
PROGRAMMING
12. PROGRAM CONFIGURATION
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When a slash(/) is specified at the head of a block, and optional block skip
switch on the machine operator panel is set to on, the information
contained in the block for which is specified is ignored in DNC operation
or memory operation.
When optional block skip switch is set to off, the information contained
in the block for which /1 is specified is valid. This means that the operator
can determine whether to skip the block containing /.
This function is ignored when programs are loaded into memory. Blocks
containing /n are also stored in memory, regardless of how the optional
block skip switch is set.
Programs held in memory can be output, regardless of how the optional
block skip switches are set.
Optional block skip is effective even during sequence number search
operation.
WARNING
1 Position of a slash
A slash (/) must be specified at the head of a block. If a slash
is placed elsewhere, the information from the slash to
immediately before the EOB code is ignored.
2 Disabling an optional block skip switch
Optional block skip operation is processed when blocks are
read from memory or tape into a buffer. Even if a switch is
set to on after blocks are read into a buffer, the blocks
already read are not ignored.
NOTE
TV and TH check
When an optional block skip switch is on. TH and TV checks
are made for the skipped portions in the same way as when
the optional block skip switch is off.
D Optional block skip