Manual Transmission

You can use the Send/Receive tab to send or receive files manually. A manual operation is a file transfer between the DNC server and the CNC, initiated manually from the administrator program, as opposed to an automatic transfer initiated by the CNC operator using the remote request or auto receive features.

Send

To send a file manually from a specific port, highlight the port in the port list by clicking on the left mouse button, and press Send.

Then select a file to send from the file dialog. If you are controlling a remote server, the drives and files listed in the file dialog are those visible to the server. I.e. you cannot send files located on the administration computer, unless the administration computer has one or more shared drives that are accessible from the server. The reason for this is, that a file must be visible from the server, for the server to be able to transmit it.

Press the arrow next to the Send button, to show a list of files recently sent to the selected port.

If a file was previously sent with advanced options, choosing that file from the recent list will send it with the same options.

For further information, please refer to Send a File with Advanced Options.

To send more than one file, select multiple files from the File Send dialog, using Ctrl/Shift + Mouse click.

Receive

To receive a file manually from a specific port, highlight the port in the port list by clicking on the left mouse button, and press Receive.

Then select a name for the file that should be received in the file dialog.

If you are controlling a remote server, the drives and files listed in the file dialog are those visible to the server. I.e. you cannot send files located on the administration computer, unless the administration computer has one or more shared drives that are accessible from the server. The reason for this is, that a file must be visible from the server, for the server to be able to transmit it.

For further information, please refer to Receive a File.

Clear Queue

To remove a specific entry in the Transmission queue, highlight the entry, and press Clear Queue.

To remove all entries, press the arrow next to the Clear Queue button, and select Clear All Requests from the pop-up menu.

Pause

To pause a transmission on a specific port, highlight the port in the port list by clicking the left mouse button, and press Pause. This will pause the transmission immediately.

To access the advanced pause functions, press the arrow next to the Pause button.

For further information about the advanced pause functions, please refer to Pause a Transmission.

Restart

To restart a transmission on a specific port, highlight the port in the port list by clicking the left mouse button, and press Restart. This will restart the transmission from the point where it was paused.

To access the advanced restart functions, press the arrow next to the Pause button.

For further information about the advanced restart functions, please refer to Restart a Transmission.

Stop

To stop a transmission at a specific port, highlight the port in the port list by clicking the left mouse button, and press Stop. This will stop the transmission immediately.

To access the advanced stop functions, press the arrow next to the Stop button.

For further information about the advanced stop functions, please refer to Stop a Transmission.

Pause, restart and stop are only supported in the standard protocol.

Transmission Queue

If you select Send or Receive, and a transmission is currently in progress on the selected port, your request will be queued. Queue transfers are shown in the list box on the left hand side of the transmission control buttons.

The first column Operation indicates the type of transfer, e.g. Send From Block Number, Receive File or Send file multiple times (in a loop operation).

The second column Count shows the number of times the file should be transferred. If you have requested a looped transmission (only in the standard protocol), this column also contains information about how many times the file should be sent, and the current transfer number. I.e. if you have requested to send a file 5 times, and the server is currently sending the third iteration, the count column will show: 3 of 5.