Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe - Manual (Page 114)

Editing Programs On Line
Chapter 5
5-8
2. Type the program characters to be entered in the input area. Press the
[EOB]
key (end of block) at the end of each block.
If you make a mistake keying in a character before it is sent from the
input area, you can edit the input lines as described on page 2-37.
3. Press the
[TRANSMIT]
key to send data from the input lines to the
program display area.
Important: After data has been sent to the program display area of the
screen (lines 7-22), you can no longer edit using the input cursor.
4. Repeat these steps until the entire program has been entered.
Changing
You can replace characters or words with one or several characters or
words by using the change feature. Follow these steps to change data that
has already been entered into the program display area.
1. From the edit menu, press the
{MODIFY INSERT}
softkey until the
MODIFY: prompt is displayed on the input line. The control toggles
between change and insert each time you press
{MODIFY INSERT}
.
DIGITZ
E
MODIFY
INSERT
BLOCK
DELETE
BLOCK
TRUNC
DELETE
CH/WRD
EXIT
EDITOR
STRING
SEARCH
RENUM
PRGRAM
MERGE
PRGRAM
QUICK
VIEW
CHAR/
WORD
(softkey level 3)
2. Locate the block cursor in the program display area at the character(s)
that you want to be change by pressing the up, down, left, and right
cursor keys. Characters appear in reverse video on the screen will be
the characters changed.
3. Key in a new character or word to replace data located by the cursor
in the input area, then press the
[TRANSMIT]
key.
Important: Only the data that is within the cursor will be changed. If
more data is typed in than is contained in the cursor, the extra data will be
inserted to the right of the cursor. If less data is typed in than is contained
in the cursor, remaining data in the cursor will be deleted.
5.2.3
Changing and Inserting
{MODIFY INSERT}