ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 - Manual (Page 34)

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Popup Menus
Within the soft keys, additional features may be available in program
mode. A soft key that has a down arrow in the lower right hand corner
indicates that additional soft keys are available for that feature.
As an example, pressing the Program Steps soft key (in PGM mode)
opens another set of soft keys available for this function. Then you will
notice an up arrow on most of the soft keys. This indicates a popup
menu will open when that key is pressed.
 Soft keys for PGM provide access to edit existing programs, or
create a new program. Sub menus provide dialogue for machining
operations such as milling a line, an arc, engraving, drilling and
creating pockets.
Pressing the required operation step soft key will open a popup menu
to further define the machining operation required.
A selection for a popup can occur in one of two ways:
 Use the shortcut number to the left of the feature; for example,
pressing 9 on the numeric keypad will select the Circle Ring
dialogue.
 Or use the Up and Down arrow keys to highlight the feature to be
used, then press ENTER.
When the type of machining operation has been selected, the
corresponding dialogue opens so that the required data can be
entered.
A dialogue in DRO mode will retain the previous data entered making it
possible to re-run the previous operation without having to re-enter all
the data.
 At anytime when entering data into a dialogue the calculator can be
accessed by pressing the CALC key.
 Soft keys for CALC provide access to additional math functions such
as trig functions.
When a dialogue is activated, it is not possible to change
to another dialogue. The current dialogue must be exited
by pressing USE to save the data in the dialogue or pressing
CANCEL
to discard the data.