1-4 Key Operations
Special operation keys
Shift key
Press when using the function commands and functions marked in yellow on the
key panel. An s will blink on the display to indicate that shift has been pressed.
Pressing shift again will cause the s to disappear from the display and the unit
to return to the status it was in before shift was originally pressed.
[mode] Mode key
Use the mode key in combination with . , 1 through 9 , + - x , and / to
specify the calculation mode and the unit of angular measurement.
mode 1 .. For manual calculations and program execution (RUN mode).
mode 2 .. WRT displayed. For writing or checking programs.
mode 3... PCL displayed. For clearing programs.
mode 4 ... D displayed. If exe is pressed, unit of angular measurement is speci
fied as degrees.
mode 5... R displayed. If exe is pressed, unit of angular measurement is speci
fied as radians.
mode 6 ...G displayed. If exe is pressed, unit of angular measurement is speci
fied as grads.
mode 7 ...Fix displayed. Entering a value from 0 to 9 followed by exe will specify
the number of decimal places according to the value entered.
Ex. mode 7 3 exe - T h re e d ec im a l p la c e s
mode 8 ...Sci displayed. Entering a value from 0 to 9 followed by exe will specify
the number of significant digits from 1 to 10.
Ex. mode 8 5 exe - 5 sign ifican t d ig its
mode 8 0 exe - 10 sign ifica n t d igits
mode 9 ...Pressing exe will cancel the specified number of decimal places or
the specified number of significant digits.
*lf you have not specified the number of decimal places or the number of sig
nificant digits, you can press m o d e 9 e x e and then change the range of the ex
ponential display. (NORM 1/NORM 2) (see page 18.)
* With the exception of the BASE-N mode, modes 7 - 8 -9 c an be used in com
bination with the manual calculation modes.
*The mode last selected is retained in memory when the unit’s power is
switched off.
mode . ...Defm displayed. Entering a value followed by exe will specify the num
ber of memories available.
Ex. m ode . 10 exe N u m b e r o f m em orie s a v ailab le in c r e a s e d b y
10.
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