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12. DISPLAY/SET/EDIT
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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 MDI of the control unit.
The control switches for the functions listed in the following table can be
replaced with soft switches. Also available are eight general–purpose soft
switches which can be used additionally 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, parameter
(no.7200) can be used to select whether the control switches on the
machine operator’s panel or soft switches on the MDI of the control unit
are used for each group.
Group1 :Mode selection
Group2 :Selection of jog feed axis, manual rapid traverse
Group3 :Selection of manual pulse generator feed axis, selection of
manual pulse magnification
Group4 :Jog feedrate override, feedrate override, rapid traverse
override
Group5 :Optional block skip, single block, machine lock, dry run
Group6 :Protect key
Group7 :Feed hold
Group8 :General purpose
The states of all soft switches are informed to the PMC by output signals.
Based on these output signals, the PMC should turn “1” or “0” input
signals related to soft switch functions. In other words, turning “1” 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 to “1” the input signal for
single block operation, instead.
12.1.14
Software Operator’s
Panel
General