HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 Service Manual page 246

Data transfer For the data transfer and data backup the HEIDENHAIN data transfer software TNCremoNT as
software of version 2.3 is used in this description.
TNCremoNT
The current TNCremoNT version can be downloaded from the HEIDENHAIN website
(www.heidenhain.de/Services/...) and installed on your service laptop or your stationary PC.
BINARY-ASCII Some files (e.g., NC programs) on the hard disk of the control are available in BINARY format.
conversion
Important advantages of this data format are the relatively fast access and the relatively low
memory requirements.
If the default setting of the HEIDENHAIN data transfer software TNCremoNT is correct, the
downloading of data from the control's hard disk to an external data medium (e.g., laptop/PC)
is performed with an automatic conversion from BINARY format to ASCII format.
During transfer of data from an external data medium to the control's hard disk, the data are
converted from ASCII format to BINARY format.
The picture shows the correct default setting in the TNCremoNT configuration.
Protection from It is possible that the machine manufacturer has activated the below soft key on the iTNC 530.
data tampering Before data are read from or written to the control's hard disk, such and action must be
approved.
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Note
The TNCremoNT program includes detailed operating descriptions including table of
contents in Menu/Help.
Note
The data of a iTNC 530 are archived externally in the defined ASCII format as the BINARY
format on the control can be changed, e.g., after an NC software update.
Press the MOD key and subsequently the soft key EXTERNAL ACCESS ON/OFF.
--> The access must be approved!
Note
The external access (via laptop/PC) to partitions on the control's hard disk (e.g., PLC
partition) can be locked with passwords by the machine manufacturer, like the internal
access (on the control).
Contact the machine manufacturer!
HEIDENHAIN Service Manual iTNC 530