
OPERATION
B–63614EN/01
14. SCREEN HARDCOPY
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The number of colors used in created bitmap data depend on the display
control card, the LCD hardware, and the display mode of the CNC screen.
Table 14 (a) indicates the relationships.
Table 14 (a) Colors of BMP data created by the screen hardcopy function
LCD
hardware
CNC screen
display
mode
Colors
displayed
on CNC
Colors used in created
BMP data
Remarks
Monochrome
LCD
— 2 colors 2 colors Shades of gray are not supported.
VGA card
Color LCD
VGA–comp
atible mode
Character:
16 colors
Graphic:
16 colors
When bit 0 of parameter
3301 is set to 0: 256 colors
When bit 0 of parameter
3301 is set to 1: 16 colors
Most CNC screens use this mode. Note
that colors may not be normally displayed
in the 16–color mode.
VGA mode 256 colors 256 colors A special screen can be prepared by C
executor, for instance.
Table 14 (b) indicates the sizes of bitmap data created by the screen
hardcopy function.
Table 14 (b) Sizes of bitmap data created by the screen hardcopy
function
Bitmap colors
File size (bytes)
Monochrome (2 colors) 38,462
Color (16 colors) 153,718
Color (256 colors) 308,278
If bit 2 of parameter 3301 is set to 1, an alarm message can be output when
the hardcopy operation ends in failure.
(P/S alarm Nos. 5212 to 5214)
Colors of data
Data size
Alarm message