HEIDENHAIN TNC 426B (280 472) Touch Probe Cycles - Manual (Page 23)

HEIDENHAIN TNC 426, TNC 430 11
2.1 Intr
oduction
Recording Measured Values from the Probe
Cycles
After executing any selected probe cycle, the TNC displays the soft
key PRINT. If you press this soft key, the TNC will record the current
values determined in the active probe cycle. You can then use the
PRINT function in the menu for setting the data interface (see the
User's Manual Chapter 12, “MOD Functions, Setting the Data
Interfaces”) to define whether the TNC is to
n print the measuring result,
n store the measuring results on the TNC’s hard disk, or
n store the measuring results on a PC.
If you store the measuring results, the TNC creates the ASCII file
%TCHPRNT.A. Unless you define a specific path and interface in the
interface configuration menu, the TNC will store the %TCHPRNT file
in the main directory TNC:\.
The TNC must be specially prepared by the machine tool
builder for use of this function. The machine tool manual
provides further information.
When you press the PRINT soft key, the %TCHPRNT.A
file must not be
active in the Programming and Editing mode of operation.
The TNC will otherwise display an error message.
The TNC stores the measured data in the %TCHPRNT.A
file only. If you execute several probe cycles in succession
and want to store the resulting measured data, you must
make a backup of the contents stored in %TCHPRNT.A
between the individual cycles by copying or renaming the
file.
Format and contents of the %TCHPRNT file are preset by
the machine tool builder.