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Submitted by James11345 on Wed, 08/30/2017 - 02:36

I'm trying to save a program to a galil controller using galiltools. I'm pressing the download button and it says in the terminal that the file I've selected has been downloaded but when I power the controller off the previous program that was on it runs. Any hep would be much appreciated.

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mwilk on 08/30/2017 - 07:26

Are you burning the program after you download it?

James11345 on 08/30/2017 - 07:50

Hey mwilk, no I don't think I am. How would I go about that?

mwilk on 08/30/2017 - 08:09

Download the program,. followed by "BP" (Burn Program) to save the program into non-volatile memory. The "BV" (Burn Variables) will save any variables and arrays you have set. The "BN" (Burn) command will save controller parameters.

andriys on 08/30/2017 - 08:27

James11345,

mwilk is correct. Your controller most likely has a program burned in into its memory. As mwilk mentioned, in order to overwrite existent program, you will need to use BP command. BV and BN commands are used to save variables and arrays as well as controller's parameters.

Please refer to the page link below where you can find command reference specific for your controller which has additional information on commands mentioned above.
http://www.galilmc.com/downloads/manuals-and-data-sheets

Thank you,
Andriy

James11345 on 08/30/2017 - 08:49

mwilk and Andriy, thank you very much! Works a charm.

Thanks again,
James