Utility programs and protocols
MCS100E Operating Instructions 8009504/VYWA7/V3-1/2018-01 © SICK AG
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9.1.3.4
Directories and files
This menu option is used to specify the directories in which the used files can be stored.
Max. length of directory names: 8 characters.
If the directory is to be stored in a disk drive other than the present drive, then the name of
the drive must precede the directory name (e.g E:\tmp\).
Actual system
The system (= measurement sequence) specified here is used upon start of the MCS100E
measurement program.
The system can temporarily be changed in the MCS100E measurement program
(
Specialist: System, activate for measurement).
Text file
The language specified here is used upon start of the MCS100E measurement program.
The corresponding files are identified as:
M1Exxx.TXT whereby xxx e.g. DEU (German), ENG (English).
The language of the text file can temporarily be changed in the MCS100E measurement
program.
(
Specialist: Utilities: Service: Environment Configuration
:
TEXT file)
Help file
The language of the help file specified here is used upon start of the MCS100E
measurement program.
The corresponding files are identified as:
M1Exxx.HLP whereby xxx e.g. DEU (German), ENG (English).
The language of the help file can temporarily be changed in the MCS100E measurement
program
(Specialist: Utilities: Service: Environment Configuration
:
HELP file).
System directory
This directory contains the files with measurement configurations, measurement
sequences, etc. MCS100E starts with the default setting specified here.
Default setting is .\ (actual directory).
The structure of the directory can temporarily be changed in the MCS100E measurement
program
(Specialist: Utilities: Service: Environment Configuration
:
DIRECTORIES).
Graphic directory
This directory contains the files with the data for graphic evaluation of the measurements.
Default setting is d:\.
MCS100E starts with the default setting specified here.
The structure of the directory can temporarily be changed in the MCS100E measurement
program
(Specialist: Utilities: Service: Environment Configuration
:
DIRECTORIES).
Temporaries
This directory contains the temporary files in which measured values are stored intermedi-
ately before being written onto the hard disk. Default setting is d:\. MCS100E starts with
the default setting specified here.
The structure of the directory can temporarily be changed in the MCS100E measurement
program
(Specialist: Utilities: Service: Environment Configuration
:
DIRECTORIES).
Directories
must
always end with \ (e.g. d:\)
File names
must never
end with \ (e.g. M1DEU.TXT).
