HEIDENHAIN ND 1200 - Manual (Page 22)

22 1 Operation
1
.2 Basic F
unctions of the ND 120
0 LCD screen and soft key layout
ND 1200 LCD screens display information in one of four operating
modes:
„ DRO mode displays current positions of axes
„ Feature evaluation mode screens can be toggled between two
displays that show all measurement results and the data cloud of
collected points
„ Feature measurement mode displays feature type, points
collected and current positions of axes during measurements
„ Setup mode displays ND 1200 Installation and setup screens
Soft keys change to support activities shown on the screens.
DRO mode screen and soft keys
The DRO screen shows:
„ Feature list of measured features on the left side
„ Unit of measure, current datum and probe type in the upper right
corner
„ The current positions of all axes
„ Part alignment status: a small rectangle over the axis letter indicates
that the part is aligned to a measurement axis (a skew was
performed)
„ Soft key functions for selecting a probe type and teaching
(calibrating) optical edge detection (optional)
Installation and setup screens and soft keys are described
later in Chapter 2: Installation, Setup and Specifications.
DRO current position screen showing current axis
positions
DRO soft keys Function
Probe Toggles between crosshair and optical edge
detection probes
Teach Initiates the optical edge detection light-
calibration wizard. You will be guided through
the process by messages shown on the screen