Ethernet POPEN PCLOSE

[CNCbewinner]

Hello to all,

I have a FASTEMS FMS in my workshop with 8 Mitsui Seiki machining centers (CNC FANUC 31i and 15B). There is one renishaw probe for each machine, and I would like to send the macro reports outside automatically. The commands used by FANUC to send this reports are:

POPEN: to open the port.
DPRINT: to print the caracters and the macro variables that you want to send out.
PCLOSE: to close the port.

I know how to send the file (created by these commands) to the PCMCIA, and also by the RS232 (by "QUICK" software).

But I would like to send it by ethernet conexion, and I have no idea how to do it. I have been talking with Renishaw in Spain, they have no idea, neither Renishaw UK.

Does anybody know any software, or any command to send the file to any computer of the net?

(another question, does anybody know a better software than "Quick" to send the file by RS232?)

Thanks in advance, best regards.
Rubén.

[gwarble]

it is possible on the 31i, i wish i could say the same for the 18i which i can not make work

on the 31i you have to enable your embedded ethernet, set up your ip/etc settings, and set up an ftp server on a pc on the network... then the 31i can connect to grab program files (as either file name or O####) and DPRNT[] commands out via ftp when i/o channel is set to 9

the dprnt data is saved as a new file on the ftp server, either names %IN%.DAT or %OUT%.DAT (i cant figure out why sometimes an %IN% appears but its usually OUT)

you have to handle that data pc-side before the next POPEN command because the next will overwrite that file, not append to it

- gwarble

[CNCbewinner]

Hello gwarble,

Thank you very much for your help. Finally I will send the files by RS232. I have meet an expert in this matter. He is Mr. Guy Brown, he has work for Renishaw for 17 year. He has created the CNC Reporter that Renishaw sales. Now he has improved this soft and the new CNC Reporter can take out the meassurement at real time automatically.

If somebody has my same problem I am sure that he could help you, take a look to his web.

www.gspsltd.co.uk

One more time Gwarble thank you so much for helping me.

[gwarble]

no problem, and i don't blame you for ending up with an rs232 solution...

while i have been using dprnt on the 31i (for status reporting) for a while, but its definitely not as fine tuned as rs232 all the way back to at least the 0-c...

i'm not sure why it doesnt appear possible on the 18i with embedded ethernet, but i'm settled on a combination rs232/ethernet for these controls with which i'm able to do real time status/measurement via rs232 and use ethernet just for file transfer (for speed)

glad you found a solution... i've been using "DNC Server" from "i-Logic" with great success for a year and a half now, but i wrote my own status reporting/cycle tracking software to handle that stuff...

best of luck
- gwarble