Hello all,
A good mate of mine picked up a Hercus Computurn CNC lathe which was being put into a dumpster bin from an old Tech School. It has an ANCA 2000 controler that I can get operating by typing in G-Code by hand. Everything seems to work. Z axis, X axis and spindle all respond to code. Typing by hand is very tedious. Are there any programes that are free that can be used to transfer CAM gererated G-Code from my PC into the controller. By way of example I found DNC which is around $300.00 AU. If you have an info or links to site I can download a free transfer program it would be greatly appreciated.
Is there anyone else out there with this type of lathe or controller, drop a line.

Thanks

Cam

Hello Cam,

Here is a link to the CAMBack Easy DNC program on the EVO-Solutions website:

http://www.evo-solutions.com/english/downloadservice/

I am also an authorized reseller for this company so let me know if you decide to buy. I hope this helps you out somehow.

Regards,

You should be able to send Gcode to your controller using any terminal program. I use the windows hyperterminal and select to send a file.

You will need to set the RS232 parameters to suit the controller. Try 9600 baud No parity 1 stop bit.

If it like my controller, To set the controller up to recieve, choose "8" from the first menu then "o" then "3" select a program number or file name.
Then run hyperterminal and send the G code.

After the G code has been sent you will need to set the program number or name as the Active file using the "s" command.