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SECTION 3 DATA
INPUT/OUTPUT
OPERATION
SECTION
3
DATA
INPUT/OUTPUT
OPERATION
1.
NC Program Input/Output Function Using MS-DOS Format Floppy
Disk
The MS-DOS format
I/O
function enables input and output of
NC
part
programs using MS-DOS format
3.5-inch floppy disks.
(1)
Program input and output using this function is possible with the following MS-DOS formats:
-
3.5-inch 2DD floppy disks (640
KB/720
KB)
-
3.5-inch 2HD floppy disks (1.20 MB)
-
3.5-inch 2HD floppy disks (1.23 MB)
-
3.5-inch 2HD floppy disks (1 .44 MB)
[Supplement]
1
.
"MS-DOS" is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
2.
Even
if a
3.5-inch floppy disk can be read and written to at an MS-DOS-compatible
personal computer, it may not
be possible to read
and
write to the
disk using
this
function if
its format
is
not a
regular
one
conforming to published MS-DOS
literature.
1-1
.
Operation Overview
The MS-DOS format
I/O
function indicates the operation (1) and (2) in the illustration given below.
(D
3.5-inch floppy
Memory (MD1)
disk
(2)
Fig. 3-1 Operation Overview
(1)
in the program operation mode, part programs and other NC data stored in the NC memory
are
copied
to
a floppy disk using the
copy command.
(2) In the program operation mode, part programs and other NC data saved in the floppy disk
are
copied to the NC memory using the copy command.
1 -2.
Specifying MS-DOS File Names
MS-DOS file names are specified in the
way shown below.
FDO:
\PATH
1
\PATH2\ABC.M
IN
\
Device name
Directory
File name
Path name
[Supplement]
1
.
The reverse slash
"\"
is used as the delimiter
between directory names (the
T
following the device
name can be
omitted).
2.
it is
not normally
necessary
to
specify a device
name
when handling
NC files but it
is essential
to
specify one for
MS-DOS files.
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