Locking program areas for single-step mode (#SINGLE STEP)
The command #SINGLE STEP [ DISABLE / ENABLE ] locks any program areas in the NC program for single-step mode. This allows the operator to skip the labelled program areas in one step and jump faster to the NC lines to be analysed.
If locked areas are nested, the single-step lock includes the area starting at the first activation to the first deactivation (see example 2).
The user can continue to define an incremental width at a specific block number single-step resolution #SINGLE STEP [ RESOLUTION… ] at which the single-step stop is to act (see example 3).
For further information on single-step block mode, see the functional description [FCT-M2].
Syntax: |
#SINGLE STEP [ DISABLE | ENABLE | RESOLUTION=.. ] |
DISABLE | Start of single-step lock. |
ENABLE | End of single-step lock. |
RESOLUTION=.. | Specific block number incremental width at which the single-step stop acts. |
Programming Example
Locking program areas for single-step mode
Single-step mode is not effective in the area of the NC blocks N40–N100 including all included subroutines called in it.
Example 2:
Area of single-step lock with nesting includes N40-N75
Example 3:
Block numbering with user-specific single-step resolution (steps of 10) and internal numbering (single-step width). The black lines show the single-step stop. There is no stopping within the grey area.