Wire EDM Machine Operation Chapter 14
Copyright November, 98 Page 14-23 Sodick Inc.
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1) Insert the disk you are copying from into drive 1.
2) Insert the disk you are copying to into drive 2. (It must be a formatted disk)
3) Press the soft key next to UTY.
4) If you have a software version earlier than 3.01AAB go to step 6.
5) If the version of software is 3.01AAB or later follow steps 1,2,3 then continue with
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6) Press the soft key next to APT and go to step 8.
7) Press the soft-key below “to O S” to highlight it and press return and go to step 8.
8) Type copy C: *.* D: and press return .
9) Files that have been copied appear
10) Press F10 to return to the system.
Note: is the space bar .
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Many customers have updated their machines to have a hard drive, or bought a new
machine with a hard drive. The “APT” part , macro and nc programs from prior jobs may
be located on the “USER” floppy disks which were used when programming those jobs.
To copy files ,follow these procedures .
1) Press the soft keys “UTY” and “APT”
2) Put the floppy disk with “APT” files into drive #1
3) The dark line in step #3 is the space bar on the keyboard.
4) Type: copy c:*.pro _b: and press return. All files will be copied to the hard drive.
5) Press f1 to go to APT or f10 to return to the machine system.
Notes: _ symbol means the space bar.
For all macro programs use *.apt, instead of *.pro in step 4 above. (c:*.apt _b)
For all G code programs use *.nc, instead of *.pro in step 4 above (c:*.nc_ b)
For all part programs use *.pro, instead of *.pro in step 4 above (c:*.pro_ b)