Expanding the Operator Interface (BE1) 08/2005
8 Terms, Tables, Lists, Examples
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BE1/8-180 SINUMERIK 840D sl/840D/840Di/810D HMI Installation and Start-Up Guide (IAM) – 08/2005 Edition
Term Explanation
Screen form element
Visible component of a → Variable: Short text, graphics text, → I/O
field and unit text
Screen form tree
A group of interlinked → Screen forms
Screen form-dependent
softkey menu
Softkey menu, which is called from a newly configured screen
form.
Setting data Data, which communicates the properties of the machine tool to
the NC control, as defined by the system software. In contrast to →
Machine data, setting data can be altered immediately by the
operator.
ShopMill Optimized SINUMERIK application and user interface for 2½D
milling operations.
Simulation
Simulation of a → Parts program run (e.g., graphically) without
movement of the actual machine axes.
Softkey Key on front of operator panel, which activates a function displayed
on the assigned area of the screen.
Softkey labels
Text/image on the screen area, which is assigned to a → Softkey.
Softkey menu
All horizontal or all vertical → softkeys
Softkey menu definition
block
Program section from //S..........//END for defining a → Softkey
menu
Standard application
→ User interfaces that are integrated in standard software.
Start softkey
→ Softkey with which the first newly created → screen form is
started.
Start softkey definition
block
Program section from //S(Start)..........//END in which a → Start
softkey is defined
Sub-screen form
→ Screen form that is called from another screen form (master
screen form) without the → Master screen form being closed.
System variables NC variable providing the NC states for parts program accesses
and accesses from → HMI.
Toggle field
A list of values in the → I/O Field; check with toggle field: The
value input in a field must be the same as one of the listed values.
User comment
Comment, which is automatically created during → NC code
generation.
User interface The term "user interface" refers in this document to the information
displayed on the screen, including allocated softkeys and some
special operator panel front keys.
User variable The user can declare user-defined variables for optional use in the
→ parts program or data block.
Variable
Designation of a memory location, which can be displayed in a →
Screen form by assigning → Properties and in which input data
and the results of arithmetic operations can be entered.
VSx
Vertical → Softkey x
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