TigerStop TigerLink 6 Downloading Software User Manual

: June 10, 2024
: TigerStop

TigerStop TigerLink 6 Downloading Software User Manual

SAFETY FIRST!

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL WARNINGS BEFORE OPERATING THIS PRODUCT.

GENERAL WARNING

WARNING: Installation of your TigerStop® Product must be done by a person trained in the safe design and installation of automation products, and in the safe operation of power equipment. Ensure that such installation meets all legally required safety requirements and guidelines, and that proper guarding and safety devices are provided on all sides of the equipment to preclude unintended access during operation. Consult with and follow the recommendations of a qualified safety engineer.

WARNING: TigerStop® Products are components intended for use in conjunction with potentially dangerous machinery. The use of TigerStop® Products does not make other machinery safe. TigerStop® Products are not intended to substitute, in any manner, for safe operating practices in general, or for safety features present in other machines designed to make those machines as safe as possible. TIGERSTOP® PRODUCTS, IF USED OR INSTALLED IMPROPERLY, MAY CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH AND SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED BY PERSONS TRAINED IN THEIR SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURES. Illustrations of TigerStop® Products in use do not show, and are not intended to show, all safety features and practices necessary for their safe operation.

INSTALLATION WARNINGS

WARNING: TigerStop® Products must be installed in accordance with all local, state, and federal regulations. Only personnel properly trained in the safe design and installation of automation machinery and related power equipment should install TigerStop® Products onto other equipment, to ensure a safe and proper work station. TigerStop® Products should not be operated without proper training, both in the operation of TigerStop® Products, and in the operation of related equipment.

IMPORTANT CAUTION:
The motor box (compartment) contains DC voltage with potentially FATAL amperage. NEVER attempt any unauthorized actions inside the motor box.

INTERCONNECTS

WARNING: Using a TigerStop® interconnect does not relieve you of the responsibility for making sure that your saw or other tool has all the necessary safety equipment in place. All installations must meet all legally required safety requirements and guidelines. Installation and training should be done following the recommendations of a qualified safety engineer

OPERATION

DANGER: This machine can start, move and stop automatically. Keep hands and loose clothing clear of moving parts while operating. Moving parts can crush and cut. When used with a saw or other cutting equipment, bodily injury and death may result if operated without safety guards on all machines. Do not operate with guards removed. Operators must wear adequate eye and ear protection.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL WARNINGS BEFORE OPERATING THIS PRODUCT.

DANGER! Don’t get pinched by the push feeder. Keep your hands away when in motion!

**** Keep the work area clean and well lighted to avoid accidental injury

**** Do not use TigerStop® machines in a dangerous environment. Using power tools in damp or wet locations or in rain can cause shock or electrocution.

**** Do not operate near flammable liquids or in gaseous or explosive atmospheres!

Wear proper apparel, no loose clothes, long hair or jewelry which could get pulled into moving machinery or materials. Wear non slip footwear, safety glasses, ear protection and a dust mask.

**** Use only 3-wire extension cords that have 3-prong grounding type plugs and 3-pole receptacles that accept the tools plug for 120VAC. Use only 5-wire cords and plugs when using 3 phase.

Do not open motor compartment or controller keypad. DC Voltage with potentially FATAL amperage! Disconnect power before servicing. No user- serviceable parts inside.

DO NOT operate this or any machine under the influence of drugs or alcohol! No one should operate this machine except for fully qualified personnel. READ THE MANUAL!

Installation

Installation Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows 7 or newer
CPU: 300 MHz or faster
RAM: 128 MB or greater
Storage: 1.5 MB of available space
TigerStop® Standard Controller/Amp Software: Version 5 or newer
NET Framework: 4.6

TigerLink 6 End User License Agreement

Software License Agreement for TigerLink 6.x
IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: BY INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (AS DEFINED BELOW), COPYING THE SOFTWARE AND/OR CLICKING ON THE ‘ACCEPT’ BUTTON BELOW, YOU (EITHER ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR ON BEHALF OF AN ENTITY AS ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE) AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (‘AGREEMENT’) REGARDING YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, CLICK ON THE ‘NO’ BUTTON. THIS WILL CANCEL THE INSTALLATION.

