Refer to your machine manual.
The available keys and functions are machine-dependent.
Area | Function |
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1 | Alphabetic keyboard (ASCII) |
2 | Navigation keys |
3 | Number, axis, and dialog keys |
4 | Operating modes |
5 | Tool, program, and control functions |
6 | Path functions |
7 | Potentiometers |
8 | USB connection |
9 | Machine operating panel |
Key | Function | ||
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| File names, comments |
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| DIN/ISO programming |
If your control has no alphabetic keyboard, you can enter text using a virtual keyboard.
Optionally, connect a keyboard to the USB port.
Key | Function | |
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| Position the cursor |
| Go directly to NC blocks, cycles, and parameter functions | |
| Navigate to the beginning of a program or table | |
| Navigate to the end of the program or table row | |
| Navigate up one page | |
| Navigate down one page | |
| Select the next tab in forms | |
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| Up/down one dialog box or button |
Key | Function | ||
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| Select coordinate axes or enter them in a program |
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| Decimal point / reverse algebraic sign | |
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| Q parameter programming / | ||
| Take over actual position | ||
| Skip dialog questions, delete words | ||
| Confirm input and resume dialog | ||
| Conclude the block, end your input | ||
| Clear entries or error message | ||
| Abort dialog, delete program section | ||
Key | Function |
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| Manual operation |
| Electronic handwheel |
| Positioning with Manual Data Input |
| Program Run, Single Block |
| Program Run, Full Sequence |
Key | Function |
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| Programming |
| Test Run |
Key | Function |
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| Select or delete NC programs or files, external data transfer |
| Define program call, select datum and points tables |
| Select MOD functions |
| Display help texts for NC error messages, call TNCguide |
| Display all pending error messages |
| Show calculator |
| Show special functions |
| Currently not assigned |
Key | Function |
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| Define tool data in the NC program |
| Call tool data |
On some machines, the TOOL DEF key is also available to preselect a tool.
Key | Function | |
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| Contour approach and departure | |
| FK free contour programming | |
| Straight line | |
| Circle center/pole for polar coordinates | |
| Circular arc with center | |
| Circular arc with radius | |
| Circular arc with tangential transition | |
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| Chamfer/rounding arc |
Key | Function | |
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| Define touch probe cycles | |
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| Define and call cycles |
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| Enter and call subprograms and program section repeats |
| Enter program stop in an NC program |
Feed rate | Spindle speed |
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In addition to the keys displayed on the screen, the control provides many context-specific functions as soft keys (areas marked in red).
Key | Function | ||
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| Select screen layout | ||
| Toggle the display between machine operating mode, programming mode, and a third desktop | ||
| Soft keys for selecting functions on screen | ||
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| Switch the soft-key rows |
The control always displays the selected modes of operation in the header:
The operating mode displayed on the screen is indicated in the header as a larger foreground field.
The control indicates possible functions in a soft key row in the footer. You select these functions on the machine with the soft key selection keys below.
Narrow bars directly above the soft key row show the number of soft key rows.
Navigate between the soft-key rows with the keys for switching the soft-key rows. The narrow bar of the currently displayed soft-key row is shown in blue.
1 | Machine operating mode in the foreground, and if applicable: dialog, error message |
2 | Programming operating mode in the background |
3 | Soft keys for machine tool builder functions |
4 | Soft keys |
5 | Machine state and position display |
6 | NC program, position display if applicable |
1 | Machine operating mode in the background |
2 | Programming operating mode in the foreground, and if applicable: dialog, error message |
3 | Soft keys for machine tool builder functions |
4 | Soft keys |
5 | NC program |
You have various screen layout options, depending on the operating mode selected.
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For further details on the contents of the various screen layouts and their practical application, see the following interaction: Selecting the screen layout.
The general status display in the lower part of the screen informs you of the current state of the machine.
If the GRAPHICS screen layout is selected, the status display is not shown.
In the Manual operation and Electronic handwheel operating modes, the status display appears in the large window.
Symbol | Meaning |
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ACTL | Position display: Actual, nominal or distance-to-go coordinates |
| Machine axes The sequence and number of displayed axes is determined by the machine tool builder. Refer to your machine manual for more information |
| Number of the active preset from the preset table If the preset was set manually, the control displays the text MAN behind the symbol. |
F S M | Spindle speed S, feed rate F and active M functions The displayed feed rate in inches corresponds to one tenth of the effective value. |
| Axis is clamped |
| Axis can be moved with the handwheel |
| Axes are moving under a basic rotation |
| No NC program selected, NC program reselected, NC program aborted via internal stop or NC program terminated In this state, the control has no modally effective program information, so that all actions are possible, e.g. cursor movements or modification of Q parameters. |
| NC Program started, execution runs For safety reasons, the control permits no actions in this state. |
| NC program stopped, e.g. in Program run, full sequence operating mode after pressing the NC stop key For safety reasons, the control permits no actions in this state. |
| NC program interrupted, e.g. in Positioning w/ Manual Data Input operating mode, following the error-free execution of an NC block In this state, the control permits various actions, e.g. cursor movements or the modification of Q parameters. With these actions, however, the control may lose the modally effective program information. This might result in undesired tool positions! |
| NC program aborted or terminated |
This table is not exhaustive, it contains only the most important symbols for 3-axis machining.
For more information on the missing symbols, please refer to the User's Manual of the control.
The User's Manual is accessible via the links in the Additional information and directly on the control and at the programming station, where you can open TNCguide, the context-sensitive online help.
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Soft key | Meaning |
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Tool information | |
Active M functions | |
Active coordinate transformations | |
Active subprogram | |
Active program-section repeat | |
NC-program called with PGM CALL | |
Current machining time | |
Name and path of the active main program |
The control provides additional status displays, the overview being shown here as an example.
For more information on missing status displays, please refer to the User's Manual of the control.
The User's Manual is accessible via the links in the Additional information and directly on the control and at the programming station, where you can open TNCguide, the context-sensitive online help.
Selecting the screen layout:
