Re: Bridgeport Boss 4 /Remex tape reader

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "evelle97530" <evelle97530@y...> wrote:

> I purchased a beautiful,low hour mill,but now I have to figure out
> how to make it purrrrr.It has 2 ribbons coming out of the

control,1

> connects to a bundle of blue wires that go to the 'x' card,I
> think,and 1 goes to the tape reader,I sincerely believe...The

control

> has 2 ports in front ,as well.They are round ,and I heard they

were

> actually the rs232 hookup ports(one of them).I have Mastercam,and

the

> machine is powered by a Teco /Westinghouse freq drive.I am not

THAT

> dumb,but I have an excuse...My mommy dropped me when a hot chip

got

> caught in her collar.Now this was a LONG time ago,before the
> laws,but......

If the boss4 is anything like the boss 5, it has 2 rs232 ports,
marked local and remote. You can hook a pc up to the local port,
and send the machine NC code once you put it in edit mode from the
user panel. On the boss 5, there is a bank of dip switches on the
card that connects to the ports. This bank has 8 switches that
control baud rate, 4 switches for each port. I think max baud is
19200. Using a program like bobcad, you can send your nc code
directly to the machine. The bauds must match, and to get that to
happen, you may have to experiment some. The boss5 echos question
marks (?) when it doesnt understand.
Once the code downloads properly, you need to hit the clear toggle
switch, and the machine should be ready to cut.

Hope this helps.