User manual

*More about the Automatic File Name Selection: All files saved to the ftp server memory

storage use a file name with the following structure: CNC####.TXT The number will be

the next number in the sequence of the files found on the ftp server. If the largest

sequence numbered file name number found is CNC15.TXT, the next file name created

will be CNC16.TXT.

File to CNC Menu Selection

In File to CNC mode, a file on the ftp server memory can be sent directly to the CNC.

The files shown on the display are those on the ftp server memory from the last selected

directory. Use the buttons on the right and the left to highlight a particular file, highlight

[type file] to type in a file name, or select a new sub directory to display. Press the center

button to make the selection desired.

Shown in this example screen above, the MOLD.TXT file is highlighted. Select the

center key to prepare the file to be sent. A new screen will appear showing the file to be

sent along with View, Start and Cancel options. Before pressing the Start button, prepare

the CNC control to receive a file. When the CNC is ready to accept a file, press the center

button associated with the Start button on the screen. Press the right button to cancel this

operation and return to the main menu. Use the View option to view the first few lines of

the file selected before sending the file to the CNC.

After pressing Start, the CNC will receive the data file selected. In the example above,

file data contained in MOLD.TXT will be sent to the CNC. When the transmission is

complete, the display will return to the main menu. On some machines, the operator may

have to press cancel to return to the main menu after transmission of a file.

DNC* Menu Selection

In DNC mode, a file on the ftp server memory can be sent directly to the CNC while the

control is in Automatic mode. This function provides a way to ‘run’ a program off the ftp

server memory. The first files shown on the display are files on the ftp server memory

from the last selected directory. Use the buttons on the right and the left to highlight a

particular file, highlight [type file] to type in a file name, or select a new sub directory to

display. Press the center button to make the selection desired.

- 5 -

to CNC: MOLD.TXT

View Start Cancel

[type file]

CNC16.TXT

>MOLD.TXT<

NEXTJOB<DIR>