Need Help!- HURCO VMX64

[ROBOTSISTEM]

Our Hurco VMX 64 HDD is dead .
One gay make an copy to HDD to have an beak up.
After when I start machine don't work.HDD work bat to screen have a lot of
small arrow and PC freezing.
I thing is an protect system to copy HDD.
Don't have any software disk for machine.
Any suggestion please.

[bloke]

Ask Hurco for another set of disks to suit your machine. You can not do anything without disks.
What happened to the disks that came with your machine?

[ROBOTSISTEM]

We blend VMX64 at an auction and the first owner did not receive the software set disks.
I try to find the originals but can someone help me with installation instructions.
Thanks

[Hurco2]

Have you been able to get your Hurco VMX64 Running? Please advise

[ROBOTSISTEM]

Unfortunately don't have yet any solution.I receive an software V2.21.01 version bat don't work.Maybe this is an upgrade not an full version? I don't now.
I make three disk bat when tray to install have error
"On script line 254 we had a problem:
creating a binary file."Next error "On script line 1185 we had an problem:
reading a file D:\MCDLIST.TXT" this is strange error the HDD is new with new partition and format ,this error make me to thing this is an upgrade software not full version.

[bloke]

Make sure the hard disk is only partitioned as follows:

CYL 3303
HEAD 16
WPCOM 65535
LZONE 3303
SEC 63

[Hurco2]

MANUAL HARD DISK SETUP VERSION 2.17 to 2.21
1. Make sure that the CMOS setup is correct for that drive type Use Cylinders 3303, Heads 16, Sectors 63 for the
CMOS configuration. If there is a PIO Mode in the IDE Hard Disk Setup, then set it to 0 (zero). Also, the LBA or
Large Mode must be ON for v2.XX systems.
2. Reboot the control with the DOS UTILITY DISKETTE (427-0004-009) in the floppy disk drive.
3. At the A> prompt, enter FDISK to display the FDISK options.
4. Select option 1, Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive.
a) Select option 1, Create the Primary DOS Partition.
b) At the prompt “Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a primary DOS partition and make the
partition active (Y/N)” enter N.
c) At the prompt “Enter partition size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%) to create a primary DOS partition”,
enter 20 for 20Mbytes. K5
d) “Primary DOS partition created” should be displayed when completed.
e) Press ESC to return to the main menu.
5. Select option 1, Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive.
a) Select option 2, Create the Extended DOS Partition.
b) At the prompt “Enter partition size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%) to create an extended DOS partition”,
leave the default Mbytes displayed or set the percentage to 100% minus the percentage of the primary DOS
partition and press ENTER.
c) “Extended DOS partition created” should be displayed when completed.
d) Press ESC to advance to the next prompt.
e) At the prompt “Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%)”, leave the default Mbytes
displayed or set the percentage to 100% minus the percentage of the primary DOS partition and press ENTER.
f) “All available space in the extended DOS partition is assigned to logical drives” should be displayed when
completed with 100% listed for Usage.
g) Press ESC to return to the main menu.
6. Select option 2, Set Active Partition.
a) At the prompt “Enter the number of the partition you want to make active”, enter 1.
b) “Partition 1 made active” should be displayed when completed.
c) Press ESC to return to the main menu.
7. Select option 4, Display Partition Information.
a) The following should be displayed as: K5 this is a sample yours may differ base on actual hard drive size.
Partition Status Type Volume Label Mbytes System Usage
C:1 A PriDOS 20 Unknown 22%
2 ExtDOS 1,698 Unknown 88%
Note that Usage and Mbytes will be different depending upon the Hard Drive.
b) The logical drive information should be displayed as:
Drv Volume Label Mbytes System Usage
D 1.698 Unknown 100%
c) Press ESC to return to the main menu.
8. Press ESC to Quit FDISK and reboot the Control.
9. At the A> prompt, enter FORMAT C: /U /V:EXECUTIVE_1 to format the Hard Disk Drive C partition. Verify that only
20M (approximately) is formatted.K5
10. At the A> prompt, enter FORMAT D: /U /V:PART_PROGS to format the Hard Disk Drive D partition.
11. For V2.xx systems, follow the procedures in the V2.XX Field Retrofit Kit.
Version 2.17 to 2.21 software only
12. Insert disk #1 from the ULTIMAX UPGRADE DISKETTE (007-4123-016, -017) set into the floppy drive and cycle
power to the machine tool.
13. The control will reset and the Ultimax Installation Utility will start. Follow the instructions on the screen.
14. Insert the proper diskettes (by part number) into the floppy drive when prompted.
*** NOTE: DO NOT remove the current diskette from the floppy drive until prompted to put in the next diskette.
15. If the security device is not at the correct security level, there will be a prompt to insert the
OPTIKEY UTILITY DISKETTE/ SECURITY MODIFIER SKCOX2__ (007-4136-005) diskette
to complete the upgrade. This must be a valid and unused Optikey security modifier diskette
for the version of Ultimax being installed. The installation utility will use the Optikey diskette to
update the security device.
16. When prompted, insert the ULTIMAX MACHINE PARAMETERS/PRODUCTION COMPOSITE diskette (427-
0004-021) into the floppy drive.
17. When prompted, insert the ULTIMAX MACHINE PARAMETERS/FIELD COMPOSITE diskette (427-0004-024)
into the floppy drive.
Note: if you have two diskettes do not load these two diskettes at this time. EXIT at this time
18. Before the installation utility completes, it will require that the ULTIMAX UPGRADE DISKETTE (007-4123-016, -
017) #1 be reinserted into the floppy drive.
19. After the installation and all options are installed, remove any diskettes from the floppy drive.
20. Cycle the Machine Power Off and On.
21. At keyboard Press "Auxiliary Mode "
22. Next soft key press F8 <more>
23. Next soft key press F6 <Upgrade System Files>.
24. Place the ULTIMAX MACHINE PARAMETERS/FIELD COMPOSITE diskette (427-0004-024)
25. Upon completion, the prompt. “Do you have another set of system disks?” will appear. Select the “NO” softkey
26. Cycle power to the control

[bloke]

It sounds like you have the wrong software for your machine. V2.21 would have been available on the earlier BMC range. The VMX range were later in software builds.
The V2.21 software will not have a VX64440.MCD or similar MCD in it's listings so will not have the correct files to run.
You will need V2.3x software to run that.

[ROBOTSISTEM]

Thanks for your helps.
I thing my problems is setup HDD in CMOS.
Original setup in CMOS file is :
SIZE 1703 CYLS 825 HEAD 64 SECTOR 63 MODE LBA
With this configuration now the PC don't work ,
have error :Primary Master IDE FAIL .
HDD in machine have10.2 GB in auto detect, PC see HDD in this mod (auto detect) bat don't work HURCO software.
Here is an trick bat don't now.How make to see an HDD with 10.2 to an 1.7 GB in CMOS setup.

[bloke]

In the BIOS, set the HDD type to CHS then set the parameters for cylinders, head, sectors.
Then change the HDD type to LBA. Exit and save.
Use FDISK to set the partitions as above. This will make the HDD the correct size.