Introduction - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual

3.2

Introduction

Note
Setup of documentation: Operating Manual / online help
The contents for the Diff section are identical in the operating manual and the online help.
Diff is software for displaying and comparing folders, SINUMERIK archives, general files and
special files of the SINUMERIK 840D sl control.
With Diff, SINUMERIK archives can also be modified and stored.
Selected data can be exported from SINUMERIK archives or data can be imported into
SINUMERIK archives.
For data class archives of SINUMERIK 828D control unlimited functionality is available, i.e.
identifiers cannot be inserted or imported into this archive.
Diff is furthermore capable of creating archives directly from a control or of reading archives
into a control. Only values of existing identifiers can be changed - or identifiers and their
associated values removed.
Diff comprises the following three components:
● SINUMERIK archive
comparison
(Page 24)
● Folder comparison
(Page 52)
● File comparison
(Page 65)
The three components of Diff can be called individually and any number of times in the
application and are each displayed as a tab. Diff can be used to support configuration of
packages with Expert and, also independently of Expert, as standard comparison software.
In all three components, the opened archive, folder or files can be edited.
The data determined with Diff is provided in such a way that it can be incorporated into a project
directly.
The advantage of Diff that makes it so unique is the fact that it can process SINUMERIK
archives in the PC or punched tape format and also special SINUMERIK files and SINUMERIK
data structures.
Diff shows NC and drive data in a structured fashion in the SINUMERIK archive comparison.
SINUMERIK Integrate Create MyConfig - Diff, Expert, Topo
Operating Manual, 11/2016, A5E36537479B-AD
→ Display and comparison of NC, drive or display data from
SINUMERIK archives or files.
→ Display and comparison of folders, SINUMERIK archives and
archives in ZIP, TGZ and TAR format.
→ Display and comparison of files.
Create MyConfig - Diff
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