Glossary
Properties
Characteristics of an object (e.g of a → Variable)
Input/output field
Also I/O field: for inputting or outputting variable values.
Start softkey
Softkey with which the first newly created → Dialog is started.
Event
Any action, which initiates execution of a → Method: Input of characters, actuation of softkeys,
etc.
Help variable
Internal arithmetic variable to which no → Properties can be assigned and is not, therefore,
visible in the → Dialog.
Hotkeys
6 keys on OP 010, OP 010C and SINUMERIK keyboards with hotkey blocks. Pressing the
keys selects an operating area directly. As an option, 2 additional keys can be configured as
hotkeys.
Interpreter
The interpreter automatically converts the defined code from the → Configuration file into a
→ Dialog and controls its use.
Method
Programmed sequence of operations executed when a corresponding → Event occurs.
Parameter
Parameters are variable elements of the programming syntax and are replaced by other words/
symbols in the → Configuration file.
PI service
Function which, on an NC, executes a clearly defined operation. PI services can be called from
the PLC and the HMI system.
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