. Read more about setting parameters for DNC communication under DNC Settings.You can access the configuration of the selected machine through the icon . Read more about setting parameters for DNC communication under DNC Settings.
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The Machine menu. |
Select the CNC machine for the data transmission from the drop-down list. Click the field to show a drop-down list with the machines available for selection.
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The machine type determines the COM port and DNC settings. |
Click this option to open the status window of current transmissions and/or receptions.
If the five icons in the Transmission toolbar on the left side of the ribbon are grayed out, and seems that a CNC program transfer can or will be in progress, then you can click on the icon 
to display the transmission (sending or receiving) state window:
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'Transmit status' window. |
The top left of the status window shows the signals of the serial data transmission according to EIA RS-232-C, which light up when activated. The top left part shows information of the current transmission (Machine, Filename, Bytes send, etc.). Below the transfer status information there is a progress bar, three buttons to Start/Stop and Cancel the transmision and Show/Hide the terminal box, which shows the NC program being transmited in plain text. Options to Scroll the text in the terminal box and to Show CR/LF (Carriage Return / Line Feed characters) are also available at the bottom of the window.
If you click the Stop button when a transmission is in progress, you will get the following dialog:
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'Stop transfer' dialog. |
Here you have the option to cancel the transfer (answering Yes) or continue (answering No).
When receiving a file from the machine, the transmission status window will look like this:
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'Receive status' window. |
When the CNC program (with M30) was completly received, is shown the following message:
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Report 'Transfer completed'. |
Click OK to confirm the receipt of this message.