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3.5.7 Block Display
Block display – basic block display
The block display lists the NC blocks according to
the programmed sequence. The basic-block display
shows the individual paths of traverse – the cycles
are ”resolved.” The numbering of the basic blocks is
independent of the programmed block numbers.
In the block display and basic-block display, the cursor
is located on the block being executed.
Channel display
For lathes with several slides (channels), you can
activate block display for up to 3 channels.
Basic block on/off
Switching the channel display
To add a channel, press the soft key
again; in the block display, only channel
1 is shown.
Variable output
Pressing the soft key enables the
variable soft key output (with PRINTA).
Otherwise the variable output is
suppressed.
Menu item ”display - ...”
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Font size: Enlarges/reduces the characters in the
block display
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Load monitoring – see ”
3.7.2 Production under
Load Monitoring”
3.5 A
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