Display Current Program Block - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual

Machine the workpiece

4.4 Display current program block

Procedure
See also
Selecting a program (Page 84)
Setting for automatic mode (Page 118)
4.4 Display current program block
4.4.1 Current block display
The window of the current block display shows you the program blocks currently being
executed.
Display of current program
The following information is displayed in the running program:
● The workpiece name or program name is entered in the title row.
● The program block which is just being processed appears colored.
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1. Press the "Prog. ctrl." softkey and select the desired variant in the
"SBL" field.
2. Press the <SINGLE BLOCK> key.
3. Press the <CYCLE START> key.
Depending on the execution variant, the first block will be executed.
Then the machining stops.
In the channel status line, the text "Stop: Block in single block ended"
appears.
4. Press the <CYCLE START> key.
Depending on the mode, the program will continue executing until the
next stop.
5. Press the <SINGLE BLOCK> key again, if the machining is not
supposed to run block-by-block.
The key is deselected again.
If you now press the <CYCLE START> key again, the program is
executed to the end without interruption.
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