Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operating Manual page 324

Programming technological functions (cycles)
8.2 Milling
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6. Press the "Lowercase" softkey to enter lowercase letters. Press it
again to enter uppercase letters.
7. Press the "Variable" and "Date" softkeys if you want to engrave the
current date.
The data is inserted in the European date format
(<DD>.<MM>.<YYYY>).
To obtain a different date format, you must adapt the format specified
in the text field. For example, to engrave the date in the American date
format (month/day/year => 8/16/04), change the format to
<M>/<D>/<YY> .
7. Press the "Variable" and "Time" softkeys if you want to engrave the
current time.
The time is inserted in the European format (<TIME24>).
To have the time in the American format, change the format to
<TIME12>.
Example:
Text entry: Time: <TIME24> Execute: Time: 16.35
Time: <TIME12> Execute: Time: 04.35 PM
 Press the "Variable" and "Workpiece count 000123" softkeys to
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engrave a workpiece count with a fixed number of digits and
leading zeroes.
The format text <######,_$AC_ACTUAL_PARTS> is inserted and
you return to the engraving field with the softkey bar.
 Define the number of digits by adjusting the number of place
holders (#) in the engraving field.
If the specified number of positions (e.g. ##) is not sufficient to
represent the unit quantity, then the cycle automatically increases
 the number of required positions.
- OR
 Press the "Variable" and "Workpiece count 123" softkeys if you
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want to engrave a workpiece count without lead zeroes.
The format text <#,_$AC_ACTUAL_PARTS> is inserted and you
return to the engraving field with the softkey bar.
 Define the number of digits by adjusting the number of place
holders in the engraving field.
If the specified number of digits is not enough to display the
workpiece count (e.g. 123), the cycle will automatically increase
the number digits.
Operating Manual, 03/2010, 6FC5398-7CP20-1BA0
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