Transmitting Programs to a Machine

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The Transmit File Transmit File button button transmits one or more selected programs to the machine:

diagram illustrating data flow from PC to machine

Click on the Transmit File button button to show this standard Windows File Open dialog:

Windows File Open dialog

 

Select the NC file(s) that you want to send to the machine tool or other device, and click on OK. The dialog closes, and the NC files are transferred to the nominated machine using the configured communications parameters.

Each transmitted file is preceded by a header string and followed by a trailer string.

Note that you can only communicate simultaneously to one machine at a time.