
B-63783EN-1/01 12.DISPLAY/SET/EDIT
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12.1.15 Software Operator's Panel
General
Operations performed on the MDI panel can replace the operation of a
switch on the machine operator's panel. For instance, mode selection
or jog feedrate override selection can be made by operation on the MDI
panel. The corresponding switch on the machine operator's panel can
be omitted.
The switches are divided into seven groups. For each group, whether to
use the group as operation switches on the machine operator's panel or
soft switches on the control unit can be selected by parameter setting.
1. Mode selection
Used to select an operation mode.
2. Memory protect
Used to enable/disable the memory protect function.
3. Feed hold
Used to enable/disable the feed hold function.
4. Manual handle
Used to specify the axis of movement by the first handle and a
magnification.
5. Override
Used to specify an override for the rapid traverse rate, jog feedrate,
cutting feedrate, and spindle speed.
6. Automatic operation
Used to specify the operations for optional block skip, single
block, machine lock, and dry run.
7. General-purpose switches
Eight general-purpose switches (DO) are provided. Each switch
can be given a name of up to eight characters. A named switch is
enabled.
The states of all the soft switches are posted to the PMC by using
output signals. Based on these output signals, the PMC must set those
input signals related to the soft switch functions to 1 or 0. For example,
when a soft switch provided for single-block operation is turned on, the
control unit does not internally select single-block operation. Single-
block operation is selected when the PMC sets the input signal
corresponding to single-block operation to 1.
In addition to the switches mentioned above, job feed can be performed
using the numeric keys.