Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Bridgeport Boss 4 /Remex tape reader

This might be of some assistance. It's a Google search on
rec.crafts.metalworking for "bridgeport pinout".

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=339673c9.242713%4
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----- Original Message -----
From: "wantulok" <joe@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Bridgeport Boss 4 /Remex tape reader


> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., doug king <evelle97530@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks,Joe.Now.How do I know which line is which on the local
> port?I am getting 6 conductor rs232 line,and I know how to hook it
> to my 'puter,but which line goes where on the port side?(on the
> machine)Are they numbered corresponding to the numbers like on a
> db25?Thanks!
> > wantulok <joe@w...> wrote: --- In
> CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "evelle97530" 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.
> >
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> I have that info, but need to look it up. The hookup is kinda
> weird. Let me get back to you.
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