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2.3.1.6 Creating screens with the multi-language display function
The multi-language display function can be built into the operation
board. As for this function, the caption on the custom screen is
switched to the language of 20 countries. Creating a custom screen
supporting multi-language switching can be accomplished with simple
work including the following setting and language caption
setting/editing. For existing screen projects, second and third
languages can be added easily without the need for special conversion.
The usable characters are alphabetic characters (upper and lower case),
as well as Japanese kanji, katakana, and hiragana characters.
No. Work classification Description of setting/editing
1 Multi-language setting work
[Setting of project] menu
[Setting of Multi-language] tab
<1> Enabling of multi-language
display function
<2> Setting of multi-language
display switching interface
<3> Editing of multi-language types
and multi-language keys
2 Caption editing work
[Caption property of each
control] tab
<1> Selection of language from
combo box
<2> Setting of display language for
caption property
<3> Checking of display state on VB
form screen
Two methods are available for switching display languages on the
display unit of FANUC CNC. Both display language switching
methods have a very simple mechanism.
No. Switching method name Outline of switching method
1 CNC parameter language
switching method
Specify the language parameter of the
CNC unit that matches the display
language provided by the custom
screen. With this method, the display
language on the custom screen
switches in synchronization with the
language switching on the CNC.
2 PMC language switching
method
Assign a language number to the
display language provided by the
custom screen. The display language
on the custom screen is switched by
writing the above-mentioned language
number from a ladder to the 1-byte
PMC signal area.