Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual page 293

Externally processing the punched tape format
If you wish to externally process an archive, then generate this in the punched tape format.
Using the SinuCom commissioning and service tool SinuCom ARC, you can process the
archive in the binary format and in the commissioning archive.
Procedure
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Reading-out archives
Reading in an archive
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1. Select the "Program manager" operating area, and press the
"NC" or "Local drive" softkey.
- OR -
Select the "Start-up" operating area and press the "System data"
softkey.
2. Select the directories or the files that you wish to send via RS-
232-C.
3. Press the ">>" and "Archive" softkeys.
4. Press the "RS-232-C send" softkey.
- OR -
Press the "RS-232-C receive" softkey if you wish to read-in files
via RS-232-C.
Data backup
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