GRANT OF LICENSE: Subject to the terms below, TigerStop LLC hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and to use TigerLink V6.0 (‘Software’). Under this license, you may: (i) install and use the Software on a single computer for your personal, internal use (ii) copy the Software for back-up or archival purposes. (iii) You may not distribute the software to others without first obtaining the required licenses, where applicable.
Whether you are licensing the Software as an individual or on behalf of an entity, you may not: (i) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software or attempt to discover the source code; (ii) modify, or create derivative works based upon, the Software in whole or in part without the express written consent of TigerStop LLC; (iii) distribute copies of the Software; (iv) remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Software; (v) resell, lease, rent, transfer, sublicense, or otherwise transfer rights to the Software.
TITLE: You acknowledge that no title to the intellectual property in the Software is transferred to you. Title, ownership, rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software shall remain that of TigerStop LLC. The Software is protected by copyright and patent laws of the United States and international treaties.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:
YOU AGREE THAT TigerStop LLC HAS MADE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES, ORAL OR WRITTEN, TO YOU REGARDING THE PRODUCTS AND THAT THE PRODUCTS ARE BEING PROVIDED TO YOU ‘AS IS’ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TigerStop LLC DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. YOUR RIGHTS MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE STATE IN WHICH YOU LIVE. TigerStop LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, COVER, RELIANCE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: You use this program solely at your own risk.
IN NO EVENT SHALL TigerStop LLC BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LOSS, OR OTHER INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF TigerStop LLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL TigerStop LLC BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, EXCEED THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE. THIS LIMITATION SHALL APPLY TO CLAIMS OF PERSONAL INJURY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
TERMINATION: This Agreement shall terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the limitations described in this Agreement. No notice shall be required to effectuate such termination. Upon termination, you must remove and destroy all copies of the Software.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Severability.
In the event of invalidity of any provision of this Agreement, the parties agree that such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Agreement.
Export
You agree that you will not export or re-export the Software outside of the jurisdiction in which you obtained it without the appropriate United States or foreign government licenses.
Governing Law
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington as they are applied to agreements between Washington residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Washington. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically disclaimed.
Entire Agreement
You agree that this is the entire agreement between you and TigerStop LLC, which supersedes any prior agreement, whether written, or oral, and all other communications between TigerStop LLC and you relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. Reservation of rights. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by TigerStop LLC.

Download & Install

TigerLink 6 is distributed as a digital download.

Download TigerLink 6: https://www.tigerstop.com/service-center/#downloads
Unzip the TigerLink 6 installation file (TigerLink6.msi).
Run TigerLink 6.msi.
Read the TigerLink 6 End User License Agreement. Click the check box to accept the terms and press “Install”.
Installation my take several minutes.
Press “Finish” to complete the installation.

After installation, TigerLink 6 searches for any connected TigerStop products. A notification displays in the system tray when the search complete

Power on all TigerStop products for a successful search.

User Interface

Access the UI

Right click the TigerLink 6 icon in the system tray.
Click ‘Open’.

UI Overview

Customize downloadable part lists in the TigerLink 6 user interface.

Devices

The ‘Devices’ drop down shows the serial number of every TigerStop product to which TigerLink 6 is connected. If a TigerStop serial number does not appear in this list, press ‘Find All’ to perform the search again.

Auto Connect

The ‘Auto Connect’ check box toggles the auto connect feature. When checked, TigerLink 6 reconnects to TigerStop products when it opens. Otherwise, press ‘Find All’ to search and connect to TigerStop products.

Profiles

The ‘Profiles’ list contains programs from which part lists can be taken. Check the box next to a program to activate the profile for downloading. If you don’t see a compatible program on this list, please contact TigerStop Customer Service.

CSV Output Only

‘CSV Output Only’ makes TigerLink 6 output .csv files instead of .Tiger files.

TigerStop products cannot download .csv files. See p. 11 for more information about .Tiger files.

Exclude Previously Processed Lists

The ‘Exclude Previously Processed Lists’ setting prevents processing a list more than once

Language

The ‘Language’ drop down changes the program language. TigerLink 6 displays in English, French, and Spanish

Profile Editing

Access the Link Editor to edit a profile’s settings.
Profile Editing

Access the user interface
Right click a profile in the profile list.
Choose ‘Edit’ to open the Link Editor

Link Editor

Style

The ‘Style’ option selects the list type.

Push – Processes the list by pushing material into the tool.
Pull – Processes the list by pulling material from the tool.
Setpoint – Process the list as a stop.
Pattern – Processes the list as a pattern style.

****For more information on lists types, see the TigerStop Users Guide:https://www.tigerstop.com/service-center/#downloads

Sort

‘Sort On Columns’ controls how TigerLink 6 sorts part list files. TigerLink 6 can separate part lists into smaller files based on the sort columns.
For example, if a part list file has multiple material types,TigerLink 6 can separate the part list into smaller files by material type.

Optimized & Send File Name

The ‘Optimized’ check box tells TigerStop to run the optimizer, which requires the Dynamic Optimization upgrade. The optimizer scans a part list and determines the best order to process the parts in the list for maximum yield.

The ‘Send File Name’ check box makes the file name viewable on the TigerStop® Standard Controller screen, at the time of download.

Label Designer

The TigerLink 6 label designer creates a custom 2” label for each part processed.

**** The TigerStop printing upgrade is required for label printing.

Press ‘Add’ to add a text line.
Right-click the ‘Right Click to Edit’ text.
Choose ‘Edit’ from the list.
Click into the ‘Header’ text box and enter a description of the data.
From the ‘Column’ drop down, choose the column that contains the data in the part list file.
Choose the font size using the ‘Font’ drop down.
Press ‘Apply’ to save changes to the label.

