
5. OPERATION
56.8 Handy File + 3.5” floppy disk (MS-DOS format)
If a ROM format file compiled on a personal computer is converted to Handy File format and output
to a 3.6” floppy disk (MS-DOS format), the PMC program can be read into the RAM of the CNC
via a Handy File interface connected to the CNC. This operation can be reversed.
5.6.8.1
PMC program transfer from the personal computer to
the CNC
[Operation]
Compile a source program, and create a ROM format file.
Select [l/O] (input/output) from the main menu.
Select [FDCAS] (FLOPPY CASSETTE ADAPTER & Handy File) from
menu. (See Fig. 5.6.7.1 (a).)
the input/output
Select [WRITE] (write (programmer -> FLOPPY CASSETTE ADAPTER & Handy File)).
IKI iFDCASi
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Fl KEY : WRITE (PAOCRAhSA --> Handy File)
F2 KEY : READ (PROCRMMR < - Handy File)
FlO KEY : ESD
Fig. 5.6.8.1 (a) FDCAS Input/Output Screen
Convert the ROM format file to Handy File format by specifying the following items and
running the utility.
l Name of the ROM format file
Specify the name of the ROM format file to be converted.
l Name of the Handy File format file
Specify the name to be assigned to the Handy File format file (accessible by the Handy
File) to be generated by conversion, and the 3.5” disk drive to which the file is output;
5” floppy disk cannot be used.
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