Siemens SINUMERIK 804D sl User Manual

3.4.3 Further operator touch controls..............................................................................................75
3.4.4 Virtual keyboard.....................................................................................................................76
3.4.5 Special "tilde" character.........................................................................................................76
3.5 Expansion with side screen....................................................................................................77
3.5.1 Overview................................................................................................................................77
3.5.2 Sidescreen with standard windows........................................................................................77
3.5.3 Standard widgets...................................................................................................................79
3.5.4 "Actual value" widget..............................................................................................................79
3.5.5 "Zero point" widget.................................................................................................................80
3.5.6 "Alarms" widget......................................................................................................................80
3.5.7 "Axle load" widget..................................................................................................................80
3.5.8 "Tool" widget..........................................................................................................................81
3.5.9 "Service life" widget................................................................................................................81
3.5.10 "Program runtime" widget......................................................................................................82
3.5.11 Sidescreen with pages for the ABC keyboard and/or machine control panel........................82
3.5.12 Example 1: ABC keyboard in the sidescreen.........................................................................83
3.5.13 Example 2: Machine control panel in the sidescreen.............................................................84
3.6 SINUMERIK Operate Display Manager (840D sl only)..........................................................85
3.6.1 Overview................................................................................................................................85
3.6.2 Screen layout.........................................................................................................................86
3.6.3 Operator controls...................................................................................................................86
4 Setting up the machine...............................................................................................................................89
4.1 Switching on and switching off...............................................................................................89
4.2 Approaching a reference point...............................................................................................90
4.2.1 Referencing axes...................................................................................................................90
4.2.2 User agreement.....................................................................................................................91
4.3 Operating modes....................................................................................................................93
4.3.1 General..................................................................................................................................93
4.3.2 Modes groups and channels..................................................................................................94
4.3.3 Channel switchover................................................................................................................95
4.4 Settings for the machine........................................................................................................96
4.4.1 Switching over the coordinate system (MCS/WCS)...............................................................96
4.4.2 Switching the unit of measurement........................................................................................96
4.4.3 Setting the zero offset............................................................................................................98
4.5 Measure tool........................................................................................................................100
4.5.1 Overview..............................................................................................................................100
4.5.2 Manually measuring drilling and milling tools.......................................................................100
4.5.3 Measuring drilling and milling tools with the workpiece reference point...............................101
4.5.4 Measuring drilling and milling tools with fixed reference point.............................................102
4.5.5 Measuring radius or diameter..............................................................................................103
4.5.6 Fixed point calibration..........................................................................................................104
4.5.7 Measuring the drilling and milling tool length with electrical tool probe................................104
4.5.8 Calibrating the electrical tool probe......................................................................................107
4.5.9 Manually measuring a turning tool (for milling/turning machine)..........................................108
4.5.10 Manually measuring a turning tool using a tool probe (for milling/turning machine)............109
4.5.11 Logging tool measurement results.......................................................................................111
4.6 Measuring the workpiece zero.............................................................................................113
4.6.1 Overview..............................................................................................................................113
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8 Operating Manual, 08/2018, 6FC5398-7CP41-0BA0

Siemens SINUMERIK 804D sl Specifications

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Brand	Siemens
Model	SINUMERIK 804D sl
Category	Control Systems
Language	English