B–62444E/03 OPERATION 2.

OPERATIONAL DEVICES

Explanation of the keyboard

(2) RESET KEY

(3) HELP KEY (5) ADDRESS/NUMERIC KEYS

(9) EDIT KEYS

(8) CANCEL KEY

(7) INPUT KEY

(1) POWER ON/OFF BUTTONS (12) PAGE– (10) FUNCTION KEYS

(4) SOFT KEYS
(6) SHIFT KEY UP/DOWN (11) CURSOR KEYS
KEYS

Fig2.1(g) 9” monochrome or color CRT/MDI panel (horizontal type)

Table2.1 Explanation of the MDI keyboard

Number Name Explanation

1 Power ON and OFF Press theses buttons to turn CNC power ON and OFF.
buttons

f OFF | ON

2 RESET key Press this key to reset the CNC, to cancel an alarm, etc.

RESET

3 HELP key Press this key to display how to operate the machine tool, such as MDI key op-
eration, or the details of an alarm which occurred in the CNC (Help function).
HELP

4 Soft keys The soft keys have various functions, according to the Applications. The soft key
functions are displayed at the bottom of the CRT screen.

5 Address and numeric keys Press these keys to input alphabetic, numeric, and other characters.

N 4 …

6 SHIFT key Some keys have two characters on their keytop. Pressing the <SHIFT> key
switches the characters. Special character Ê is displayed on the screen when a
SHIFT character indicated at the bottom right corner on the keytop can be entered.

7 INPUT key When an address or a numerical key is pressed, the data is input to the buffer,
and it is displayed on the CRT screen. To copy the data in the key input buffer to
INPUT the offset register, etc., press the <INPUT> key. This key is equivalent to the [IN-
PUT] key of the soft keys, and either can be pressed to produce the same result.

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Table2.1 Explanation of the MDI keyboard

Number Name Explanation

8 Cancel key Press this key to delete the last character or symbol input to the key input buffer.
When the key input buffer displays

CAN >N001X100Z_
and the cancel CAN key is pressed, Z is canceled and
>N001X100_
is displayed.

9 Program edit keys Press these keys when editing the program.

ALTER
: Alteration
ALTER INSERT DELETE

INSERT
: Insertion

DELETE
: Deletion

10 Function keys Press theses keys to switch display screens for each function.
See sec. 2.2 for details of the function keys.
POS PROG
…

11 Cursor move keys There are four different cursor move keys.

: This key is used to move the cursor to the right or in the forward
direction. The cursor is moved in short units in the forward direction.

: This key is used to move the cursor to the left or in the reverse
direction. The cursor is moved in short units in the reverse direction.

: This key is used to move the cursor in a downward or forward

direction. The cursor is moved in large units in the forward direction.

: This key is used to move the cursor in an upward or reverse direction.

The cursor is moved in large units in the reverse direction.

11 Page change keys Two kinds of page change keys are described below.
PAGE
: This key is used to changeover the page on the CRT screen in the
PAGE
forward direction.
PAGE
: This key is used to changeover the page on the CRT screen in the
PAGE
reverse direction.

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