Activating/Deactivating The Multitouch Operation Of Tcus - Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE sl Commissioning Manual

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Activating/deactivating the multitouch operation of TCUs

If you use SINUMERIK TCUs, which support capacitive multitouch operation, you can centrally
activate/deactivate this functionality in the configuration file tcu.ini for all of the connected
TCUs.
Multitouch operation is activated via a default setting.
Requirement
● Hidden directories are not shown
● A copy of the tcu.ini configuration file is stored in the user directory: C:\ProgramData
\Siemens\MotionControl\user\System\etc\tcu.ini
● The tcu.ini configuration file in the user directory is not write-protected
See: Directory structure and file conventions (Page 14)
Procedure
Proceed as follows to configure multitouch operation:
1. Open the tcu.ini configuration file in the C:\ProgramData\Siemens\MotionControl
\user\System\etc\ directory.
2. Enter the desired value:
– TouchSupport=1 (default value)
– TouchSupport=0
3. Save and close the file.
Result
The setting has been changed and is active after a restart of the Siemens PC system.
PCU Base Software (IM10)
Commissioning Manual, 12/2017, 6FC5397-1DP40-6BA1
Multitouch operation is centrally activated for all of the TCUs that support the
functionality.
Multitouch operation is centrally deactivated for all of the TCUs that support the
functionality.
4.12 Activating/deactivating the multitouch operation of TCUs
Configuration of the system
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