Rockwell Automation 8520-MUM 9/Series CNC Mill Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set User Manual

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Communications

Chapter 9

9-7

OUTPUT CODE

Select either EIA (RS-244A) or ASCII (RS-358-B) as output codes for 8
bit data lengths. Selecting 7 bit data length sets this output code to “N/A”
since EIA and ASCII do not apply to this type.

AUTO FILENAME

This parameter is valid only if you are inputting part programs to the
control from a tape reader (refer to DEVICE for details). This parameter is
used only if your tape contains more than one part program.

AUTO FILENAME lets you either automatically assign program names to
all programs or key in or read the filenames for each program individually
as they are copied into memory from a multiple program tape.

Setting

Result

Yes

The first program on a multiple-program tape must have its program name either keyed in manually, or
there must be a program name as the first block of the first program. The control automatically creates
program names for successive programs on that tape by incrementing the program name by one as each
new program is read. Any program names that exist as the first block of the program are ignored for any
program read after the first program on tape (though these blocks are still copied into memory they are not
used as the program name). An error is generated if when reading program names into memory, the
control needs to increment a program name that is greater than 99999.

Important:

If the first program name is to be read from tape (not manually keyed in), the first block of

the first program must contain a program name in one of the following formats: Oxxxxx (ASCII), Nxxxxx or
:xxxxx where xxxxx is any valid integer.

No

The program name for each program on a multi-program tape must be either entered from the keyboard or
located as the first block of each program after the program start code on the tape. If no program name is
found in the first block and no program name is keyed in, an error is generated.

Important:

If the program name is to be read from tape (not manually keyed in), the first block of the

program must contain a program name in one of the following formats: Oxxxxx (ASCII), Nxxxxx or :xxxxx
where xxxxx is any valid integer.

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