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Getting parentheses on 16 and 18 series Fanuc controls
Suggested by Ty Brady of CNC Systems
Some series 16 and (especially) 18 series controls come with a "limited
keyboard", meaning only essential keys are available. If you do not have a
full keyboard on your 16 or 18 series control, you will find that there are no
parentheses keys [()]. If this is the case, you cannot type or edit messages at
the control.
Though you will not have every letter of the alphabet available, you can at
least gain access to parentheses by changing a parameter. According to Ty Brady
of CNC Systems in Kennebunk, Maine, bit number 2 of parameter 3204 (check in
your list of parameters for confirmation) controls this function. If bit 2 set
to a one (it is labeled "EXK"), you will notice that two soft keys
under the display screen in the Edit mode will show parentheses.
