easyDnc - Remo Version 2.2 March 2005
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1. You can t take the RS232 port from a task in progress but might also indicate that the port does not exist at all or that it s in use by some other windows program Although this version of easyDnc is capable of multitasking to a number of CNCs at the same time it stands to reason that if you wish to send receive data to more than one CNC at the same time then you re going to need more than one com port in your computer In all the above cases you can click the relevant CNC icon to display incoming outgoing file name sample of CNC data progress indicator and RS232 port settings status User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options Starting remo processes Send data to cnc machines In previous version of easyDncXP you could send data to a CNC but couldn t switch to another machine while the transfer was in progress With remo you can start sending data to one machine and then simply click another machine icon to start a transfer to that one too To do this there s no special setup or remo enable option that you need to select Just select another CNC icon and use it like any other Receive data from cnc machines In the previous version of easyDncXP all data was received straight into the editor window meaning data could only be received from one machine Remo can also receive data into the editor window if required However a new remo mode allows you to set easyDnc into a sp2. the requested file before you re ready File delay tells easyDnc to wait this number of seconds giving you plenty of time to prepare the CNC for data input Force CR LF 2 FileNames as Text Additional Receive Optio Wake On REQST Tag 9999 xT imeout 3 v Extension CNC REQST Tag easyDnc is waiting for incoming data This would usually result in an incoming file being saved to the computer s disk drive in the default folder In this case though we want easyDnc to recognise the data as our runner and read the file s contents This REQST tag option tells easyDnc how to recognise the runner IE the runner program s name or number or some unique comment text contained inside the runner program In our example we entered 9999 as the tag because that s the number name of the program we decided to use as the runner However you may not wish to restrict yourself to a particular program so if you re prepared to write an extra line of text into your runner you could enter some text such as SEND or REQST as the REQST tag So if you entered the word SEND into the REQST tag box then your runner program could look like this 09876 Previously we used 9999 but can now use any program we want SEND The tag we use so easyDnc recognises this file as the runner P1234 The actual program number we re requesting Our runner now says SEND Program 1234 Now all yo
3. age indicator shows that a file transfer TO a cnc is in progress The indicator showing how much of the transfer is complete This is not an error indicator It merely shows that data transfer is under way but has been halted probably temporarily under CNC control It is usual for this indicator to flash rapidly as data is fed block wise into the control During drip feeding it may appear for long periods whenever the cnc holds up the data transfer allowing the machining process catch up This symbol is meant to show an arrow pointing into a folder It indicates that the software is receiving data from the machine which is being saved to the machine s default data folder During data reception this indicator will appear and flash around once per second When the transfer is complete the symbol disappears again The computer s RS232 port allocated to this machine may have a problem The port may be missing invalid or simply busy It doesn t always indicate an error In many cases it simply means that the port has been allocated by the user to another task machine If you click this machine icon the symbol may disappear indicating that the port was allocated to another machine but was taken back when you clicked the machine icon The symbol would then of course appear against the machine which gave up the port If when you click the machine icon the symbol does not disappear then the other machine may be in the middle of a transfer
4. anuc 2 NEW Fanuc 2 C public PROJECTS ProjectFiles DncXP remoxp 22a 0631 CNC Resumel Mode STANDARD Port Com 1200E 71 Xon Xolf NI FINISH MACHINE OD amp FACE T100M16 X HARRRR RGR SRERR EG RRABARER RARE ra The two remo icons are listening for incoming data If either of those machines started sending data back to the computer it would wake up the relevant remo process which would scan the incoming file looking for the file name and the incoming data would be saved to that machine s default folder without disturbing any other machine or process Note If you re using the new MultiTasking version of easyDncXP then the red Remo label shown by the machine icon would read Ready instead Remember there s two new versions one with just the Multitasking capability and then there s remo which has MultiTasking AND the added remo remote control feature What s this remo remote control User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 7 Remo remote control In some circumstances the CNC machine may be located a distance away from the computer or maybe you ve got a number of machines connected to a central computer In either case the last thing you want is to need you or your machine operators running or shouting between the cnc control and the remote computer Unfortunately CNC machines are not very clever If they were based on a smart operating system
