HEIDENHAIN POSITIP 880 User Manual page 131

Serial port
The RS-232-C/V.24 serial port is located on the rear panel (see Fig.
II.22 for pin layout). The following devices can be connected to this
port:
Printer with serial data interface
Personal computer with serial data interface
For operations that support data transfer, import and export soft keys
will be available. Refer to the operation section of the manual for more
information.
To export data to a serial port printer, press the EXPORT soft key. The
data is exported in an ASCII text format which can be printed directly.
To export or import data between the POSITIP 880 and a personal
computer, the PC must use terminal communications software such
as TNC Remo. (TNC Remo is available for free at: http://
filebase.heidenhain.de/doku/english/serv_0.htm. Contact your
Heidenhain distributor for further details.) This software processes the
data being sent or received over the serial cable link. All data
transferred between POSITIP 880 and the PC is in ASCII text format.
To export data from the POSITIP 880 to a PC, the PC must first be
made ready to receive the data to save it to a file. Setup the terminal
communication program to capture ASCII text data from the COM port
to a file on the PC. After the PC is ready to receive, start the data
transfer by pressing the POSITIP 880's EXPORT soft key.
To import data into the POSITIP 880 from a PC, the POSITIP 880 must
first be made ready to receive the data. Press the POSITIP 880's
IMPORT soft key. After the POSITIP 880 is ready, setup the terminal
communications program on the PC to send the desired file in ASCII
text format.
The POSITIP 880 does not support communication
protocols such as Kermit or Xmodem.
POSITIP 880
Fig. II.22 Pin layout of RS-232-C/V.24 data interface
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