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Working with TNCguide

Call TNCguide

There are several ways to start the TNCguide:

Press the HELP key.

Click the help symbol at the lower right of the screen

beforehand, then click the appropriate soft keys

Open a help file (CHM file) via the file management. The TNC

can open any .chm file, even if it is not saved on the TNC's

internal memory

When the help system is called on the programming

station, the TNC starts the internally defined

standard browser.

For many soft keys there is a context-sensitive call through which

you can go directly to the description of the soft key's function.

This functionality requires using a mouse. Proceed as follows:

Select the soft-key row containing the desired soft key

Click with the mouse on the help symbol that the TNC displays

just above the soft-key row: The mouse pointer turns into a

question mark

Move the question mark to the soft key for which you want an

explanation, and click: The TNC opens TNCguide. If there is no

entry point for the selected soft key, then the TNC opens the

book file main.chm. You can search for the desired explanation

using full text search or by using the navigation

Even if you are editing an NC block, context-sensitive help is

Select any NC block

Select the desired word

Press the HELP button: The TNC opens the Help system and

shows the description of the active function. This does not

apply for miscellaneous functions or cycles from your machine

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