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[Change Work Folder]

Work folder is used for temporarily keeping the dropped out files.

If work folder has no enough free space, Drop-out will not be
executed. To avoid this, you can check this option and change
the work folder to an area where there is enough free space. With
default setting, work folder [temp] will be created on the same
place of this PC tool "FPRG_30i.exe".

If you changed the default work folder, the following warning
message is popped up.

If the [OK] button is pushed, the operation advances.

If the [Cancel] button is pushed, the operation is abandoned.

If the work folder has been changed before, the following
warning message is popped up.

If the [OK] button is pushed, the operation advances.

If the [Cancel] button is pushed, the operation is abandoned.

WARNING

1 At this PC tool terminated, all files in the work

folder are deleted.

2 During this PC tool executing, do not access the

files in the work folder. If the access is done, there
is no assurance of normal operation.

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Help menu

[About...]

Version number of this PC tool is displayed.

- Mouse Operation

[Drop-in and Drop-out]

•

Drop-in from Explorer

NC program can be added by dropping files including the NC
files into the List view window of this PC tool from Explorer

NC program name and update time is the same as the Dropped-in
files.

If "Oxxxxxxxx" or "<xxxx>" exists at the top of files, These
"Oxxxxxxxx" and "<xxxx>" become NC program name. If not
exist, each file name becomes NC program name.

Examples

Name of external file

Top of external file

Name of internal file

Program number

O1234 N10G00 O1234 1234
O123N10G00 N10G00

O123N10G00

Not an O number program

test.txt O1234N10G00

O1234 1234

test.txt <O1234>

O1234 1234

test.txt

O1234N10

Not an O number program

O1234

O1234N10

Not an O number program

O001234 N10G00 O1234

1234

O001234N10G00 N10G00

O001234N10G00

Not an O number program

test.txt O001234

O1234 1234

test.txt <O001234>

O1234 1234

test.txt <O001234N10G00>

O001234N10G00

Not an O number program

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NOTE

1 For naming program file, please refer to the

following chapter "Naming rules of Program file".

2 For usable characters in Program file, please refer

to the following chapter "Rules of characters in
Program file".

3 The updating time of program file is available from

1997 to 2037.

This PC tool can check contents of dropped-in program file
according to "Rules of characters in Program file". However, this
PC tool does not check grammar of NC program.

The program file can only have one NC program. Therefore, the
NC program output from CNC cannot be dropped in directly.

O1
G91 X10. Y10.
M30

O10
G91 X10. Y10.
M30

%
O1
G91 X10. Y10.
M30
%

O1
G91 X10. Y10.
M30

Available for Drop-in

Example of Program

<O1>
G91 X10. Y10.
M30

Unavailable for Drop-in

NOTE

1 If the same named program file exists, another

same named program file cannot be dropped in.

2 If free space on the memory card program file is

lacking, new program file cannot be dropped in.

3 If the NC program name is not compliant with

"Naming rules of Program file", the program file can
not be dropped in.

If the File name acts as Program number, "O" is displayed on the
first row of list view.

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•

Drop-out from List view window

Drop-out from list view of this PC tool to Explorer is available.

NOTE

Do not drop out to Work folder. If dropped out to
Work folder, this PC tool cannot continue to
function normally.

- Pop-up menu

Pop-up menu is displayed by clicking the right mouse button.

•

Focus on Tree view

Clicking "New Folder", a new folder is created on selected
folder.

Clicking "Delete", the selected folder is deleted.

Clicking "Rename", the selected folder is renamed.

If clicking on root folder, "Delete" and "Rename" are not activated.

•

Focus on List view

•

Clicking "Delete", the selected folder or program file is deleted.

•

Clicking "Rename", the selected folder or program file is

renamed.

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- Display of free space on the memory card program file ("FANUCPRG.BIN")

Number of used folder, size of used space, number of unused folder,
and size of free space are displayed on status bar in the lower portion
of the screen.

When a new memory card program file is created, two reserved folder
are also created. Therefore, the number of used folder is two. However
it does not show that number of unused folder is reduced.

The display of status bar is renewed at creating or deleting a folder,
dropping-in from Explorer, and deleting a program file.

- Sorting list view of the memory card program file

When a column is being clicked, the list view of the memory card
program file is being sorted by the column key in ascending or
descending order.
The initial display is sorted by NAME key in ascending order.

Clicking

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I.2

NAMING RULES

Overview

Naming rules of folder and program file are described as follows.

I.2.1

Naming Rules of Program File

Here are Naming rules of Program file:

•

Program file name can have a maximum of 32 characters.

•

Program file name can have following characters.

Alphabet(Upper and lower case letter), numeric character,
"-"(minus), "+"(plus), "_"(under bar), "."(dot)

"." and ".." can not be used since these are reserved for system
use.

- The File name acts as Program number

When the File name is "O"+ 1-99999999, the file name acts as
Program number.

Example)

"O123"

Program number 123

"O1"

Program

number

"O3000"

Program number 3000

"O99999999" Program number 99999999
"O0123"

Program number 123

The file name does not act as Program number, and can be dropped in:

"ABC"

Top of character is not upper case letter of "O".

"o123"

Top of character is not upper case letter of "O".

"O0123XY" Characters following the "O" contains alphabet.

The file name does not act as Program number, and cannot be dropped
in:

"O123456789" Numeric characters exceed 8 digits.

NOTE

1 Program file name cannot be repeated in a Folder.

2 If program file name starts with "O" and the next

eight characters are all numeric characters, the "0"
(zero) after the "O" will be deleted.

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I.2.2

Naming Rules Of Folder

Here are Naming rules of Folder:

•

Folder name can have a maximum of 32 characters.

•

Folder name can have following characters.

Alphabet(Upper and lower case letter), numeric character,
"-"(minus), "+"(plus), "_"(under bar), "." (dot)

"." and ".." can not be used since these are reserved for system
use.

NOTE

Folder name cannot be repeated in a Folder.

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I.3

RULES OF CHARACTERS IN PROGRAM FILE

Overview

Words in parentheses "( )" in Program file are treated as comments.
The mark of comment start "(" is named "Control-out".
The mark of comment end ")" is named "Control-in".
"Control-out" and "Control-in" must make a pair. The order is 1st -
"Control-out" and 2nd -"Control-in". And nested parentheses is not
available.

NOTE

1 When a program file is dropped in, space code

(0x20 SPC) , tab code (0x09 HT) , carriage return
code(0x0d CR) and percent code(0x25 %) is
deleted. If "%" is found in Control-in, characters
between "%" and next "LF" (0x0a) is deleted.

2 The front of program number ":" is changed to

"O"(O as in Oscar) while the program file dropped
in.

3 The program file can only have one NC program.

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