New Milltronics Owner

[Teps71]

Thanks for the tips guys. I didn't see the Z Tool Change in the params even going in at level 3. No biggie. I can live with where it is at. This machine does not have a tool changer, just a straight bed mill.

Back to the networking - I can't seem to get this to work. On my controller I have a drive X that shows up and I can never access it - I'm assuming this was what the previous owner had mapped as a network drive. Some answers that may help me get this working:

What is the line speed for the ethernet? 10, 100, full or half duplex? I've set the PC to auto in hopes that it will pick this stuff up.

As far as the shared network drive: On the PC side, does it matter what the workgroup name, computer name and share name are? Can this be set in the controller? I do have NetBeui loaded and I have a link on the ethernet, so I think it is something to do with the share settings. I have the parts folder shared as this is where all the programs are. The computer name is Shop, workgroup name is WORKGROUP and the share name is "parts".

Hope you guys can help me out

James

[Teps71]

Okay, more silly questions:

How do I copy a file from the controller's C: drive to the A: drive? Or vice versa for that matter. So far I can only save the programs to floppy on the PC I use for CAD/CAM and run them from the floppy. I'd like to copy these files over to the C: drive and also copy the files I've created on the controller over to the A: drive.

[single phase]

We will get the network working on your machine but I have to startup my mill and look at the stuff we need to set correctly. It has been a long time.

We may need to set the drives differently in the path.dat file. I will look at my setup and get back to you. You may also have to run the network configure program.


Dave

[Teps71]

Dave, thanks for the reply and I look forward to your reply!

James

[single phase]

Here are a few of the next steps

1) you need a hard drive and your machine needs to boot off the HD and not the sym card. I think having a hard drive is nice but once you get the Ethernet working the hard drive is not too useful. I do not know why this is a requirement but it may have to do with the insufficient amount of storage space on the sym card. OF course any old 2GB or larger drive will do. If it is bigger it will not do you any good because DOS 6.22 can not read it.

2) you need the Ethernet card and the dos 6.22 networking software. With the machine loaded with enough RAM you will be able to "load High" all of the network executables.


Dave

[Teps71]

single phase, thanks for all the help. This is working perfectly!

[moldcore]

Well, its been a week since I sent an email to Milltronics about this very issue with no response. I guess they are too busy to be bothered with such nonsense. I gues I'll have to try single phases's suggestions.

[single phase]

Call them, they will help you if you get somebody live in tech support.

[moldcore]

I’ll try the phone, but I hate playing telephone tag and then getting vague verbal instructions. I prefer answers to be in writing so I can refer to them a year from now when I get around to it. Why can’t these machine companies post solutions for problems like this and others on their websites?

[LJ48]

The parm. you are looking should be in level 3, under the "Axis" key after getting into the "axis " hit pgdn 5 times you should see tool change. Curser down to it the Z setting should be there to change. Be careful this parm will affect where the tool changer grabs the tool holder. This does not change where the tool change happens in x or y I dont think. Hope this helps.

[Teps71]

LJ48, thanks for the info - I will look for that tonight. I have a MB20 which is a bed mill, no tool changer.

James