Hi Guys...
I'll take a look this evening and see if I can come up with any ideas.
I think I'll be able to come up with something though
DNC with a 1986 TRIAC
Moderators: Martin, Steve, Mr Magoo
WRONG
In Machine Transfer mode the software simply sends down whatever is in the editor. It must be the Triac machine that assumes F0 if no feedrate is specified on a line in DNC mode (v poor). So when using Machine transfer you'll have to specify the feed on every block.
I've just been having another look at the Machine Control stuff. I'm willing to create a debugging version to see if I can work out why it isn't working but I'll need you to try it on your machine and get back to me with results (and I can't promis any success
Do you want to give it a try?

In Machine Transfer mode the software simply sends down whatever is in the editor. It must be the Triac machine that assumes F0 if no feedrate is specified on a line in DNC mode (v poor). So when using Machine transfer you'll have to specify the feed on every block.
I've just been having another look at the Machine Control stuff. I'm willing to create a debugging version to see if I can work out why it isn't working but I'll need you to try it on your machine and get back to me with results (and I can't promis any success

- davidimurray
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Hi Mr Magoo,
As Dave says, we'd be more than willing to be gineau-pigs and test out your new versions etc. A DNC link would be brilliant for us - as a matter of fact we've got a job on the machine at the moment which would be a lot less hassle with DNC working. We're just getting into some "higher speed" machining - i.e. high feedrates and spindle speeds with small depths of cut which, whilst the machine seems to prefer it to large cuts, does make for lengthy programs.
Cheers
Alastair
As Dave says, we'd be more than willing to be gineau-pigs and test out your new versions etc. A DNC link would be brilliant for us - as a matter of fact we've got a job on the machine at the moment which would be a lot less hassle with DNC working. We're just getting into some "higher speed" machining - i.e. high feedrates and spindle speeds with small depths of cut which, whilst the machine seems to prefer it to large cuts, does make for lengthy programs.
Cheers
Alastair