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I dont have the net at home so i will ask someone else to have a go downloading and give it a go.

error 10 on the easimill is PNC memory full, from the easimill manual there is no 1010 code.
I am having trouble downloading into the PNC controller, with just about 4000 bytes available maybe its just not worth the trouble, our cad / cam software like to generate a mass of G codes for the easiest ...

ive tried the self test, the PNC controller displays o/c and s/c as i disconnect and connect a short circuit on the rs232 port as it should do,
so i think it must be the code, ive also tried removing the B at the start of each line but to no effect.

im just off to try the self test, are there dip switch setting to enable / disable the rs232?

chris

still no joy yet, we will get solid cam with solidworks, i have tried using qbasic to send simple data again the data is going into the controller but not being accepted by the machine.
I have tried all of the combinations mentioned above but we cannot download software due to our firewall.
Accoring ...

With a scope i have checked the RX and TX lines, data is going into the mill and signals comming out down the RX line.
An existing program in the mill was deleted when i sent a program from alphacam but the alphacam program did not appear on the mill screen.
I no longer have the original computer ...

I think the problem may be the format of the codes in the configuration of alphacam, the Easimill manual mentions <stx> and <etx> commands, are these entered as hex numbers or the ascii equivalent in the configuration or do i need to indicate the start and end of the program?
The PC did show waiting ...

We have an Easimill 3 milling machine with PNC controller, I am trying to download a program using the RS232 link from a PC using alphacam 198 CAD software.
An oscilloscope shows the signal going into the milling machine but the screen just shows "loading" all the time.
Does any one have any ideas ...