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USB Port (type “B”)
The USB port is located on the rear panel. The following device can be
connected to this port:
Personal computer with serial data interface
For operations that support data transfer, an IMPORT/EXPORT soft
key will be available.
To export, or import data between the ND 522/523, and a personal
computer, the PC must use terminal communications software such
as TNC Remo. (TNC Remo is available for free at:
http://filebase.heidenhain.de/doku/english/serv_0.htm. Contact a
Heidenhain distributor for further details.) This software processes the
data being sent, or received over the serial cable link. All data
transferred between ND 522/523, and the PC is in ASCII text format.
To export data from the ND 522/523 to a PC, the PC must first be
made ready to receive the data to save it to a file. Setup the terminal
communication program to capture ASCII text data from the COM port
to a file on the PC. After the PC is ready to receive, start the data
transfer by pressing the ND 522/523’s IMPORT/EXPORT soft key.
Select Export.
To import data into the ND 522/523 from a PC, the ND 522/523 must
first be made ready to receive the data. Press the ND 522/523’s
IMPORT/EXPORT soft key. Select Import. After the ND 522/523 is
ready, setup the terminal communications program on the PC to send
the desired file in ASCII text format.
Data format
Data is transferred in the following sequence:
External Operations via USB port
The display unit can be operated over the USB port data interface
using an external device. The following key commands are available:
The ND 522/523 does not support communication
protocols such as Kermit, or Xmodem.
Format
<ESC>TXXXX<CR>
Key is pressed
Sequence of commands
Function
<ESC>T9000<CR>
Key ‘0’
<ESC>T9001<CR>
Key ‘1’
<ESC>T9002<CR>
Key ‘2’
<ESC>T9003<CR>
Key ‘3’
<ESC>T9004<CR>
Key ‘4’
<ESC>T9005<CR>
Key ‘5’