Program to download to lathe Fanuc quirks settings for RS232 issues?

Hi,
I meant to direct this to Scot, John, et al, everybody also.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "studleylee" <indigo_red@q...> wrote:
> Hi John,
> I too would like to know what you find that works.
> I thought there was some weird timing or pause, or EOL, needed
> between sening lines for Fanuc controls when sending RS232.
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> A while back (8 years), I made a NULL modem cable for a guy and
> couldnt get it to work with his Fanuc control ( I didnt really know
> anything about the Fanuc at that time, just how to make PC's talk).
> I tried hyperterm and Tellix etc. Tellix had lots of setting, and
I
> probably had something missing in the setup.
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> Later he purchased some program(?) specifically for communicating
> with CNC controls, and it( the same cable) worked fine.
>
> I had this problem with 2 different machines and chalked it up to
> some weird RS232/async protocol requirement of these controllers.
>
> Hope someone can answer this...
>
> -Lee
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> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "John" <johnhe-uk@s...> wrote:
> > I downloaded Telix and it looks great. I went out this morning to
> have a
> > muck about on the lathe and try to get it talking. Set it to 2400
> baud, set
> > up the transfer program correctly for 8 bits, 2400 baud, no
parity,
> X on / X
> > off and set to Com 1. I connected the lathe to the Com 1 mouse
port
> via the
> > null modem to it's RS232C. Hyperterminal didn't have any luck
> sending the
> > GCode file over. I then tried Telix. Telix offered me numerous
> protocols to