Novamill Connection Issue
Posted: Tue 22 Jun , 2021 22:59 pm
Hi everyone. New to this forum. Recently bought a Novamill with an ATC. It worked through last Sunday, and then Monday morning I got the typical RS232 error message. I've read through all of the threads on this forum regarding possible solutions. I have 6 Microturns and 5 Micromills (some of each are NS). So, I was excited to get the Novamill ATC.
Eprom 2.0
SN U00179
9/2001
OC 00272928
VR 2.31.3.951
Everything worked Sunday, cannot find machine Monday. The Denstep Control Board displays 8, all the fuses ohm out good. I've swapped 3 RS232 cables, all null modem, no luck. I've tried 3 different laptops from my other Micromills, no luck. The 9 pin to 25 pin ohms out good. The 25 pin female ohms out good to the 9 pin female to the Denstep Control Board.
Searching for machine is unsuccessful...machine not found. In between all the testing it found the machine on COM3 even though it has always run on COM1. Will not download mnt file...download failed. Mintman has not proven successful either.
I have the original software (CD and floppy), but no floppy drive to install the 3.5", so I can't do a simple reinstall.
Any ideas?
Eprom 2.0
SN U00179
9/2001
OC 00272928
VR 2.31.3.951
Everything worked Sunday, cannot find machine Monday. The Denstep Control Board displays 8, all the fuses ohm out good. I've swapped 3 RS232 cables, all null modem, no luck. I've tried 3 different laptops from my other Micromills, no luck. The 9 pin to 25 pin ohms out good. The 25 pin female ohms out good to the 9 pin female to the Denstep Control Board.
Searching for machine is unsuccessful...machine not found. In between all the testing it found the machine on COM3 even though it has always run on COM1. Will not download mnt file...download failed. Mintman has not proven successful either.
I have the original software (CD and floppy), but no floppy drive to install the 3.5", so I can't do a simple reinstall.
Any ideas?