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Fundamentals | Visual display unit and operating panel
3.2 Visual display unit and operating panel
Display screen
The control is available either as a compact version or with a
separate display unit and operating panel. Both variants of the
control come with a 15-inch TFT color flat-panel display.
1 Header
When the control is on, the screen displays the selected
operating modes in the header: The machine operating mode
at left and the programming mode at right. The currently active
mode is displayed in the larger field of the header, where the
dialog prompts and messages also appear (exception: if the
control only displays graphics).
2 Soft keys
In the footer the control indicates additional functions in a
soft-key row. You can select these functions by pressing the
keys immediately below them. The thin bars immediately
above the soft-key row indicate the number of soft-key rows
that can be called with the keys to the right and left that are
used to switch the soft keys. The bar representing the active
soft-key row is blue
3 Soft-key selection keys
4 Keys for switching the soft keys
5 Setting the screen layout
6 Key for switchover between machine operating modes,
programming modes, and a third desktop
7 Soft-key selection keys for machine tool builders
8 Keys for switching the soft keys for machine tool builders
9 USB connection
If you are using a TNC 620 with touch control, you can
replace some keystrokes with gestures.
Further information: "Operating the touchscreen",
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