Turning
Operating Manual, 03/2013, 6FC5398-8CP40-3BA1
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Table of contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................................................
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1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................................
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1.1 Product overview .........................................................................................................................
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1.2 Operator panel fronts ...................................................................................................................
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1.2.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................
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1.2.2 Keys of the operator panel...........................................................................................................
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1.3 Machine control panels................................................................................................................
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1.3.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................
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1.3.2 Controls on the machine control panel ........................................................................................
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1.4 User interface...............................................................................................................................
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1.4.1 Screen layout ...............................................................................................................................
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1.4.2 Status display...............................................................................................................................
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1.4.3 Actual value window ....................................................................................................................
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1.4.4 T,F,S window ...............................................................................................................................
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1.4.5 Current block display ...................................................................................................................
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1.4.6 Operation via softkeys and buttons .............................................................................................
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1.4.7 Entering or selecting parameters.................................................................................................
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1.4.8 Pocket calculator..........................................................................................................................
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1.4.9 Context menu...............................................................................................................................
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1.4.10 Touch operation ...........................................................................................................................
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1.4.11 Changing the user interface language.........................................................................................
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1.4.12 Entering Asian characters............................................................................................................
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1.4.13 Protection levels...........................................................................................................................
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1.4.14 Online help in SINUMERIK Operate............................................................................................
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2 Setting up the machine............................................................................................................................
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2.1 Switching on and switching off.....................................................................................................
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2.2 Approaching a reference point.....................................................................................................
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2.2.1 Referencing axes .........................................................................................................................
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2.2.2 User agreement ...........................................................................................................................
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2.3 Modes and mode groups .............................................................................................................
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2.3.1 General ........................................................................................................................................
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2.3.2 Modes groups and channels........................................................................................................
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2.3.3 Channel switchover......................................................................................................................
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2.4 Settings for the machine ..............................................................................................................
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2.4.1 Switching over the coordinate system (MCS/WCS) ....................................................................
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2.4.2 Switching the unit of measurement..............................................................................................
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2.4.3 Setting the zero offset ..................................................................................................................
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2.5 Measuring the tool .......................................................................................................................
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2.5.1 Measuring a tool manually...........................................................................................................
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2.5.2 Measuring a tool with a tool probe...............................................................................................
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2.5.3 Calibrating the tool probe.............................................................................................................
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