
Controls and displays
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Controls and displays
Keys
If you are using a TNC 640 with touch control, you can
replace some keystrokes with hand-to-screen contact.
Keys on visual display unit
Key
Function
Selecting the screen layout
Toggle the display between
machine operating mode, program-
ming mode, and a third desktop
Soft keys for selecting functions on
screen
Shifting between soft-key rows
Alphanumeric keyboard
Key
Function
File names, comments
DIN/ISO programming
Machine operating modes
Key
Function
Manual operation
Electronic handwheel
Positioning with manual data input
Program run, single block
Program run, full sequence
Programming modes
Key
Function
Programming
Test run
Entering and editing coordinate
axes and numbers
Key
Function
. . .
Select coordinate axes or enter
them in a program
. . .
Numbers
Decimal separator / Reverse
algebraic sign
Polar coordinate entry /
Incremental values
Q parameter programming /
Q parameter status
Capture actual position
NO
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Skip dialog questions, delete words
Confirm entry and resume dialog
Conclude block and exit entry
Clear entries or error message
Abort dialog, delete program
section
Tool functions
Key
Function
Define tool data in the program
Call tool data
Summary of Contents for TNC 640
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Page 5: ...Fundamentals ...
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Page 67: ...1 First Steps with the TNC 640 ...
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Page 91: ...2 Introduction ...
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Page 131: ...3 Operating the Touchscreen ...
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Page 145: ...4 Fundamentals File Management ...
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Page 207: ...5 Programming Aids ...
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Page 237: ...6 Tools ...
Page 281: ...7 Programming Contours ...
Page 333: ...8 Data Transfer from CAD Files ...
Page 355: ...9 Subprograms and Program Section Repeats ...
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Page 375: ...10 Programming Q Parameters ...
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Page 479: ...11 Miscellaneous Functions ...
Page 501: ...12 Special Functions ...
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Page 585: ...13 Multiple Axis Machining ...
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Page 651: ...14 Pallet Management ...
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Page 665: ...15 Batch Process Manager ...
Page 673: ...16 Turning ...
Page 713: ...17 Manual Operation and Setup ...
Page 797: ...18 Positioning with Manual Data Input ...
Page 803: ...19 Test Run and Program Run ...
Page 843: ...20 MOD Functions ...
Page 881: ...21 Tables and Overviews ...