HEIDENHAIN TNC 410 User Manual

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Protecting and erasing programs in $MDI

The $MDI file is generally intended for short programs that are only
needed temporarily. Nevertheless, you can store a program, if
necessary, by proceeding as described below:

Select operating mode: Programming
and Editing

To call the file manager, press the PGM MGT
key (program management).

Move the highlight to the $MDI file.

Select „Copy file“: Press the COPY soft key

Target file =

BOREHOLE

Enter the name under which you want to save
the current contents of the $MDI file.

Copy the file.

To close the file manager, press the END soft
key.

Erasing the contents of the $MDI file is done in a similar way:
Instead of copying the contents, however, you erase them with the
DELETE soft key. The next time you select the operating mode
Positioning with MDI, the TNC will display an empty $MDI file.

If you wish to switch between conversational and ISO
programming with the MOD function, you need to
delete the current file $MDI.*, and then select again the
Positioning with MDI operating mode.

For further information, refer to section 4.2 “File Management.”

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