Character Set; Block Format; A.16 Character Set - Siemens SINUMERIK 808D ADVANCED Programming And Operating Manual

A.16

Character set

The following characters are used for programming. They are interpreted in accordance with the relevant definitions.
Letters, digits
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N,O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W X, Y, Z
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
No distinction is made between lowercase and uppercase letters.
Printable special characters
( Open parenthesis
) Close parenthesis
[ Open square bracket
] Close square bracket
< less than
> greater than
: Main block, end of label
= Assignment, part of equation
/ skip
* Multiplication
+ Addition and positive sign
- Subtraction, minus sign
Non-printable special characters
L End-of-block character
F
Blank Separator between words; blank
Tab character Reserved; do not use
A.17

Block format

Functionality
A block should contain all data required to execute a machining step.
Generally, a block consists of several words and is always completed with the end-of-block character " L
writing a block, this character is automatically generated when pressing the linefeed key on an externally connected
keyboard or pressing the following key on the PPU:
See the following block structure diagram:
Programming and Operating Manual (Milling)
6FC5398-4DP10-0BA1, 01/2014
" Inverted commas
_ Underscore (belongs to letters)
. Decimal point
, Comma, separator
; Comment start
% Reserved; do not use
& Reserved; do not use
' Reserved; do not use
$ System variable identifiers
? Reserved; do not use
! Reserved; do not use
" (Linefeed). When
F
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