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03.04 "Services" Operating Area
7.3 Formats for savin
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% Identifier positioned in front of a file name.
The identifier must be positioned in the first column of the relevant line
(at beginning of block).
File names 1. File names can contain the characters
0...9, A...Z, a...z or _ and must not exceed 24 characters.
2 File names must have a 3-character extension
(_xxx).
3 Data in punch tape format can be generated externally or
processed with an editor. The file name of a file stored internally in
the NC memory starts with "_N_".
A file in punch tape format begins with %<name>, "%" must
appear in the first column of the first line.
Examples:
%_N_SHAFT123_MPF = Part program SHAFT123 or
%Flange3_MPF = Part program Flange3
;$PATH= Path statement; identifier in front of a path name.
The path statement must always be programmed as the next block
after the file name.
The ";" character in the path statement must be positioned in the first
column of the relevant line (at beginning of block).
Path names 1. Path names end in
_DIR (directories) or _WPD (workpieces).
2. Path name can contain the characters
0...9, A...Z, a...z or _.
3. Paths must be specified absolutely (starting with "/"). "/"). The
separator for the directory hierarchy is "/".
4. A path in punch tape format begins with ;$PATH=<path name> in
the first column of the program.
Path names in punched tape format start with
_N_ and end in _DIR (any directory) or _WPD (workpiece
directory).
Example:
;$PATH=/_N_WKS_DIR/_N_SPIGOT_WPD
Workpiece directory SPIGOT in Workpiece directory
The data listed after the file name/path name belong to the file with
the name specified after "%" in the directory specified after ";$PATH=".
<Trailer> Any information (characters with ANSI values < ANSI value 32 (blank)
and not equal to ANSI value 10 (0x0A)) which is not part of the useful
tape data.