need help upload to Boss 10

[wcarrothers1]

Hello..

Plugged into port B

Baud set to 4800 on both computer and bridgeport
7 bits
even
2
no flow control
for port settings on the PC (Tried several other combos with similar results but read one thread with those)

Using ezlink 6.2 on a win 2000 box (also tried a win 95 box)

Seems I'm communicating but keep getting the "portB char not xon. error message. To that I'm thinking maybe it wants xon flow but that does not help. Getting something to the machine just not quite right.

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[Kevin Taylor]

the plug closest to the knee Try 8data bits, 2stop No parity XonXoff enabled
go to set up press edit and the pc's should display Boss10 hold ctl key down and Q will prompt Xon, go to transfer send text file select and enter should display program loading when done enter Ctl Z should exit the edit mode set machine on auto , power enable , start I'm using Hypertherm it's in the comm menu of most window's execpt some of W98 This work's on my Boss3 and BTC Boss7.2 P.M. Machinetec, george has the BPT bulition's on the cable and Ezlinc ect. Good luck Kevin

[wcarrothers1]

Kevin.. That appeared to work sorta

Opening hyper term and settings of 7 E 2 get me a arrow pointing up and down if the boss is waiting for a download.. Then ctrl Q prints the file name I entered like "1.F" with another weird char on the screen.

Then send text file but ctrl Z does not break the sending. How ever if I hit the load on the boss it aborts but the program is in the boss's memory so I can run it and move around..

So that is good enough for now I suppose. Would like to know why ezlink will not run as I'm not sure I have enough memory in this thing and will want to drip feed it G code at some point.

I'm just happy I'm finally moving around with code.. But for sure need some more experience.. and how to'



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[cut more]

Hi,
I just got the ezlink from George working on my Boss8 last week.
1st put the boss control in edit mode(mine you go to display saying edit, then hit execute and an asterisk showsup in the lower left of display)Then go to Pc and start Ezlink, I then hit the F1 key and it will ask for the path and file you want to load. Next I hit F3(run). Now I go to the control, Hit edit key untill load displays. Then load from REM, Type in the program #, Hit execute and when the control has loaded it will read loaded and however many characters. Works on my Boss8.
Hope this helps someone.
Cutmore

[wcarrothers1]

I have not gotten it to work in ezlink yet. My boss 10 is a little different. there are several key presses but I can't remember the exact verbage. It's edit then '0' for remote (other choice is DWM or something for drip mode maybe?) then '0' for from remote (other choice is to remote)
then enter the program number and it says
'loading' at that point hyper term is echoing an up and down pointing arrow then ctrl Q in hyper term and it prints the file number I entered in the pannel. Then I send file. Once sent I hit the edit button on the pannel and it says user aborted then the char count that was uploaded and the program is in memory and workiable.

Sending with ezlink at that point of loading I get the Xon error message but will try your key sequence tonight.

Wondernig how many boss 10's are around does not seem like many talk about them. Wonder if they didn't make many or were not all that great.

From what I've seen I'm pretty Impressed. Only thing that goes weird sometimes now is I've gotten the X axis to fault out on rapid joging (contoious) moves. The fault seems to be the equivlant of when my gecko controlled servos can't go as fast as the geckos are trying to drive them and they fault out. (mind you when I'm continous fast jog it's trying to do it at ~250ipm.. To me that is really flying.. But to most it's probably not..)

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