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Writing a file to tape – Rockwell Automation 2706-ND1 DL40 OFFLINE PROGRAMMING SFTWR.USER MANUAL User Manual

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Chapter 6
The Transfer Menu

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If using RS-485, the Address Selections/Address Picks pop-up window will
open. All message addresses in the selected file will appear in the Address
Selections column. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight an address,
then press

[

]

to move the address to the Address Picks column. After you

have moved all the addresses to be updated with new time and date into the
Address Picks column, press

[F10].

To select a block of addresses, move the cursor to the first address on the
block and press

[CTRL][B]

to mark the beginning of the block. Then move

the cursor to the last address in the block and press

[

]

. The entire block will

be moved to the opposite column.

You can download one file at a time from the Offline Programming Software
to a tape recorder. When you select

Write to Tape Recorder

, the Write To

Tape window will appear.

Figure 6.15
Write To Tape menu

Next move the cursor to

Select File

and press

[

].

The File Selections

window will appear with the default directory in the upper left corner and a
list of the files found in that directory.

Writing a File to Tape