1.4 The Demo Version; General Information; Starting The Demo Version - HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 Operating Instructions Manual

1.4 The Demo Version

General information

After you have installed the iTNC 530 programming station on your PC,
you can call the TNC features with your standard PC keyboard for test
purposes. All features of the iTNC 530 are available. As an alternative,
you can also use the virtual keyboard for the demo version (see
"Showing the virtual keyboard" on page 29).
The demo version of the iTNC 530 programming station
permits you to save up to 100 NC blocks per NC program.
When extracting contours from DXF files, the TNC saves
no more than 50 NC blocks in the corresponding contour
program. The same constraint applies to extracting
machining positions into a point table.

Starting the demo version

After you have started the demo version of the programming station
using the Windows Start menu, a pop-up window appears and informs
you about the special features of the demo version. In this case,
proceed as follows:
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To confirm the information about the demo version, press the CE
key on the TNC's virtual keyboard. If you are using the standard PC
keyboard, press the comma (,) key in the numeric keypad of your
keyboard. If you are using a laptop, activate the NUM LOCK function
and then press the comma (,) key in the numeric keypad of your
keyboard. Then the TNC software closes the pop-up window and
displays the Power interrupted message.
U To confirm the power interruption, press again the CE key in the
TNC keyboard or the appropriate PC key. The programming station
software is now ready for use in the Manual Operation mode.
See also the information on the keyboard assignment (see
"Keyboard assignment" on page 34).
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