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ALPHA KEYS
A - Z Alphabet Keys
The alpha keys allow a user to enter the 26 letters of the alphabet along with some other special
characters. Pressing Shift and EOB will give you a forward slash ( / ), or pressing one of the
parenthesis will give you either of the brackets. Also, pressing
SHIFT
and then a letter is a way to
enter in lower case text letter in-between Parentheses.
( )
Parenthesis
Parenthesis are used to separate program text information from CNC program commands. They
must always be entered (Left and then Right parenthesis) as a pair. Any time an invalid line of
code is received through the RS-232 port, it will be entered into the program between parentheses.
If a (text name) is in between parenthesis on a program, after the program number, and is within
the first two lines of a program, that text program name will appear with program number in the
List of Programs.
The
SHIFT
key provides access to the white characters shown in the upper left corner on some of
the alphanumeric keyboard buttons. Pressing
SHIFT
and then the desired white character, will
enter that character into the input buffer. Pressing
SHIFT
and a letter (A-Z) will enter in that letter
in lower case (a-z) for text between Parentheses. Hold the SHIFT key down for successive lower
case letters between Parentheses.
This key enters in an End-Of-Block character, which is displayed as a semicolon (
;
) on the Haas
display screen and signifies the end of a program block.
[ ]
These are additional symbols (white symbols on keypad), accessed by pressing the
SHIFT
key, that can be used in parenthetical
comments. ALPHA KEYS:
The alpha keys allow the user
to
enter the 26 letters of the alphabet along with some special characters.
SHIFT
The shift key provides access to the white characters on the keyboard.
Pressing SHIFT and then the white character will cause that character to be
sent to the control. When entering text, UPPER CASE is the default. To access
lower case characters, press and hold the SHIFT key while pressing the appropriate
characters. The SHIFT key can also be continuously held down while
a number of other keys are pressed.
When a control has a fifth axis installed, the B axis is selected for jogging by
pressing SHIFT and then the +,-A keys.
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