled, each channel has a job queue containing jobs waiting to be started. When the channel is free – i.e. no program is running in the channel decoder – the next job in the queue is executed without user confirmation. The start sequence corresponds to the sequence in which the jobs were stored. The program described in the job is loaded and started in the same way as the previously known program start (see MCM automatic state indicator); in addition, optional start modes and parameters are transferred to the program. The job ID helps to keep the job identifiable and traceable for the Job Manager and the user throughout the entire runtime.