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Importing tool tables, Programming: tools 5.2 tool data – HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 (34055x-06) User Manual

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Programming: Tools

5.2

Tool data

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TNC 320 | User's Manual HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 5/2013

Exiting the tool table

Call the file manager and select a file of a different type, such as
a part program

Importing tool tables

The machine manufacturer can adapt the IMPORT
TABLE function. Refer to your machine manual.

If you export a tool table from an iTNC 530 and import it into a
TNC 320, you have to adapt its format and content before you can
use the tool table. On the TNC 320, you can adapt the tool table
conveniently with the IMPORT TABLE function. The TNC converts
the contents of the imported tool table to a format valid for the
TNC 320 and saves the changes to the selected file. Follow this
procedure:

Save the tool table of the iTNC 530 to the

TNC:\table directory

Select the Programming mode of operation

Call the file manager: Press the PGM MGT key

Move the highlight to the tool table you want to import

Press the MORE FUNCTIONS soft key

Select the IMPORT TABLE soft key: The TNC inquires whether
you really want to overwrite the selected tool table

Press the CANCEL soft key if you do not want to overwrite the
file, or

Press the ADAPT TABLE FORMAT soft key to overwrite the file

Open the converted table and check its contents

The following characters are permitted
in the

Name column of the tool table:

"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789#
$&-._". The TNC changes a comma in the tool
name to a period during import.

The TNC overwrites the selected tool table when
running the IMPORT TABLE function. The TNC also
creates a backup file with the extension

.t.bak. To

avoid losing data, be sure to make a backup copy of
your original tool table before importing it!

The procedure for copying tool tables using the
TNC file manager is described in the section on file
management (See "Copying a table").

When tool tables of the iTNC 530 are imported, the
TYPE column is not imported.