A customer has been having problems with 3 Mirac machines which have been upgraded from DOS, to VR Turning.
The problems are a bit random but in general the operation of the machines is sluggish, and feedrate changes occur at the wrong time - you may also find that some commands or linear moves are skipped at random.
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The solution lies with the control type parameter in the Communications section.
It will also recognise whether a new EPROM chip (v2.1) is fitted and adjust the protocol to suit.
This change will utilise a different RS232 driver, which we have found runs reliably on NT/2000/XP systems.By default it is set to 5
Change this to 0
It will also recognise whether a new EPROM chip (v2.1) is fitted and adjust the protocol to suit.