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Alphanumeric keyboard, 3 oper ation and data input – HEIDENHAIN SW 68894x-02 User Manual

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HEIDENHAIN CNC PILOT 640

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2.3

Oper

ation

and

data

input

Alphanumeric keyboard

You enter letters and special characters with the screen keypad or (if

available) with a PC keyboard connected over the USB port.
Enter the text with the screen keyboard

Press the "Alphabetic keyboard" soft key or the GOTO key to enter

a text, for example a program name.

The CNC PILOT opens the "text entry" window.

Just as on a cell phone, you press the numerical keys a few times

to get the desired letters or special characters.

Wait until the selected character is transferred to the entry field

before you enter the next character.

Use the OK soft key to load the text into the open dialog field.

Use the abc/ABC soft key to select upper or lower case.

To delete individual characters, use the Backspace soft key.