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General
1.4 Cycle support in program editor (SW 4.3 and higher)
Programming
Syntax of the cov.com file (example)
%_N_COV_COM
;$PATH=/_N_CUS_DIR
;V04.03.01/10.09.97
S2.0.0\Turning\
S3.0.0\Drilling\
S4.0.0\Milling\
S5.0.0\Threads\
S6.0.0\Users\
S3.1.0\Deep hole %ndrilling\C3(CYCLE83)
S3.2.0\Boring\
S3.2.1\Boring%n1\C6(CYCLE85)
...
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Explanation of syntax
Sx.y.z
\text\
Cxx
(Name)
After the cycle name, you can write a comment separated
from the name by at least one blank.
Special points relating to MMC 102/103
If this file is language-independent, i.e. configured in
plain text, the file name must include a language code,
e.g.:
• COV_GR.COM for German,
• COV_UK.COM for English,
• COV_ES.COM for Spanish,
• COV_FR.COM for French,
• COV_IT.COM for Italian,
or other codes for different languages.
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Soft key number and level, the decimal point is used to separate the three numbers
x denotes the soft key of the 1st level (2 to 18 are possible)
y denotes the soft key of the 2nd level (1 to 18 are possible).
z denotes the soft key of the 3rd level (1 to 18)
Soft key text, maximum of 2 ⋅ 9 characters
The separator character is "%n"
Help display name, a "p" is added to the name of the help display file for cycle
support, e.g. Cxxp.bmp
Cycle name that is written to the program and is present in the input screen form
for parameter setting.
Deep hole drilling
Boring 1
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