File transfer to Okuma OSP700M

[GSX1300R]

WOW

I've just been reeading through a lot of old posts and there seems to be a whole lot of knowledgeable people on this forum. I'm using cimco to send and recieve programs to several machines but I can't seem to figure out this OSP700m control. I can send files from the machine to the pc just fine, but I can't send from the PC to the machine.

It reads the program name, and even tells me if the file exists in the control. Then it just sits and gives me a time out error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanx

[connormac]

Are setting the machine to recieve 1st then sending from computer or the other way around?

[GSX1300R]

I've tried both ways but it doesn't seem to matter. If I enable Xon in cimco when I tell the machine to recieve it starts to send the file then

says "Varid Information reading" then I get a time interrupt error.

[jeff]

Does the beginning of your program have this:

$PROGRAMNAME.MIN%

16 Characters MAX

NO #'s before letters.

Letters first!!!

HTH

[GSX1300R]

Yep thats how it looks. I have tried a % sign at the end of the program an well. If I send a file from the control to the PC it works great, but if I try to send the same program back it doesn't work.

[connormac]

do you have a dummy program in the buffer?

[GSX1300R]

I'm not sure what you mean connor

[connormac]

on our machine there has to be a program in the buffer or for some reason you can't load a program. so we created a dummy program and keep it in the control. When we want to change programs. We select the dummy program. Delete the program we were using. Then load the new program.

[connormac]

By the way the GSX1300R is a sweet bike. My wife and I have CBR 600 F3's.

[DavidB]

R$----.MIN%

[jeff]

Never needed a dummy program, but make sure the settings are the same for the pc and control for both send AND receive.

 

Do you hit Edit/PIP/Read/ TT: write?

 

I know that if my program isnt labeled correctly or is too long,I will get the same error.

 

Have you transferred to this control from pc before?

or is this the first time you have tried this?

[J Coulston]

Make sure your end trigger in Cimco is not set to %.

 

I had the same situation happen on an OSP5020 control. I was able to send from machine to PC. PC to machine the control would read the file name and that was it.

[Anthony CIMCO]

GSX,

 

Give the folks at Caledonian a call (780) 490-7832 and they should be able to get you going (if you are still having problems.) Georgia, their main tech, will be in Calgary this week so call on Monday to see if she needs to stop by.

 

You can always give us a call and we help too. Give us a call if you need us.

[elbro]

It is most likely at the end of the program that is giving you the problem. Make sure you have a % at the end and a CR after that.

[John_Carpenter]

I agree with elbro.

 

'It is most likely at the end of the program that is giving you the problem. Make sure you have a % at the end and a CR after that.'

 

OSP700's will read a file and display Varid or Valid information reading until the end condition is met. This can be changed with parameters in the control. Sometimes it is set to EOT or HEX 04 for the end of file character.

 

Regards,

 

John Carpenter

CNC Computer Integration, LLC.

Ellington, CT

 

www.WireFreeCNC.com

[GSX1300R]

Thanx for you help guys I am going to try all this stuff when I get back to the shop. Thanx for the compliment in my Bike Connor. It is a fun toy. I'll let you guys know if I get it to work or not. Thanx again

[GSX1300R]

Okay, Still can't get this to work. Does anyone have a working sample program they can e-mail me?? I also heard someting about line feeds(not too sure what that means) Im pretty sure my parity and baud rate are correct otherwise I would not be able to send to the PC(assumption). I am not sure about the transmit settings in Cimco

as it gives a few different options for CR/LF. I know its probably something silly, but I will not be beat ) If there are no other suggestions I guess I will give Caledonian or Anthony a call.

 

Thanx all

Ben

[Noel]

on our lathe with that control we have to hit edit/pip/read,programname.I dont know why we need the comma but it wont work without it. The first character of the program name has to be a letter as well.

 

 

Noel