Backup and restore

Application

The NC/PLC Backup and NC/PLC Restore functions allow you to back up and restore individual folders or the complete 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 Continue 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 Continue
  7. If necessary, pause the control with Stop NC software
  8. Select any predefined exclusion rules or ones you have defined yourself
  9. Select Continue
  10. The control generates a list of files for backing up.
  11. Check list
  12. Deselect files if necessary
  13. Selecting or deselecting multiple files

  14. Select Continue
  15. Enter the name of the backup file
  16. Select the storage path
  17. Select Continue
  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

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 Continue
  7. The control generates a list of files for restoring.
  8. Check list
  9. Deselect files if necessary
  10. Selecting or deselecting multiple files

  11. Select Continue
  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.

Selecting or deselecting multiple files

To select or deselect multiple files at a time:

  1. Select the first of the range of desired files.
  2. Select Multiple selection
  3. The control activates multiple selection.
  4. Select the last of the range of desired files
  5. The control highlights all files starting from the first selected file.
  6. Select the check box for selecting or deselecting
  7. The control selects or deselects all the highlighted files.
  8. Select Multiple selection
  9. The control deactivates multiple selection.

Note

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