Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE sl Commissioning Manual page 111

Procedure
Axis selection
If several components are available for the area selected (e.g. "Axis MD"), you can choose
from the following options:
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1. Select the "Start-up" operating area.
2. Press the "Mach. data" softkey. Additional softkeys for the individual ma‐
chine data areas are displayed.
3. Press the "General MD", "Channel MD", or "Axis MD" softkey.
The window opens and the selected machine data is displayed.
4. Place the cursor on a machine data item.
5. Position the cursor on the entry to be modified and enter the required
value.
6. Depending on the activation type, there are two ways of activating the
settings:
Press the "Activate MD (cf)" softkey. The value is applied.
- OR -
Press the "Reset (po)" softkey.
A safety prompt appears.
7. Press the "OK" softkey to trigger a warm restart.
- OR -
Press the "Cancel" softkey if you do not want to apply the settings.
1. Press the "Axis +" or "Axis -" softkey.
The values of the next (+) and the previous (-) axes are displayed.
- OR -
Press the "Direct selection..." softkey.
The "Axis Direct Selection" window opens.
2. Select the required axis directly from those available in the drop-down list
box.
Machine and setting data
7.2 Displaying/editing machine data
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