HEIDENHAIN MANUALplus 4110 - Manual (Page 22)

22 1 Introduction and Fundamentals
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ALplus Design
1.3 MANUALplus Design
The dialog between machinist and control takes place via:
„ Screen
„ Soft keys
„ Data input keypad
„ Machine operating panel
The entered data can be displayed and checked on the screen. With
the function keys directly below the screen, you can select functions,
capture position values, confirm entries, and a lot more.
With the information key (also found beneath the screen), you can
call error and PLC information and activate the PLC diagnostic
function.
The data input keyboard (operating panel) serves for the input of
machine data, positioning data, etc. The MANUALplus does not need
an alphanumeric keyboard. Tool descriptions, program descriptions or
comments in a DIN program are entered with an on-screen
alphanumeric keyboard.
The machine operating panel contains all necessary controls for
manual operation of the lathe.
The actual control is not accessible to the machinist. You should know,
however, that your MANUALplus has an integrated hard disk on which
all cycle programs, ICP contours and DIN programs that you enter are
stored. This allows you to save a vast number of programs.
For data exchange and data backup, you can use the serial data
interface (RS-232-C) or the Ethernet interface.
Lathe design
MANUALplus is configured by the machine manufacturer as a vertical
boring and turning mill or to machine with tools "in front of" or "behind"
the workpiece—depending on the design of the lathe or the position
of the tool carrier. The menu symbols, the graphic support windows
as well as the graphic representation during ICP and graphic
simulation all reflect the configuration of the lathe.
The representations in this User's Manual assume a lathe with tool
carrier in front of the workpiece.