
5.5 Dat2mem utility manual
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Data file to Memory_Card file conversion utility
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The "dat2mem.com" is a utility program which converts arbitrary MS-DOS data
file to Memory_Card file that is used for CNC. It reads multiple data files
to make a Memory_Card file which can be directly loaded into CNC. It can also
combine data files with existing Memory_Card file of a C Executor program
to make up new Memory_Card file.
(1) C Executor data file
C Executor Library supports functions which make application programs
capable of reading data files stored in the F-ROM of CNC controls. The data
file of the format which can be read by C Executor applications is referred to
as C Executor data file. Multiple MS-DOS data files can be combined and
stored in a C Executor data file. C Executor application program can read
individual MS-DOS files by specifying its file name.
There are following two types of C Executor data file.
(1) Data only file
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│ Memory_Card file │
│ header │
+-----------------------+
│ Data file │
│ directory entry │
+-----------------------+
│ Data file 1 │
│ │
+-----------------------+
│ Data file 2 │
│ │
+-----------------------+
│ ... │
│ │
+-----------------------+
│ Data file n │
│ │
+-----------------------+