Send a File with Advanced Options

This section describes how to send files manually, using the advanced send option.

To send a file manually from a specific port, highlight the port in the port list by clicking on the left mouse button, and select Send/Receive / Send File Advanced from the Client menu. This will bring up the send advanced dialog shown below.

Not all protocols support Send File Advanced.

Send file advanced dialog.

From the advanced dialog, select the file to send, by pressing the folder button, or select a previously transmitted file from the drop down box.

Then select the starting point in the file from the Send From drop down list:

• Send from start of file

  When sending from start of file, you can send the file multiple times by specifying a Loop count greater than 1.

• Send from line number

  Enter the start line number in the Line Number field.

• Send from block number

  Enter the start block number in the Block Number field.

  If your machine uses block numbers in the format "N1234", you do not have to specify N.

If the selected block number is not found, no data will be sent. Check the port log for further information.

• Send from tool change

  Enter the start tool number in the Tool Number field.

  If your machine uses tool numbers in the format "T010101", you do not have to specify T, but you must specify "010101"; specifying only "01" will not find the correct tool (if any).

If the selected tool number is not found, no data will be sent. Check the port log for further information.

If you wish to send some data before the start of the transmission, specify this in the Send before start of feed field. For further information on specifying start of feed data, please refer to Specify Feed Data and Non-Printable Characters.

In addition to this you can specify an initial feedrate and or spindle speed, if the protocol used by the selected port supports this, and if the server is licensed for feed/speed operations.

To send the selected file with the specified options, press OK. If you do not wish to send a file, press Cancel. To apply default settings, press Default.

If you re-send a file using the recent menu, any option specified in the advanced dialog, will be used for the re-send operation.