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2.3.61 Software operator’s panel
The software operator’s panel function replaces part of the control switches on the machine operator’s panel
with soft switches which can be turned on or off using the CRT/MDI of the control unit.
The control switches for the functions listed in the following table can be replaced with soft switches. Also avail-
able are eight general–purpose soft switches which can be used optionally by the machine tool builder. These
eight general–purpose soft switches can be optionally named by the machine tool builder. For control switches
in groups 1 to 7, parameters can be used to select whether the control switches on the machine operator’s pan-
el or soft switches on the CRT/MDI of the control unit are used for each group.
The states of all soft switches are informed to the PMC by output signals. Based on these output signals, the
PMC should turn on or off input signals related to soft switch functions. In other words, turning on the soft switch
assigned to single block operation, for example, does not cause the control unit to select single block operation
internally. Single block operation is selected when the PMC turns on the input signal for single block operation,
instead.
Group
Function Output Signal Related Input Signal
1 Mode selection EDTO , MEMO , TO ,
MDIO , JO , HO , SO ,
ZRNO
EDT , MEM , T , D , J , H ,
S , ZRN
2 Manual continuous
feed/manual step
feed selection in
axial direction
+J1O , –J1O , +J2O ,
–J2O , +J3O , –J3O ,
+J4O , –J4O , +J5O ,
–J5O , +J6O , –J6O ,
+J1 , –J1 , +J2 , –J2 ,
+J3 , –J3 , +J4 , –J4 ,
+J5 , –J5 , +J6 , –J6
Manual rapid
traverse selection
RTO RT
3 Manual handle feed
axis selection
HS1AO , HS1BO ,
HS1CO , HS1DO
HS1A , HS1B , HS1C ,
HS1D
Manual handle feed
movement amount
selection
MP1O , MP2O , MP4O MP1 , MP2 , MP4
4 Rapid traverse
override
ROV1O , ROV2O ROV1 , ROV2
Manual feed rate
override
JV0O – JV15O JV0 – JV15
Feed rate override FV0O – FV7O FV0 – FV7
5 Optional block
skip
BDT1O BDT1
Single block SBKO SBK
Machine lock MLKO MLK
Dry run DRNO DRN
6 Memory protection KEYO KEY1 , KEY2 , KEY3 ,
KEY4
7 Automatic
operation stop
SPO SP
8 General–purpose OPU0 , OPU1 , OPU2 ,
OPU3 , OPU4 , OPU5 ,
OPU6 , OPU7