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2 t ool data – HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (34049x-08) ISO programming User Manual

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Programming: Tools

5.2 T

ool data

Using an external PC to overwrite individual tool
data

The HEIDENHAIN data transfer software TNCremoNT provides an

especially convenient way to use an external PC to overwrite tool data

(see "Software for data transfer" on page 565). This applies when you

measure tool data on an external tool presetter and then want to

transfer the data to the TNC. Follow this procedure:

Copy the tool table TOOL.T to the TNC, for example to TST.T

Start the data transfer software TNCremoNT on the PC

Establish a connection with the TNC

Transfer the copied tool table TST.T to the PC

Use any text editor to reduce TST.T to the lines and columns to be

changed (see figure). Make sure that the header is not changed and

the data is always flush in the column. The tool number (column T)

need not be consecutive

In TNCremoNT, select the menu item and :

This starts TNCcmd

To transfer TST.T to the TNC, enter the following command and

confirm with the return key (see figure):

put tst.t tool.t /m

During transfer, only the tool data defined in the subfile

(e.g. TST.T) is overwritten. All other tool data of the table

TOOL.T remains unchanged.
The procedure for copying tool tables using the TNC file

manager is described in the section on file management

(see "Copying a table" on page 130).