Orac RS232 almost a problem??

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Orac RS232 almost a problem??

Post by weegee » Sat 23 Sep , 2006 4:05 am

Hi

I have written a template converter/nc creator for the orac to use with EDGECam, and all is good, the code generated works perfect, if i enter it manually into the the ORAC, but fails to work when i send it via the serial port.

The setup is fine, and i can both send and recieve files to the ORAC over the serial cable.

I believe that the problem is the control characters, in the manual im sure it said that a program has to start with a control character, then each block starts, and ends with a control character, then the program ends with a control character.

I no longer have the manual for the orac, so can anyone tell me what control characters i need to use, i believe they are STX RS EOF and something else, but the orac rejects the program, so if someone could fill in the blanks that be great.

Once i have it sussed, if anyone else uses edgecam, then feel free to pm me and i'll send you the template (for use at your own risk)

On a side not, as soon as i have my ORAC's sorted, i need to make the converter for the Triac, and i have never had a manual for this, or even seen one, so if anyone has a copy of that, or could scan it or whatever, id greatly appreciate it.

Regards

Graham
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Post by Denford Admin » Fri 29 Sep , 2006 9:15 am

See this topic about the industrial text editor, try communicating with this instead.
http://denfordata.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=256

There are also some parts of the Orac manual scanned in on here somewhere, which are related to communcations.
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Post by davidimurray » Fri 29 Sep , 2006 9:31 am

Hi Graham

I have some old Orac manuals kicking about at home which I think have the comms protocol in there - I will try and have a look over the weekend.

Have you got your post to work in the Do-loop format? I looked at creating an Orac post for Mastercam but decided against it due to the limitation of only being able to download 99 lines (pages).

Cheers

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Post by davidimurray » Sat 30 Sep , 2006 11:13 am

I think this is what your looking for?

Cheers

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Post by Mr Magoo » Wed 18 Oct , 2006 12:46 pm

I've just found an old batch file that I used to use to send programs produced in Lathe Cam Designer down to the Orac.

Two example CNC files also attached that include the necessary control codes at the start/end of program/pages etc. which is what you were looking for :!:

ORAC.ORA is for a pre-1985 orac (machines without graphics)
ORAC85.ORA is for machines built after this (with graphics)

SEND.BAT is the batch file.

Hope this helps

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