
3. User defined character library
3-1. scope
User defined character is a character which is defined by machine tool
builders. (usually referred to as extended character) C Executor allows the
user application program to define and use extended characters. Up to 256
single byte characters can be defined and registered. Arbitrary character
code in single byte character set dedicated for user defined characters or
in standard JIS Kanji character set can be assigned to the registered
extended character.
3-2. Character dot pattern
* Dot pattern size
single byte character 2-byte character
8 dots 16 dots
│<-------->│ │<----------------->│
+----------+ - +-------------------+ -
│ │ ^ │ │ ^
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │16 dots │ │ │16 dots
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ v │ │ v
+----------+ - +-------------------+ -
2-byte character is composed of two consecutive single byte character
patterns.