Visual Display Unit And Operating Panel; Display Screen - HEIDENHAIN TNC 620 User Manual

2.2 Visual display unit and operating
panel

Display screen

The TNC is available either as a compact version or with a separate
display unit and operating panel. Both TNC variants come with a
15-inch TFT color flat-panel display.
1 Header
When the TNC is on, the screen displays the selected
operating modes in the header: The machining mode at the left
and the programming mode at right. The currently active mode
is displayed in the larger field of the header, where the dialog
prompts and TNC messages also appear (exception: If the TNC
only displays graphics).
2 Soft keys
In the footer the TNC indicates additional functions in a soft-
key row. You can select these functions by pressing the keys
immediately below them. The thin bars immediately above the
soft-key row indicate the number of soft-key rows that can be
called with the keys to the right and left that are used to switch
the soft keys. The bar representing the active soft-key row is
highlighted
3 Soft-key selection keys
4 Keys for switching the soft keys
5 Setting the screen layout
6 Shift key for switchover between machining and programming
modes
7 Soft-key selection keys for machine tool builders
8 Keys for switching the soft keys for machine tool builders
9 USB connection
HEIDENHAIN | TNC 620 | ISO Programming User's Manual | 9/2016

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