I use a separate Ethernet card in my win2000 PC just for the mill. Then I share a drive directory on the win2000 PC that I use for NC files.
Over on the mill I map that drive's directory to a local drive letter, in my case F: . When you press the menu key and then the drive key on the mill you get a list of all the local drives on the mill. The new mapped drive F will be there, select it.
From here everything is the same as normal the mill is just looking over the network to get its local parts storage directory. It is very easy to use.
On the IP address I think I set a static address on the mill and on the win2000 PC. I use the File and printer sharing for Microsoft networks and the NetBEUI protocol. No Tcp/IP protocol.
Dave |