Backup and restore

Application

With the NC/PLC Backup and NC/PLC Restore functions you can back up and restore individual folders or the entire TNC: drive. You can save the backup files to various types of memory media.

Description of function

You open the backup function through the NC/PLC Backup menu item. The menu item is in the Diagnostics/Maintenance group of the Settings application.

You open the restore function through the NC/PLC Backup menu item.

The backup function creates a *.tncbck file. The restore function can restore these files as well as files from existing TNCbackup programs. If you double tap or click a *.tncbck file in the file manager, the control starts the restore function.

File management

  • Within the backup function you can chose between the following types of backups:
  • Back up the “TNC:” partition
  • Back-up all data on the TNC: drive

  • Back up the directory tree
  • Back-up the selected folders and their subfolders on the TNC: drive

  • Back up the machine configuration
  • Only for the machine manufacturer

  • Complete backup (TNC: and machine configuration)
  • Only for the machine manufacturer

Backup and restore is subdivided into several steps. Navigate between these steps with the FORWARD and BACK buttons.

Backing up data

  1. To back-up the data of the TNC: drive:
  2. Select the Settings application
  3. Select Diagnostics/Maintenance
  4. Double-tap or double-click NC/PLC Backup
  5. The control opens the Back up the “TNC:” partition window.
  6. Specify the type of backup
  7. Select Forward
  8. If necessary, pause the control with Stop NC software
  9. Select any predefined exclusion rules or ones you have defined yourself
  10. Select Forward
  11. The control generates a list of files for backing up.
  12. Check list
  13. Deselect files if necessary
  14. Select Forward
  15. Enter the name of the backup file
  16. Select the storage path
  17. Select Forward
  18. The control generates the backup file.
  19. Confirm with OK
  20. The control concludes the backup process and restarts the NC software.

Restoring data

 
Notice
Caution: Data may be lost!
When you restore data (Restore function), any existing data will be overwritten without a confirmation prompt. Existing data is not automatically backed up by the control before running the restore process. Power failures or other problems can interfere with the data restore process. As a consequence, data may be irreversibly damaged or deleted.
  1. Before starting the data restore process, make a backup of the existing data
  1. To restore data:
  2. Select the Settings application
  3. Select Diagnostics/Maintenance
  4. Double-tap or double-click NC/PLC Restore
  5. The control opens the Restore data - %1 window.
  6. Select the archive to be restored
  7. Select Forward
  8. The control generates a list of files for restoring.
  9. Check list
  10. Deselect files if necessary
  11. Select Forward
  12. If necessary, pause the control with Stop NC software
  13. Select Extract archive
  14. The control restores the files.
  15. Confirm with OK
  16. The control restarts the NC software.

Note

The TNCbackup PC program can also process *.tncbck files. TNCbackup is part of TNCremo.