Operation
MCS100E Operating Instructions 8009504/VYWA7/V3-1/2018-01 © SICK AG 43
Subject to change without notice
F1 key (question mark)
The F1 key is used to go to a help menu. You will get help information on the actually used
menu. The help information is related to the highlighted line, resp. the field where the entry
mark is actually positioned. Use ESC to proceed within and/or quit the help menu.
From a menu field F1 displays:
• The revision number of the software
• The memory available on the flash disk
• The actually free main memory
• The assignment of the graphic buffers
• The addresses of the I/O module boxes connected
• General help
F2 key (measurement icon)
By means of the F2 key you quit the menu actually in use and return to the measured value
display. Any changes made beforehand in the menu will be ignored.
Function keys F3 ... F8 (softkeys)
Different actions can be initiated with the function keys F3 ... F8 (softkeys), depending on
the menu. The respective significance of the function key is shown at the bottom edge of
the screen above the respective key.
5.1.1.1 Entering alphanumerical characters
1 Highlight the line in question.
2 Keep pressing function key F8 until the required character is displayed in the function
key fields.
3 Press the function key which is positioned below the required character.
It is best to use an external keyboard for entering characters (
→
p. 39, §4.2).
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