5. art more tasks if required In the picture below you can see the first machine shows a small percentage indicator to the top right corner of the machine icon indicating that the job on that machine is 33 complete The second icon shows 61 and because this icon has a border we know that it s the current machine The rest of the display Com port settings CNC data window and large progress indicator across the bottom of the window always relate to the current machine The machine that you clicked highlighted with the mouse easyDnc Remo 15 x Ki Exit A gt Clear 32 Setup Es Menu Ss RE Receive CNC Data 61 eas amp remo Add Machine Fanuc 1 Bridgepo NEW NEW Bridgepo Mode STANDARD C public PROJECT S ProjectFiles Dncx lt P GOx65 22 T101M6 moxp 22anc0 0631 txt Resume KiS Port Com6 2400N 81 No Flow Control x51 G1G42x55 Z0 15F0 25 0631 b4 CETTE TTT TTT TTT TTT Now look closely at the 1st machine icon In the lower right corner of the icon you can see a small red symbol New versions of easyDnc have a number of small symbols which appear around the CNC icon In this case the symbol tells us something about one machine while we re busy with another The following page shows these symbol and explains their meaning User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 4 os CNC Status indicators The percent
6. easyDnc Remo Version 2 2 March 2005 For Windows 95 98 ME XP W2000 and W2003Server This document is not a complete user manual in its own right You should refer to the current easyDncXP user manual which explains installation setup and cable diagrams which are the same for all versions of easyDnc This document only shows the differences between easyDncXP and this new product easyDnc Remo A new browser like manual covering all versions is currently in development but in the meantime you should attach this document as an addendum to the current easyDncXP user manual which you can download in full from the website at easydnc com User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 1 What s Remo easyDnc Remo is a new version of easyDncXP with remote call up and multi tasking capability MultiTasking The ability to communicate with more than one CNC at the same time Previous versions of easyDncXP effectively limited file transfer to just one CNC at a time True a user could switch quickly between machines but during a long drip feed job to one machine the program was pretty much locked up until the job was finished or cancelled This new Multitasking capability allows the user to start a file transfer to one CNC and instantly switch to another and start additional independent send receive tasks Up to 14 fully independent threads of execution can run parallel to each othe
7. ecial mode where it s always listening for incoming data Once you ve selected this mode any data coming from the machine is automatically saved straight to the computers disk drive in the machine s default folder The easyDnc setup window has a new folders option where you declare which folder to use for each machine where data should be read from saved to Of course the multitasking feature allows you to set the remo option on one machine icon and then switch to another machine and do the same and so on Remo s listening mode is enabled from the machine menu Right click the machine icon If you ve previously used easyDncXP then you ll notice this remo item is anew menu option E ojxi Mf Rec ve CNC Data Ore easyDnc Remo KB Exit 2 X Clear 3 Setup Ef Menu s Open EJ E i xp E e remo Add Machine Fanuc Brdo NEW Rename Delete Bridgepo Mode STANDARD Properties Port Scan Port Com 2400N 81 m No Flow Control User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 6 On the previous page you saw the remo option in the machine menu In the diagram below you can see that two machine icons have been switched to remo mode while a third is busy sending data to the machine N easyDne Remo E ol x cil X cea setup Ef Menu RE Receive CNC Data E E E amp Add Machine Fanucl Bridgepo F
8. o options 2 Installation The installation of all versions of easyDnc is explained in full in the current easyDncXP user manual which you can download from the easyDnc website at easydnc com If you re already using easyDncXP then you only need to install a small upgrade file Once installed remo automatically imports easyDncXP s CNC configuration database so will already contains all your current CNC communications settings The remo setup window contains a few more options which are explained in this supplement If you ve never used any version of easyDnc then follow the setup and configuration instructions in the easyDncXP user manual referring to this supplement for differences between the two versions When you start the new remo version of easyDnc you will see the remo product logo in the top left corner He easyDnc Remo m Du Add Machine Fanuc1 Bridgepo NEV Click HERE to resize User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 3 When transferring data to a CNC with any version of easyDnc you always see a progress indicator easyDncXP always shows the large progress indicator across the bottom of the window and because easyDncXP doesn t allow you to switch to a different machine while a transfer is in progress there was no requirement for any additional indicators However the new multitasking capability means you can now switch to another machine and st
9. post questions You can also send email direct to us here at support easydnc com Once these new versions are released we expect them to go through a number of rapid updates as some of our more dedicated users give us feedback and suggestions so please call back to the updates page to make sure you re using the latest version Thanks for using easyDnc The easyDnc team www easydnc com support easydnc com User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 10
