Originally Posted by
GG33
Hi
I really need some help from anyone who might be already doing this or knows how to.
I have an old SCM Record 120 router with a NUM 1040 controller. It has a windows 3.11 operating system, Xilog 3 and NUM-MMI software installed.
I need to be able to get a secondary PC connected to it for transferring files or drip feeding complex 3D programs from my CAM software.
Has anyone done this with success on this controller ?
The NUM manual certainly talks about a peripheral computer connection but i cant seem to make a connection. Maybe i have the wrong cable configuration.
I have tried installing an ethernet card but this seems to create an error with the cnc communication.
Should i connect to the spare printer port that's next to the dongle on the controllers PC?
Or should i connect straight to one of the NUM CNC RS232 serial ports?
Do i need to run some DNC software on my secondary PC?
Can the secondary PC be windows 7 OS or will it need to be an older OS like the controllers "windows for workgroups"?
If anyone here can help me out i will be over the moon. Feeling very desperate right now..
I have tried contacting SCM in Australia but they couldn't help.
Thanks
GG33