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

To navigate to this function:

Settings Diagnostics/Maintenance NC/PLC Backup

Settings Diagnostics/Maintenance NC/PLC Restore

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 double-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

To back-up the data of the TNC: drive:

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

To restore data:

  1. Select the Settings application
  2. Select Diagnostics/Maintenance
  3. Double-tap or double-click NC/PLC Restore
  4. The control opens the Restore data - %1 window.
  5. Select the archive to be restored
  6. Select Forward
  7. The control generates a list of files for restoring.
  8. Check list
  9. Deselect files if necessary
  10. Select Forward
  11. If necessary, pause the control with Stop NC software
  12. Select Extract archive
  13. The control restores the files.
  14. Confirm with OK
  15. The control restarts the NC software.

Note

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