DATA BIT 8 AND 7 CONFUSING

[CHANDRU]

FRIENDS,

IT IS REALLY CONFUSING WHEN DEALING WITH MAZAK CONTROLLERS WHEN TAKING BACKUP.

I HAVE TAKEN BACKUP IN A M60/M64 CONTROLLERS LIKE ALL PROGRAMS,NC PARAMETERS,MAINT DATA ETC USING RS232 SETTING WITH DATA BIT 7,STOP BIT2,PARITY EVEN AND BAUD RATE 9600 WITHOUT ANY HASSLE.

MY REQUEST IS IS THE DATA BIT SETTING 8 IS FOR OLDER CONTROLLERS LIKE M1/M2,T1/T2 AND IS IT FOR ONLY PROGRAMS BACKUP?
IF SO WHAT IS THE SETTING FOR TAKING THE BACKUP OF THE OTHER PARAMETERS LIKE NC,MAINT ETC IN OLDER CONTROLLERS?

THANKS

CHANDRU