Siemens Sinumerik 840D Operating Turning page 181

Basic operations
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Horizontal softkey bar (HSK)
The user interface consists of different subsections. At the bottom of the
screen is the horizontal softkey bar (HSK) containing 8 softkeys (see Sec-
tion 2.2.1 in this module). The selection of a new window is made by
pressing the buttons just under the softkeys. If the number of functions
exceeds the representation capacities of the maximum of 8 softkeys than
a partitioning in two different horizontal softkey bars occurs.
The change over forth and back takes place with
the "Extend"-key on the operator panel.
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Vertical softkey bar (VSK)
The available functions and operating modes can be selected from the
keys right beside the vertical softkey bar (VSK) on the right hand side of
the screen. If the number of functions exceeds the representation possi-
bilitiescapacities of the maximum of 8 softkeys than a partitioning in two
different vertical softkey bars occurs.
The changeover takes place with the:
"Forward"-key or the
"Back"-key (VSK 8).
2.2 Operating with softkeys and buttons
The Sinumerik OPerate seperates into 6 different operating areas
("Machine", "Parameter", "Program", "Program Manager", "Diagnostics",
"Start-up"), 3 operating modes ("JOG", "MDA", "AUTO") and 2 functions
("REPOS", "REFPOINT").
By pressing the button "MENU SELECT" on the op-
erator panel the active screen will be overlaid with
the display of a yellow horizontal softkey bar at the
bottom and a yellow vertical softkey bar on the left
side of the screen. They consist of 6 operating area
softkeys in the HSK and 3 operating mode-, as well
as 2 function softkeys in the vertical softkey bar.
840D/828D SINUMERIK Operate
Section 2
Notes