Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Program to download to lathe, Telix + Orac

> 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.

I'm running it with a Syntelect control. I think I'll probably just find the
program for the old BBC Microprocessor since we have about 8 of them in the
house. :-) I'm not sure how useful it will be to me at the moment, the
control only has enough memory to take 99 lines of programming, and you have
to use three of those just to set it to metric, incremental and to end the
program. So you get 95 moves. It may be easier just remove it, mount the
lathe on a bench and add a modern control like the ones Dan sells, or
Geckos. My lathe will supposidely claim 0.01mm resolution with no tweaking,
it's measured to those tolerances before it leaves the factory.

> 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 bought one and mine isn't going!

> I tried hyperterm and Tellix etc. Tellix had lots of setting, and I
> probably had something missing in the setup.

I think I'm, a.) sending it one the wrong com port and I actually need 2
instead of 1, b.) I'm sending it in the wrong format (There are lots of
protocol options for Telix)

> Later he purchased some program(?) specifically for communicating
> with CNC controls, and it( the same cable) worked fine.

Bruce on the list actually wrote a small program for sending program to my
lathe when he worked on them a while back. His program will say it's sent
the file while the lathe sits there looking dumb, like it is. If it keeps
messing about with me I'm going to go ape on it, buy Geckos and then use my
2.2Ghz machine to run them! Buw hu hu hur. Monster power.

> I had this problem with 2 different machines and chalked it up to
> some weird RS232/async protocol requirement of these controllers.

I have tommorow off so that'll give me a chance to logically work my way
through every option on Telix with the help of 12 or so cups of coffee.

> Hope someone can answer this...
> -Lee

I remember seeing one that actually had a list of machine with Fanuc
controls on it, I think it was Win CNC 2k. Took my friend and I about an
hour to download all 3 meg or whatever it is. The site kept dropping the
connection.

Why is it Fanucs are so renounced for CNC? (I probably sound really simple
now)

John