Thanks CAMFUN , The Cimco DNC sounds good I'd like to give it a try but our company wanted to see if we could use what came with Our Esprit, I've been able to communicate both ways with all the machines in the shop now, the Mazak was mainly getting the cable right 1st, then assigning the right port, it was the most difficult of all the machines, (lets see now where did I put my notes

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That remote request feature sounds good though.