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in the COMMAND field. For example, W.

Press ENTER to finalize your changes, or ESC or cancel your edits.

NOTE: In the fields that are displayed values in hexadecimal, you can use

Popup

Editors

to edit the data. This is the easiest way to ensure that these words are

modified correctly.

Commands can also be issued using shortcut keys. To learn the command shortcut keys,

click the Command menu, and look at the right column of the menu. For example,

ALT+P will issue the P – Set Parameters command. Commands can also be issued

using Stored Commands; see

Using Stored Commands

for more information.

Data may also be copied around the main screen. The keys used for doing so are

identical to most spreadsheets.

•

To cut cells to the clipboard, press CTRL+X.

This key is available on in the table editors, and not on the main window.

•

To copy cells to the clipboard, press CTRL+C.

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To paste from the clipboard to the current location, press CTRL+V. You should not

have a group of cells selected when you paste, just have the cursor in the upper-

leftmost cell to which you want the block to be copied.

Accessing Context Sensitive Help

Each of the fields displayed on the main screen and the table editors can have help

associated them.

To display the context sensitive help for a field:

•

Right-click on the field for which you want help to display the shortcut menu, and

click Help on field.

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Or, select the cell of the field for which you want help, and press F1.

Read-back versus Write Mode

The

Command

and

Parameter areas

of the main screen can operate in either of the

following two modes:

Read-back Mode - In this mode, the Command and Parameter areas will be

continually read from the motion control module. This mode is

necessary to monitor the commands given from another source

(such as the PLC) and also to determine the parameters stored

on the motion control module. The Command area field values

are displayed in RED.

NOTE: Because the Command and Parameter fields are constantly being updated it is