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USB Port (type “B”)
The USB port is located on the rear panel. The following device can be
connected to this port:
Personal computer with serial data interface
For operations that support data transfer, an IMPORT/EXPORT soft
key will be available.
To export, or import data between the ND 522/523, and a personal
computer, the PC must use terminal communications software such
as TNC Remo. (TNC Remo is available for free at:
http://filebase.heidenhain.de/doku/english/serv_0.htm. Contact a
Heidenhain distributor for further details.) This software processes the
data being sent, or received over the serial cable link. All data
transferred between ND 522/523, and the PC is in ASCII text format.
To export data from the ND 522/523 to a PC, the PC must first be
made ready to receive the data to save it to a file. Setup the terminal
communication program to capture ASCII text data from the COM port
to a file on the PC. After the PC is ready to receive, start the data
transfer by pressing the ND 522/523’s IMPORT/EXPORT soft key.
Select Export.
To import data into the ND 522/523 from a PC, the ND 522/523 must
first be made ready to receive the data. Press the ND 522/523’s
IMPORT/EXPORT soft key. Select Import. After the ND 522/523 is
ready, setup the terminal communications program on the PC to send
the desired file in ASCII text format.
Data format
Data is transferred in the following sequence:
External Operations via USB port
The display unit can be operated over the USB port data interface
using an external device. The following key commands are available:
The ND 522/523 does not support communication
protocols such as Kermit, or Xmodem.
Format
Key is pressed
Sequence of commands
Function
Key ‘0’
Key ‘1’
Key ‘2’
Key ‘3’
Key ‘4’
Key ‘5’