HEIDENHAIN ND 1300 VED and Crosshair Systems - Manual (Page 244)

224 QC-300 Series User’s Guide
Sending data to a computer
Feature data can be sent to a computer using the Print key or button icons found in the Extra tab.
Sending data using the Print key
Pressing the Print key can send feature measurement data to a computer over the RS-232 serial port in the
following formats:
• None No data will be sent to the computer
• Select User will be prompted to select the data that will be sent
• Report A standard report of all feature data or a tolerance report of only features that
have tolerances applied will be sent
• Screen Only the encoder values currently shown on the DRO screen (current position) will
be sent. Screen values can be sent each time the print key is pressed, or can be
buffered and sent when an entire page of values is ready.
To send data to a computer:
1 Touch the question mark Icon and display the setup
menu, then display the Print setup screen.
2 Verify that the desired data is specified in the Print
Button choice field. None, Select, Report or Screen
can be specified. If Screen is specified, set the Buffer
Page choice field as desired. In this
example, the Report is specified.
3 Verify that the Serial Device is specified in the
Destination field. In this example, the communication will be with a computer,
so the Serial port is specified.
4 Verify that the desired report is specified in the Report Type setup choice
field. Standard or Tolerance can be specified. In this example, a Tolerance
report is specified.
5 Specify other settings that are consistent with the computer application’s requirements.
6 Press the Finish key to exit the setup mode, and then press the Print key to send the
data to a computer.