Showing The Virtual Keyboard; Exiting The Programming Station - HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 Operating Instructions Manual

Showing the virtual keyboard

Your active screen resolution must be higher than
1024x768 in order to work effectively with the virtual
keyboard.
You use the mouse in combination with the virtual keyboard to
simulate keys available on the TNC keyboard. You can activate the soft
keys directly with the mouse in the TNC window, or with the F1 to F8
function keys on the PC keyboard. The keys normally available on the
TNC screen housing are also operated via the function keys on the PC
keyboard:

Scroll the soft-key row to the left: F9

Scroll the soft-key row to the right: F10

Set the screen layout: F11

Switch between the foreground and background operating mode:
F12
Proceed as follows to show the virtual keyboard:
 Start the programming station software
 Double-click the green HEIDENHAIN symbol to the lower right in
the taskbar for the TNC Control Panel to appear

Click the More >> button: Additional settings are displayed
 Click the Keypad button: The virtual keyboard is shown
If you want to automatically show the keyboard when starting the
programming station software, proceed as follows:
 Start the programming station software
 Double-click the green HEIDENHAIN symbol to the lower right in
the taskbar for the iTNC Control Panel to appear
 Click the More >> button: Additional settings are displayed

Click the Settings button: Display options are displayed
 Select the Launch keypad at startup option. Confirm with OK
The changes in the settings do not become active until you
restart the programming station software.

Exiting the programming station

Fundamentals
In order to avoid losing data when exiting the program, you must quit
the programming station correctly. The following sections describe
the two possibilities for doing this.
Inappropriate exiting of the programming station can lead to
data loss.
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