Hard Drive Setup Disk for   2AX   (092894)

If you have USB Floppy Emulator click here

To create hard drive setup floppy disk for OmniTurn CNC hard drive:

1. Download HDSU2AX.EXE to your desk-top computer (must have floppy drive capability).
2. Open hdsu2ax.exe (double-click on it, or right-click on it then click OPEN): A dialog box will open, explaining that OmniTurn Hard Drive Setup Disk will be created; click OK
3. A second box will appear, reminding you to insert floppy in drive A: of your desktop computer
4. Put a floppy disk into drive A: of your desktop computer, then click OK to create hard drive setup disk.

To setup hard drive on your OmniTurn using floppy disk:

1. Backup all your program files and tool offset files before starting!
2. Put the setup disk you created (steps 1-4 above) in drive A: of your OmniTurn
3. Power up your OmniTurn
4. During power-up, repeatedly press the Del key to enter CMOS setup.
   (For ZF-Micro motherboards press F2 key instead).
5. At CMOS setup screen navigate to "Boot Sequence" and set to A: C:
   (For ZF-Micro" mb, move "Removable" to top of list).
6. Press F10 key to save and exit CMOS
7. OmniTurn will reboot, and you will see this prompt:
   WARNING All existing data on non-removable disk C: will be destroyed! -- Continue (Y/N)?
   Press "Y" key to immediately begin formatting your OmniTurn hard drive. (If this is NOT what you want to do, remove the diskette and shut down your computer). After formatting, all files necessary for the 2AX system will be installed.
8. At the prompt: Press any key to reboot, set power OFF and remove floppy drive.
9. Set power ON, then enter CMOS setup and change Boot Sequence back to C: A: (For
   ZF-Micro, move "Hard drive" back to top of list).

To write hard drive setup to thumb drive in USB Floppy Emulator:

NOTE: If you purchased your Floppy Emulator from OmniTurn, the update software is installed on the thumb drive that came with your emulator. Skip to Setup the Hard Drive below.

1. Download IMAGES.EXE to your desk-top computer. Drag it to "Images" folder on Desktop. Create new folder if necessary.
2. Open images.exe to extract all image files to the Images folder.
3. Run USB Floppy Manager. (If not installed, Download and install this software).
   
4. Write the 6-2axhd.img file to disk 006 of the thumb drive. (Complete instructions here.)
5. Set OmniTurn power off.

To setup the hard drive on your OmniTurn from USB Emulator:

1. Backup all your program files and tool offset files before starting!
2. Set OmniTurn power on.
3. During power-up, repeatedly press the Del key to enter CMOS setup.
   (For ZF-Micro motherboards press F2 key instead).
4. At CMOS setup screen navigate to "Boot Sequence" and set to A: C:
   (For ZF-Micro mb, move "Removable" to top of list).
5. Set floppy emulator display to 006
6. Press F10 key to save and exit CMOS
7. OmniTurn will reboot, and you will see this prompt:
   WARNING All existing data on non-removable disk C: will be destroyed! -- Continue (Y/N)?
   Press "Y" key to immediately begin formatting your OmniTurn hard drive. (If this is NOT what you want to do, remove the diskette and shut down your computer). After formatting, all files necessary for the 2AX system will be installed.
8. At the prompt: Press any key to reboot, set power OFF.
9. Set power ON, then enter CMOS setup and change Boot Sequence back to C: A: (For
   ZF-Micro, move "Hard drive" back to top of list).