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Table of contents
Preface.........................................................................................................................................................3
1 Fundamental safety instructions.................................................................................................................15
1.1 General safety instructions.....................................................................................................15
1.2 Industrial security...................................................................................................................16
2 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................17
2.1 Product overview....................................................................................................................17
2.2 Operator panel fronts.............................................................................................................18
2.2.1 Overview................................................................................................................................18
2.2.2 Keys of the operator panel.....................................................................................................20
2.3 Machine control panels..........................................................................................................27
2.3.1 Overview................................................................................................................................27
2.3.2 Controls on the machine control panel...................................................................................27
2.4 Operator interface..................................................................................................................31
2.4.1 Screen layout.........................................................................................................................31
2.4.2 Status display.........................................................................................................................32
2.4.3 Actual value window...............................................................................................................34
2.4.4 T,F,S window.........................................................................................................................36
2.4.5 Current block display..............................................................................................................38
2.4.6 Operation via softkeys and buttons........................................................................................40
2.4.7 Entering or selecting parameters...........................................................................................41
2.4.8 Pocket calculator....................................................................................................................43
2.4.9 Context menu.........................................................................................................................44
2.4.10 Touch operation.....................................................................................................................44
2.4.11 Changing the user interface language...................................................................................45
2.4.12 Entering Chinese characters..................................................................................................46
2.4.12.1 Function - input editor............................................................................................................46
2.4.12.2 Entering Asian characters......................................................................................................48
2.4.12.3 Editing the dictionary..............................................................................................................49
2.4.13 Entering Korean characters...................................................................................................50
2.4.14 Protection levels.....................................................................................................................53
2.4.15 Online help in SINUMERIK Operate......................................................................................54
3 Operating with gestures..............................................................................................................................59
3.1 Touch-sensitive user interface...............................................................................................59
3.2 Finger gestures......................................................................................................................60
4 Setting up the machine...............................................................................................................................63
4.1 Switching on and switching off...............................................................................................63
4.2 Approaching a reference point...............................................................................................64
4.2.1 Referencing axes...................................................................................................................64
4.2.2 User agreement.....................................................................................................................65
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