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John Welden · #13 09-09-2009, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by HuFlungDung

I've had zero experience with doing the DNC on the Haas so I don't know what is legal and what isn't. But could you write sub program calls in a main program on the control and somehow have it jump to various folders on the floppy, supposing that each folder has 1.44 megs worth of a much larger program that you split up?

Interesting idea hu. That may very well work. Would be a pain break up a program and sub it out. I think I'd rather just Dnc off another computer.

Silly that we need to do any of this crap. CNC has to stay about 20 years behind current tech. Rs232 should be illegal. Invented in about 1960. We have around 2 megs of memory in our haas, give me a break, should be gigs.

Thanks,
JW

Ford25 · #14 09-09-2009, 08:19 PM

i don't remember reading if anyone tried and tested on a HAAS CNC? i have 2 vf-4's that i would desperately love to upgrade. half the time the floppies don't work

John Welden · #15 09-09-2009, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Ford25

i don't remember reading if anyone tried and tested on a HAAS CNC? i have 2 vf-4's that i would desperately love to upgrade. half the time the floppies don't work

Yes, I tested it on my Haas and it works perfectly. Only thing I couldn't do was DNC a large file. Pop in the usb stick and it acts just like a floppy, no difference.

Kenneth434 · #16 09-23-2009, 12:18 PM

Got mine yesterday and installed. Worked fine after i turned the ribbon cable over (thanks for the help on that John). Loads and downloads files exactly as floppy.

Kenneth434 · #17 09-23-2009, 12:19 PM

And I installed it on a 1997 VF2

panaceabea · #18 10-01-2009, 11:02 PM

Im surprised the koreans or chinese dont have something similar out for $29

xiondavis · #19 10-02-2009, 02:59 PM

The drive adapter IS chinese. I'm sure that the only reason its not $29 is lack of demand, gotta make some money somewhere - probably costs $13 in materials.

ANTHONY58 · #20 10-03-2009, 07:37 AM

http://floppytousb.blogspot.com/2009...ash-drive.html
I found this hope it works

btomlinson · #21 10-30-2009, 08:34 AM

I'M ready to order one for my 06 TM2 I have the Sony brand floppy, is there any specific thing I need to order or are the one size fits all ?

Tia :>)

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