Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual page 77

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
machine 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 -
Machine and setting data
7.2 Displaying/editing machine data
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