Problem- Posting Gibbs Cam to Milltronics

[Chizel]

I have a Milltronics Partner I E with a Centurion V control, and have serveral posts for Gibbs cam. I have Posts for Milltronics and Fanuc. I have been unable to get the machine to read a program from a disc. Is there a certain format that I'm not doing correctly? Or maybe the post isn't the correct one? Does anyone know if you have to have a % at the begining and the end when posting on a Milltronics? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Chizel

[trevj1]

You need two things to make it work.

The file name format to be recognized by the Milltronics machine must be correct, and the file extension must be as well.

Name. 1 letter, either an O or a P, followed by 4 digits, so P8888, (for a conversational program, IIRC) or O8888 (for a regular file)

Extension. Gibbs wants to default to a file extension. I've dug around a bit, have not found the option that will set it's default to what I need, so I just Right-click on the file and rename it to whatever I am dealing with at the time, and remove the file extension, click yes, when it pops up with the warning, and then transfer the file to the floppy. You need to set your computer so that file etensions are visible to rename them like this.

If you are doing those things already, pretty much need a bunch more info to tell what may be the problem.

I've had to deal with crappy floppy disks, as well as a crapped out drive on my computer, on the Partner 4/w. Cent V on it at work.

Worth a try.

Cheers
Trev

[jpawelk]

Originally Posted by trevj1 You need two things to make it work. The file name format to be recognized by the Milltronics machine must be correct, and the file extension must be as well. Name. 1 letter, either an O or a P, followed by 4 digits, so P8888, (for a conversational program, IIRC) or O8888 (for a regular file) Extension. Gibbs wants to default to a file extension. I've dug around a bit, have not found the option that will set it's default to what I need, so I just Right-click on the file and rename it to whatever I am dealing with at the time, and remove the file extension, click yes, when it pops up with the warning, and then transfer the file to the floppy. You need to set your computer so that file etensions are visible to rename them like this. If you are doing those things already, pretty much need a bunch more info to tell what may be the problem. I've had to deal with crappy floppy disks, as well as a crapped out drive on my computer, on the Partner 4/w. Cent V on it at work. Worth a try. Cheers Trev

All of these things you mention are true, however can be all avoided by simply pressing the letter D on the keypad while in a program menu list. This toggles the parameter "FULL DOS FILE NAMES". With this MISC parameter set to YES, the file name can be anything with any extension you would like to use.