Peter W. wrote:

Glad to be of help. Every so often, I will go ahead and actually read a
manual, knowing full well that it is against the Male Code.
Sometimes there's a reason NOT to read the manual. I recently bought a
(well) used pick and place machine (Quad QSA-30A, made by Samsung).
Yes, there can be some translation and cultural issues with foreign-made
machines. But, this takes it to an entirely new level! For such a
massively complicated machine and software, you need GOOD manuals to walk
you through it all. Fortunately, I was able to connect with the guy who did
the training classes on this machine at the factory, and he was able to
guide me through it. Without his help, I would have junked the machine.
The (English) manual has bits of Korean scattered through it, never explains
how the machine works, and is basically a TERSE desciption of all the
buttons and dialogs of the software. It tells what the button is called,
but DOESN'T really tell you what the button DOES, how it does it, etc.

I learned my previous machine from the manuals in a few days and was
cranking out boards in a week. This machine took THREE MONTHS of
frustration (although part of that was taken up fixing things wrong with the
machine.)

There are some REALLY BAD manuals out there, to the level that you know LESS
after reading them than before you started.

Jon