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Structure of the program editor
2.3 Navigation and program selection
Shown below is a directory tree of the opened NC-memory:
With the blue "cursor up" and the "cursor down" keys
You can navigate through the directory tree in the
program manager window.
With the blue "cursor to the right" key you can open
a folder or subfolder and select and open a file.
Alternatively you can use the yellow "INPUT" key for
the same operations.
The VSK 1.1 "Select" loads a selected program into
the main memory of the NC, ready for machining.
The VSK 1.3 "Open" loads a selected program di-
rectly into the program editor window, ready for edit-
ing.
With the "cursor to the left" key on the keyboard you
can close the selected folders or subfolders and step
back one level higher in the directory hierarchy.
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