Hi Kirk, A very helpful company for assistance with machine control to computer communication is Refresh Your Memory. www.rym.com Available on the website is the following information:
sample configuration for Refresh Your Memory, Inc.Yasnac MX1/LX1
Place the machine in MDI mode. Set the thumbwheel switch by the tape reader to
1 (parameter write enable).
To change a parameter, press the PRM key. Find the parameter to be changed
using the line and page cursor
arrows. Press INSERT. Cursor to the desired bit, then press WR(ite) to change.
Press INSERT to return.
Set:
MILLS: 6000 to 1xxxxxxx (ISO code)
LATHES: 6002 to 1xxxxxxx (ISO code)
6003 to 00011x01 (RS232, port 1, CRLF)
6022 to xxxxxx00 (parity enabled)
6026-6029 to xx001001 (DC codes, 1 stop bit, 4800 baud)
Remember to set the parameter write enable thumbwheel to 0 when done.CNC
SettingsBaud: 4800
Code: 7 data bits / ASCII Even
Stop Bits: 1
EOB: CR/LF
Handshaking: XON/XOFF
ADVANCED
Leader: %CRLF
Trailer: %
Skip lines which contain: %PC SettingsProgram Identifier String: O
Program Identifier String 2: : (colon)Settings for PC-DNC plus users onlyTo
output a program, set the CNC to "Edit" mode, then press the PROG key. Bring
the program to be transmitted up
on screen by typing in Oxxxx then pressing the cursor (line) down arrow. Now
press MEM DATA (OUT).
To input a program, set the CNC to "Edit" mode, then press the PROG key. Make
sure the data-write-protect key is
set such that editing is allowed. Now press MEM DATA (IN).
To view a list of programs in memory, press the ALM key and page down as
necessary.
If the control on your friend's control is a different model, let me know.
Have a good day,
Jim Fleig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Wallace" <kwall...@wallacecompany.com>
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:07 PM
Subject: [Emc-users] OT: Tape to ASCII
> 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?
>
> Kirk
> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/
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