Newbie Needs Help

[Soloratov]

Hello everyone. I am looking for some advice/guidance with a new (old) amchine our company just received. It is our first CNC machine, a Dyna Mechtronics 4800 with a Meldas 520 control. My issue is, what communication software is good to use?

We use Solidworks to design, SolidCAM to program and spit g-code. I spoke with a guy at Mitsubishi and he said they recommend ProComm, which I found to be a discontinued software. Any others that work well, and have a relatively low learning curve?

[hg400]

Have you heard of a software call Preditor Editor? You can edit your program and you can also use it to send to the machine thru the RS232 port

[Soloratov]

I had seen it is passing, but was unsure of which one to choose. They have a few on the site, but the "Predator CNC Editor" is the version you recommend?
I wouldn't be doing any actual editing of the code, just basic transmission and checks on the part as the machine is being run.

[Vega Bill]

Hi,
Vega DATA-View supports USB and RS-232/422 serial transfers, shows the
machine animation during file transfers, and supports point and click file mid-starts.

Free fully functional demo copy available at www.vegacnc.com