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[JETMOTORCYCLE]

Hi, this is an example of the code used on a cnc router. My questions would be what is it and what program writes this type of code, basically any information would be a big help. :slot17 s0.4 y+23 s1 hxz-6 z-2 x+23.5 z+4 x-23.5 z-2 s8 y-70 s0.4 y-23 s1 hxz+6 z+2 x+23.5 z-4 x-23.5 z+2 y+23.5 # Regards Paul

[BobLfoot]

Paul - I suspect what you have is Machine Code for your CNC controller. It used to be written in Dos text editor and transferred to the machine with ProComm or some other communications package. More recently you could use Notepad and Hyperterminal. Most CNC machine vendors also had their own proprietary software which gave you a more English interface and created the Machine Code in the background. Now a couple of Questions for you. Whose CNC is this from? What do you need to accomplish?

[JETMOTORCYCLE]

Hi BobLfoot The machine is a stuga routermaster made for the upc window market, it cuts the slots for locks and hindges. Its very well made and shows little or no sign of damage. I was told by a reliable source that it was working fine when decommissioned due to an upgrade process. What i need it to do is mill 12.5mm holes in flat steel bar for fence work. The deck and gantry look plenty strong and should quickly convert to liquid coolant. It does have a 3.5 floppy drive and a disc with various DOS batch files on it, this is housed in a console with a screen and keyboard. The machine has not yet been sited and has not yet been connected hence my lack of understanding and wanting to know just how it is likely to operate. My assumption was that it would have some sort of cad/cam software built in running on a PC but this was wrong, I also don't see what I would then expect be a PLC. What it dose have is several cards and a PSU mounted in a racking system. Three of the cards look like Servo Motor drive cards, the other connects to the monitor, keyboard and disc drive. PKS DIGIPLAN It would be nice to have an idea of just what can be done to upgrade the system but equally it would be ok to know how it works and how the jobs can be written into code. I will be contacting the manufacturer on Monday to see if manuals and possibly software are still available but its good to have and idea of what your talking about before taking what could be expensive decisions. Any comments gratefully received Regards Paul R Edited September 23, 2006 by JETMOTORCYCLE

[BobLfoot]

Don't have much more CNC experience than already alluded to. We did convert a CNC type pipe bending machine to Baldor Servos with a PC based C++ HMI a few years back. Your best bet is probably the manufacturer.

[TimWilborne]

I have programmed two axis CNC burning tables before and the Z on this seems similar in the fact that it only plunges but the lack on G/M codes tells me it does not use traditional "G Code" programing