10. r Remote call up Allows CNC operators to initiate data transfer in either direction using the CNC console The multitasking capability allows up to 14 CNC operators to send and receive data without disturbing each other and the Remo capability allows them to do it without leaving their CNC workstations IE the transfer is controlled fully from the CNC console meaning the computer can be located or secured some distance away from the CNC work place without having CNC operators running or shouting across the shop Because the original version of easyDncXP was designed as a simple easy to use single tasking DNC system quite a bit of thought has gone in to this new version so that we could add the new features without losing our simple to use easyDnc user interface We think we ve done a good job but we still had to modify a couple of items on the display changing the way some controls menus buttons and indicators operate The purpose of this document is to describe the new controls and explain any changes to the old ones As well as this remo version we ve also released a version of easyDncXP which includes remo s multitasking capability but without the remote call up feature If you re using that version of easyDncXP then this document also applies with the exception of the chapters specifically related to Remo s remote call up capability User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Rem
11. then you d be able to use the CNC console to browse through a remote server s files select the one you want and download it into CNC memory In most cases though the CNC control just doesn t have any networking capability so can t do anything like that One thing most CNCs can do though is send and receive files They can t request files from remote servers but they can send files to remote servers So imagine if we created a small file on the CNC and wrote our request into that file and sent that file to the server As long as the server in this case remo was expecting such a file it would be able to open the file read the request and complete whatever action was contained within The good news is remo has been programmed to expect such simple file requests from pretty much any CNC as long as the CNC is capable of punching CNC program data In this example we ll use a machine like a Fanuc because there s lots of other makes and models of CNC which adhere to the same ISO data standards At the end of the example we ll cover a couple of alternatives so you can adjust this method to suit other machines In the CNC control create a small program which isn t used by the machine We call this program The Runner because we send it just like a runner back to the computer with our message Lets use program number 9999 as our runner 09999 you can of course use any program number you want 00001 or anything else In our e
12. u need to do is punch the runner punch 09876 and switch the control into input mode and stand back while easyDnc does the rest User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 9 IMPORTANT The original version of easyDncXP introduced a new easy automatic setup capability called Port scan where easyDncXP would scan incoming CNC data adjust itself to match the CNC s communications settings meaning that in many case the user didn t need to worry about cnc communications settings such as data rate databits parity etc As well as the communications settings easyDncXP also scanned all computer com ports looking to see which com port was actually being used Because of the new multitasking capability easyDnc can no longer assume ports are unused so can no longer scan all available com ports All new version now require the user to open the setup window and manually select the com port before running Port Scan Most users know which com port they re using anyway so we re sure this isn t going to be a problem This supplement to the easyDnc user manual is by no means complete but we do hope that it s enough for you to start using easyDnc remo or the MultiTasking update for easyDncXP A new browser like user manual describing all versions is being developed and should be released early to mid April 2005 In the meantime if you need assistance then please log in to our support forum where you can
13. xample we ll imagine that we want the remote computer to send program 1234 into the machine On a Fanuc we d create a small runner program like this 09999 P1234 M30 And that s it In fact the M30 isn t required at all We just put it there to make this look more like a CNC program In that example we used program 9999 as our runner and in the second line we type P1234 Our message says Send Program 1234 You don t need to re type this every time Once you ve created it once you can leave it on the cnc control and simply edit that second line each time you want to use it User Manual Supplemental easyDnc MultiTasking and Remo options 8 When you ve created your runner you simply punch it out send it to the computer and then quickly switch the CNC in to data input mode When easyDnc remo receives the runner it opens the incoming file sees that second line P1234 and knows that the machine is waiting for program number 1234 easyDnc reads the requested file from the machine s default folder loads it up and sends it back to the CNC easyDnc s setup page has been updated to add a couple of new options as shown in the diagram below Additional Transmit Options File Delay Block End Block Delay CRLF TA bd Once the CNC has sent the runner back to the computer you need to quickly set the Block Space f CNC into data input or receive mode because easyDnc may send
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