Siemens SINUMERIK 840Di - Parallel Link and External FAT32 Drive

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SINUMERIK 840Di Manual (HBI) – 06.03 Edition
15.2.3 Parallel link and external FAT32 drive
The operator actions explained in the following will copy software from an exter-
nal computer (PG/PC) from a FAT32 drive to the installation directory
D:\INSTALL of the PCU using a parallel link using the tool: Interserve/Interlink.
When the control is booted for the next time under Windows NT, the software
(setup.exe) contained in the installation directory D:\INSTALL is installed auto-
matically.
The following requirements must be fulfilled:
S The software to be installed is on a FAT32 drive of the external computer
(PG/PC).
S The operating system of the external computer (PG/PC) is:
– Windows 95
– Windows 3.11
– DOS.
S To transfer the software to be installed on the PCU, the program interlnk.exe
must be installed on the external computer (PG/PC).
S The PCU is equipped with a full keyboard.
Notice
Before you copy the software into the D:\Install directory make sure that suffi-
cient free memory space is available.
1. Make sure that the program interlnk.exe is installed on the ext. computer
(PG/PC).
Windows 95 / Windows 3.11
dir c:\windows\command\interlnk.exe
DOS
dir c:\dos\interlnk.exe.
If the program interlnk.exe is not installed, copy it (e.g. from the HMI102 di-
rectory of the HMI installation CD) into the appropriate directory.
Add the following line to the file CONFIG.SYS:
device=c:\windows\command\interlnk.exe /AUTO
Now, switch the ext. computer off.
2. Use a parallel data transfer cable (PC-Link or LapLink cable) to link the par-
allel port of the external PC (LPT1) with the parallel port of the PCU (LPT1).
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