On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 13:29 -0500, Chris Radek wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:07:09AM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > Please let me know if this is too far off topic. > > > > I have a friend with a couple of 80's vintage Mori Seiki's and a > > Matsuura, all with Yasnac controls. He wants to move g-code files > > through the serial ports with a laptop. I made a cable, set the serial > > port parameters and was able to get characters to a terminal emulator on > > the laptop. The problem is that some of the characters are not presented > > on the screen properly. My guess is that what is coming across is a tape > > code and the terminal needs ASCII. Is my guess correct? Will I need to > > buy BTR software or is there another way to save and load g-code through > > the controller serial ports? > > I'm not quite understanding what you want to do - are you just > wanting to read some old tapes into the PC? Use the PC as a pretend > tape reader to drip feed the machine? Both? > > If **some** of the characters are wrong, check your parity. Modern > RS232 systems usually use no parity; old systems usually use parity. > > For reading the old tapes they may be EIA. > http://faculty.etsu.edu/hemphill/entc3710/nc-prog/images/Fig04-01.gif > > I have a BTR board on my old control. You can have it if you can > use it.
I want to move g-code files to and from the Yasnac with a laptop. It looks like the terminal emulator and the tape codes are different. You had a BTR on your HNC? I sold my HNC BTR on eBay for a tidy sum. The Yasnac's appear to have the BTR hardware built in. Kirk http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
