Backup On An External Data Medium - HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 Service Manual

13.4 Backup on an External Data Medium

During backup the data of the control's hard disk are stored on an external data medium (e.g.
service laptop).
Either the contents of the control partitions PLC:\ and TNC:\ are archived for long periods or all
available data of the control's hard disk (full backup) are used for, e.g., an exchange of the
control.
Connection setup
In the upper screen half (laptop/PC contents), select the target drive:
Selecting the target
drive on the laptop
Creating target
folder on laptop
In the lower screen half (iTNC 530 contents), select the source drive:
Selecting the
control partition
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Note
If possible the control should be in Power interrupted state while the backup is run.
Set up a connection to iTNC 530 via TNCremoNT.
--> See "Connection Setup" on page 13 – 172.
Click the bar with the drive information. --> Its color changes from gray to blue, and two
buttons appear at the right side in the bar.
Click the Change folder/drive... button. --> A new window opens.
Now, select the drive. --> The path is displayed in the blue bar.
Click the icon Create folder or select File / Create folder ... from the menu. --> A new
window opens.
Enter the name of the new directoy (e.g. backup HUGO machine) and confirm with OK.
Note
The folder where you save the backup should have an identifying name (e.g. the machine
number) so that it can clearly be assigned to the machine to which it belongs!
Avoid long path and file names! The file name should not be longer than 25 characters; do
not use more than 256 characters in total.
Double-click the newly created folder. --> It appears in the blue bar.
Click the bar with the drive information. --> Its color changes from gray to blue, and two
buttons appear at the right side in the bar.
Click the Change folder/drive... button. --> A new window opens.
Now, select the drive (TNC: or PLC:). --> The path is displayed in the blue bar.
Note
For changing to the PLC control partition, the respective code number is interrogated.
Ensure that your are in the root directory of the selected partition (in the example PLC:).
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