Expanding The Iso Mode Help - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

08/2005
Required files
• List of "ISO-dialect 0" commands with associated brief description (see
Chapter 1)
• TXT file for jump to PDF file
• PDF file to be displayed in the Help
Program sequence
The Help function checks the following machine data during start-up:
• MD 18800 MM_EXTERN_LANGUAGE
If this MD is activated, the control switches to ISO Dialect 0 mode.
If MD 18800 = 1, MD 20150 is evaluated.
• MD 20150 GCODE_RESET_VALUES[n(current channel),47]
If MD 20150 [47] = 2, the file entered in the INI file under "SiemensI" (ISO
Mode) is used
(otherwise the file entered under "Siemens" is used).
• MD 10880 MM_EXTERN_CNC_LANGUAGE
MD 10880 specifies whether the control must be set for turning or milling in ISO
mode.
1.4.2

Expanding the ISO Mode Help

If additional descriptions are to be displayed in the ISO mode Help function, they
must be added in the form of
• a list of ISO-mode commands with brief description in the file ifit_.com or
ifim_.com file in the SiemensI=Cst.dir\ directory (see Section 1.4 "Expanding the
text files"),
• a Help description (pdf file) and a text file with the same name in the directory
F:\USER\HLP.
Parameters of the instruction definition:
Technology/Category ID/Extended Help/Instruction text/
"Extended Help":
The following entries are possible in the "Extended Help" parameter:
•
Editor Help
/"Pdf file name", Help ID, "page number"/
•
Cycle Help
/"Pdf file name", Help ID, "page number" (file name, Help
display)/
Configuring the Long Help pdf: see Subsection 1.4.3 "Expanding the Long Help
"pdf""
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SINUMERIK 840D sl/840D/840Di/810D HMI Installation and Start-Up Guide (IAM) – 08/2005 Edition
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