EASIMILL DNC (easyDNC) communication
Posted: Wed 11 Aug , 2010 14:43 pm
HI to all of the DENFORDusers
Thanks to Author Martin my EASIMILL is back to life.
With his help (electric diagrams) i found the Z-axis DIR opto MCT6 to be dead, and i replaced it.
I believe without the help of DENFORD team many old Denford cncmachines would be for scrap or needed retrofits.
Trying to be helpfull to other users i shall share my experience using EASIMILL.
1- after long search only the easyDNC software seems to work for me,and i use it with FEATURECAM in the same desktop computer, under winXP.
( do not use laptops are not working for dnc)
The setup for easyDNC -last version trial-is:
mode: PNC2-4
Data rate: 2400 or1200 for older computers, 4800 is not working
Data bits: 7
Stop bits: 1
Parity: EVEN
Block end: CR
Block delay: 70 ms or more
Step size: Smooth
start code: STX,02
2-PROCESS
open and zero EASIMILL
open easyDNC and enable your configuration in Drip Feed mode
find you datum point by joging X-Y axes
in EASIMILL press DATA LINK +PRESS 1
in DNC type in CAPS LOCKS G55 X----Y-----Z50 (X-Y from joging,i use Z50 but you can have something 20<Z<60 )
G0X0Y0Z0
press SEND in easyDNC and Easimill will execute it
BEFORE anything else you turn key switch to AUTO ( if you go on in MAN probably program execution will stop soon on G2,G3 because the tolerance in arcs is+ - 0.003125 but is+- 0.1 mm in AUTO)
you load from CAM your g-code file you have and press SEND.
That is all the program will run to the end.
if you like to continue in the same datum do not use M2 IN THE END OF THE PREVIOUS PROGRAME, just load the next one and go on .
(after an M2 the former datum will be canceled).
In an older post i said ***in my mill the rs-232 socket has pins 1,7,4 for TxDa,RxDa,Ground respectively *** it is not correct ,any way are the two end pins and the middle one
I hope to be helpfull
my best regards to everybody (sorry for my english)
KONSTANTIN
Thanks to Author Martin my EASIMILL is back to life.
With his help (electric diagrams) i found the Z-axis DIR opto MCT6 to be dead, and i replaced it.
I believe without the help of DENFORD team many old Denford cncmachines would be for scrap or needed retrofits.
Trying to be helpfull to other users i shall share my experience using EASIMILL.
1- after long search only the easyDNC software seems to work for me,and i use it with FEATURECAM in the same desktop computer, under winXP.
( do not use laptops are not working for dnc)
The setup for easyDNC -last version trial-is:
mode: PNC2-4
Data rate: 2400 or1200 for older computers, 4800 is not working
Data bits: 7
Stop bits: 1
Parity: EVEN
Block end: CR
Block delay: 70 ms or more
Step size: Smooth
start code: STX,02
2-PROCESS
open and zero EASIMILL
open easyDNC and enable your configuration in Drip Feed mode
find you datum point by joging X-Y axes
in EASIMILL press DATA LINK +PRESS 1
in DNC type in CAPS LOCKS G55 X----Y-----Z50 (X-Y from joging,i use Z50 but you can have something 20<Z<60 )
G0X0Y0Z0
press SEND in easyDNC and Easimill will execute it
BEFORE anything else you turn key switch to AUTO ( if you go on in MAN probably program execution will stop soon on G2,G3 because the tolerance in arcs is+ - 0.003125 but is+- 0.1 mm in AUTO)
you load from CAM your g-code file you have and press SEND.
That is all the program will run to the end.
if you like to continue in the same datum do not use M2 IN THE END OF THE PREVIOUS PROGRAME, just load the next one and go on .
(after an M2 the former datum will be canceled).
In an older post i said ***in my mill the rs-232 socket has pins 1,7,4 for TxDa,RxDa,Ground respectively *** it is not correct ,any way are the two end pins and the middle one
I hope to be helpfull
my best regards to everybody (sorry for my english)
KONSTANTIN