System Maintenance Work 2

2-3-2 Adding/Setting Software Options

The S/W option addition and setup methods are explained as an example of using the USB
memory use.

(1) Set the USB memory stored option file to NC unit.

(2) Start Explorer from the Windows start menu, and double-click C:\mainte\mainte.exe to
open the maintenance tool.

(3) (Only when S/W option is added)

Select "MAINTENANCE" menu,
and click [>] button.

The current NC's option contents

are written to
C:\mainte\(NC serial No.).opt
by this operation.
Normally, the file is automatically
created when the option is set
last time as described later.
When the option is set for the first time, this operation is not required because there is no
option data in NC.

(4) Select the "OPTION" menu, and

display the "Select a Option
Files"
screen.

(5) Select the [HD] of "SETTING"

menu.
Select [IC MEMORY CARD]
when option file is prepared
in front IC card.

(6) Click the "SETTING" button.

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A dialog prompting an option file selection is displayed. Specify drive/path/option file name.
(When the IC memory card is selected, this dialog is not displayed.)

Specify a file and click the "Open" button. The specified file is copied to C:\mainte\, and the
contents of option file is ready to be set in the NC unit.
When the option file having the same file name as that of the specified file already exists in
C:\mainte\, confirmation message for overwriting appears.

[Yes] The file is overwritten and option setting is started.

Note that the extension of the original option file must be
changed from "opt" to "opt.old" when saving.

[No] The file is not overwritten and option setting is

discontinued.

Note that when specifying the option file in C:\mainte\, option is set to the NC unit by the file
specified without copying.

Option setting is completed when the display of the "SETTING" button in the option setting
screen turns to normal from the grayed state.

Alarm message appears in the following cases, and the option setting is discontinued.

When C:\mainte\(NC serial No.).opt is a file with a different serial No.

from that of NC.
When 2 or more option files exist in C:\mainte\.
When 2 or more option files are created by copying the specified file
in to C:\mainte\.
(*) In other word, the number of option files (file having the extension
name of ".opt") in C:\mainte\ has to be only one and its file name has
to have the same serial No. as that of NC unit.

(7) The maintenance tool is ended.

(8) Confirm the option effective setting has been updated on the option screen after
turning NC power supply ON again.

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2-3-3 Attention for adding S/W option
The state of option setting is changed from <<A>> to <<B>> by adding an option. The following
indicates the transition of the option setting.

Before setting the option addition

NC

Option <<A>>

HD

C:\mainte
(NC serial No.).opt Option <<A>>

After setting the option addition

NC

Option <<B>>

HD
Renamed
USB memory
and seved
(NC serial No.) .opt C:\mainte
Option <<B>> (NC serial No.).opt Option <<B>>
(NC serial No.).opt.oldOption <<A>>

The latest option file is saved on HD as " (NC serial No.).opt", and the second last option file is
saved as "(NC serial No.).opt .old".
When the option setting is different from the customer intended state by a wrong
purchase/order etc. of the option, return to the state of option <<A>> according to the following
procedures, and confirm the option arrangement again.

Method of return to the previous option state

Rename the option file under "C:\mainte" on Explorer:
(NC serial No.).opt (NC serial No.).new
(NC serial No.).opt.old(NC serial No.).opt
Install the option file C:\mainte\(NC serial No.).opt from maintenance tool again.

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