Short Help "Ascii; Expanding/Replacing The Help Function; Entries In The "If.ini" File - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

08/2005

1.2 Short Help "ASCII"

The following Help functions are provided in the editor for programming support
when editing part programs; they are called by pressing the "Information key":
• Short Help "ASCII"
1. Descriptive text for instructions, context-sensitive with reference to the
cursor position in the part program (e.g. G9 "Exact stop - deceleration")
2. List of general categories (e.g. "Preparatory functions", "Travel
commands", "Path action", etc.) to which instructions are assigned
3. Overview of instructions with descriptive texts
4. Find in the help window via category or text
5. Accept the selected instruction in the editor
• Long Help "pdf"
1. Call the Additional Help (PDF file) from the Short Help "ASCII", e.g. jump
to Programming Guide Fundamentals.
2. Call the Additional Help for input fields in the cycle screens (PDF file)
1.2.1

Expanding/replacing the Help function

The machine manufacturer or end user can integrate additional M and H functions,
cycles or macros into the Help system.
Certain text files to which the help function accesses can be expanded (see
Section 1.4 "Expanding the Text Files").
The paths of the generated ASCII text files must be entered in the "IF.INI"
initialization file or configured under "Settings" (user file name).
1.2.2

Entries in the "IF.INI" file

The following sections are available in the "If.ini" file for configuring the Help
functions:
• TECHNOLOGY
• TEXTFILES
• CONTEXT
• TEXTSEARCH
TECHNOLOGY section
The relevant technology category of the connected machine can be entered in the
[TECHNOLOGY] section so as to limit the display of instruction texts to relevant
technology entries, i.e. only entries pertinent to the relevant technology are
displayed.
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