Rockwell Automation 8520-MUM 9/Series CNC Mill Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set - Manual (Page 119)

Editing Programs Online
Chapter 5
5-5
The following section discusses moving the cursor in the program display
area (lines 7-20 of the CRT). It assumes that a program has already been
selected to edit as discussed in section 5.1.
Important: The input cursor is the cursor shown on the input lines (2 and
3 on the screen). Details on the input cursor are given in chapter 2.
To move the block cursor right and left, press the right and left cursor
keys.
To move the block cursor up and down, press the up and down cursor
keys.
To search for a character or character string press the continue {
•
}
softkey to change the softkey functions and follow these steps.
1. Press the {STRING SEARCH} softkey.
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. To locate the cursor at the beginning or end of the file:
Press either the:
{TOP OF PRGRAM} softkey -- to move the cursor to the beginning
of the part program.
{BOT OF PROGRAM} softkey -- to move the cursor to the end of
the part program.
(softkey level 4)
FORWRD REVRSE TOP OF
PRGRAM
BOT OF
PRGRAM
5.2.1
Moving the Cursor {STRING
SEARCH} and Cursor Size
{CHAR/WORD}