Formats For Saving And Importing Data; Punched Tape Format - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operator's Manual

7
Services Operating Area

7.3 Formats for saving and importing data

7.3

Formats for saving and importing data

Path name
Formats
7.3.1

Punched tape format

7-250
The path name is automatically entered when files are saved
(archived).
The path is named in the first line of a file:
;$PATH=/_N_WKS_DIR/_N_SHAFT_WPD
When the file is re-imported into the control, it is stored in this path.
If no path is specified, the files are read in to the currently active,
selected directory or to the clipboard.
Example of file with path name:
%_N_SHAFT_MPF
;$PATH=/_N_WKS_DIR/_N_SHAFT_WPD
N10 G0 X... Z...
...
M2
Files can be saved to archive files in three different formats:
•
Punched tape/ASCII format
•
PC/binary format
•
Punched tape/ISO format
1. Only files with characters that can be displayed, i.e. files
created in the text editor, can be saved. No binary data,
however, can be saved.
2. Files in punched tape format can be edited with the text
editor.
3. Files can be set up externally in punched tape format
provided that they are formatted in compliance with the format
specified below.
4. If a file is set up manually, it must begin with %<name>. "%"
must be typed in the first column of the first line. An archive in
punched tape format may contain several files, each of which
must begin with %<name>.
SINUMERIK 840D/810D Operator's Guide HMI Embedded (BEM) – 03.04 Edition
7
03.04
 Siemens AG, 2004. All rights reserved