Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual page 6

Table of contents
4.3 Modes of operation................................................................................................................66
4.3.1 General information................................................................................................................66
4.3.2 Modes groups and channels..................................................................................................68
4.3.3 Channel switchover................................................................................................................68
4.4 Settings for the machine........................................................................................................69
4.4.1 Switching over the coordinate system (MCS/WCS)...............................................................69
4.4.2 Switching the unit of measurement........................................................................................70
4.4.3 Setting the zero offset............................................................................................................71
4.5 Zero offsets............................................................................................................................73
4.5.1 Display active zero offset.......................................................................................................74
4.5.2 Displaying the zero offset "overview".....................................................................................75
4.5.3 Displaying and editing base zero offset.................................................................................77
4.5.4 Displaying and editing settable zero offset.............................................................................77
4.5.5 Displaying and editing details of the zero offsets...................................................................78
4.5.6 Deleting a zero offset.............................................................................................................80
4.6 Monitoring axis and spindle data............................................................................................81
4.6.1 Specify working area limitations.............................................................................................81
4.6.2 Editing spindle data................................................................................................................81
4.7 Displaying setting data lists....................................................................................................82
4.8 Handwheel assignment..........................................................................................................83
4.9 MDA.......................................................................................................................................85
4.9.1 Loading an MDA program from the Program Manager..........................................................85
4.9.2 Saving an MDA program........................................................................................................86
4.9.3 Editing/executing a MDI program...........................................................................................87
4.9.4 Deleting an MDA program......................................................................................................88
5 Working in manual mode............................................................................................................................89
5.1 General..................................................................................................................................89
5.2 Selecting a tool and spindle ..................................................................................................89
5.2.1 T, S, M windows.....................................................................................................................89
5.2.2 Selecting a tool.......................................................................................................................90
5.2.3 Starting and stopping a spindle manually..............................................................................91
5.2.4 Position spindle......................................................................................................................92
5.3 Traversing axes......................................................................................................................92
5.3.1 Traverse axes by a defined increment...................................................................................93
5.3.2 Traversing axes by a variable increment...............................................................................94
5.4 Positioning axes.....................................................................................................................94
5.5 Manual retraction...................................................................................................................95
5.6 Default settings for manual mode..........................................................................................96
6 Machining the workpiece............................................................................................................................99
6.1 Starting and stopping machining............................................................................................99
6.2 Selecting a program.............................................................................................................100
6.3 Program running-in..............................................................................................................101
6.4 Displaying the current program block...................................................................................102
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Operating Manual, 05/2017, A5E40868517
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