A.10 Character Set - Siemens SINUMERIK 808D User Manual

A.10 Character set
The following characters are used for programming. They are interpreted in accordance with the relevant definitions.
L e tters, 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
N o n-printable special characters
L End-of-block character
F
Blank Separator between words; blank
Tab character Reserved; do not use
A.11 Block format
Fu n ctionality
A block should contain all data required to execute a machining step.
Generally, a block consists of several w o rds and is always completed with the e n d-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:
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" 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
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