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Channel menu
6.3 General structure of the channel menu
a channel menu, when pressing the channel switchover key, the NC channels must be scrolled
through consecutively until the desired NC channel has been selected. An operator station
can only be switched over across NCUs using the channel menu.
6.2 Constraints
● Only one SINUMERIK Operate on a PCU/ PC may be permanently connected to one NCK.
It is not possible to switch over to another NCK.
● SINUMERIK Operate of an NCU can only operate with its own NCK and cannot be switched
over to another NCU.
6.3 General structure of the channel menu
Overview
For the channel menu, a logical view is defined across all of the channels of all NCKs involved;
this logical view is structured in channel groups and this in turn in specific NC channels.
A channel group list is defined for the channel menu in order to be able to switch over operation.
A channel group list comprises one or several channel groups. In turn, a channel group
comprises one or several NC channels.
In the channel menu, the channel groups can be selected using the horizontal softkeys.
The channels of a selected channel group can be selected with the vertical softkeys.
A certain NC channel of a specific NCU is always a switchover target that can be selected. A
switchover to another channel triggered via the channel menu can implicitly mean switchover
to another NCU.
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