Repeat steps 1-7 for additional text lines.

The white label graphic is a visual representation of how a printed label will look. Click and drag text lines to re-arrange, as desired.

****The label’s maximum number of text lines is 5. The printer automatically shortens any label data longer than 32 characters.
Print Label

Part Lists

During installation, TigerLink 6 creates a ‘TigerLink’ folder on the desktop. Inside, there’s a separate folder for every TigerStop product’s serial number that is connected and a folder named ‘Global’.

Serial Number Folder – These folders are named with the serial number of the corresponding TigerStop product. Part lists in these folders are downloadable by the corresponding TigerStop product only

Global Folder – Part lists in the Global folder are downloadable by any connected TigerStop product.

Making Files Available for Download

Open the ‘TigerLink’ folder.
Open the folder of the TigerStop product to receive the download.
Drag and drop the part list file into the TigerStop product folder.

TigerLink 6 attempts to match the part list file with an active profile. If TigerLink 6 finds multiple possible profiles, select the proper profile in the prompt.
Making Files Available for Download

Next, TigerLink 6 separates the part list file into smaller files with the extension ‘.Tiger’, based on the ‘Sort On Columns’ from the Link Editor.
Making Files Available for Download

In this example, TigerLink 6 separates the .csv part list file named ‘Basic’ into two .Tiger files

List Requirements

For conversion to .tiger files, TigerLink 6 imposes the following conditions on input lists.

Input files must contain only simple text.
Text is delimited into columns with a specified character (e.g. comma or semicolon).
Each line (excluding headers) contains the same number of columns in the same order.
The file must contain a column specifying the part lengths.
For automated mitering, the mitering angles must be specified in two additional column

Other frequently included columns include quantity, material, profile, and part name, but none of these are required. One common file format that satisfies these requirements is comma-separated values (.csv).

Tiger Files
.Tiger files contain all the part list and printing data that is sent to the TigerStop product.
How to read the file name, separated by underscores.
List Requirements

Downloading a Part List to a TigerStop® Standard Controller

From the Ready Screen, press the [Show] soft key
Press the [List] soft key
Press the [Dnld] soft key

The Download Styles:

Pri-Global – The TigerStop® standard controller downloads from the Global folder. Displays jobs by priority.
Pri-Local – The TigerStop® standard controller downloads from the folder with the corresponding serial number. Displays jobs by priority.
WO#-Global – The TigerStop® standard controller downloads from the Global folder and requires the user to enter the part list’s work order number.
WO#-Local – The TigerStop® standard controller downloads from the folder with the corresponding serial number and requires the user to enter the part list’s work order number.
Press [B] or [C] to choose a style.
Press the soft key.
The ‘Select’ screen displays information about the part list. If downloading by priority, this is the highest priority

P – The priority number of the part list.
W – The work order number that is assigned by TigerLink 6.
Third Line – How the part list was separated based on the ‘Sort On Columns’ from the Link Editor.
Leng – The total linear feet in this list. Scroll through the first 25 lists by using and .
Scroll through the first 25 lists by using and
Press the [Grab] soft key to download the selected list.
Choose a destination from 1-100 and press

The destination is a memory storage location in the TigerStop® standard controller
Run the list by pressing [Start] or exit to the Ready Screen by pressing
When running the list, press the [Disp] soft key to toggle the display mode.

Pressing the [Disp] soft key 3 times displays the first two print fields on the TigerStop® standard controller (up to 10 characters per print field)

Advanced Topics

CutListLinks File
The TigerLink 6 CutListLinks file is a system file that contains information about each profile. To create new profiles or delete profiles from the profile list, edit the CutList Links.

Browse to the File
CutListLinks is located in the Windows user account directory.
C:\ Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\TigerLink6\CutListLinks.xlm
Right click on CutListLinks.xml and open it with Windows Notepad.

XML Explained
XML is a markup language for humans and machines to read a layout.

This means that all data elements are enclosed in a set of tags.
Opening tags:
and closing tags:
Note that the closing tag has a ‘/’ character to indicate the end of the data in this tag.
An example of this is the CutListLinks tag.
The tag: Metric
The tag indicates control of the measurement units and the data between the tags reveal that this profile is set to use Metric units.

Reading a TigerLink 6 Profile

Here is a single profile entry from the CutListLinks.xml file.

English 0.000 0.000 2 , . 8 3 True FALSE FALSE false 4 6

The first tag is the tag and its closing tag is at the bottom. This means that the data between the tags is a TigerLink 6 profile.

The opening tag requires basic data about the file type that uploads using this profile.
LinkName – The name that shows in the profile list in the TigerLink 6 user interface.
Extension – The file extension that the file receives when placed into the TigerLink 6 folder.
Columns – The total number of data columns in the job file.
Active – Indicates whether the profile is active or not. “True” = active and “False” = inactive.

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Data between this tag is displayed at the TigerStop when a job file is downloaded.

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The