printing from Siemens 840d

[Zoober]

Any of you Siemens gurus out there?

We are probing using Siemens cycles, and wish to print directly to the LPT port or a COM port. We can send the info to a file and then print from a computer, but does anyone know how to directly access the com ports similar to Fanuc's DPRNT statement??

Thanks ahead of time

[Zoober]

Bump:

[Hardmill]

Do a search, its been coverede in the past.

I dont remember off the top of meh head

 

If codebreaker pops in he can prolly help.

 

 

PEACE

[Zoober]

Thanks Hardmill,

I've searched, and I'll try again.

[Zoober]

searched and searched - no go.

[Fig sign]

Too complex ,as far as I know .

I mean ,it is possible using command line ,but if you put a laptop near it or sent the file through network or RS-232 ,use simple batch file to automize it.

That`s what I `ll do .

I used 840 for many years ,and had admin password .

I prefered to copy and print from desktop computer .

From the other hand ,you can always add couple of blocks to your parametric program (kinda put results to buffer ,sent from buffer to lpt port ,etc .

Use the search in google for Siemence parametric programming manual in pdf format ).

I had once one ,was kinda very informative on this things ) .

If no go ,you can print on the printer through RS-232 interface .

MAke a search in google how to print from z modem

[Zoober]

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Too complex ,as far as I know

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That's what I'm finding.

Thanks for the info Iskander

Stay safe!

[Fig sign]

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[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

I would think this is possible you can print out direct to a printer on a Okuma the trick is getting the printer setup correctly without a computer there should be some info from your machine distributor

[Zoober]

They say to print to a network file and print from there (which we do). Printing to a port on our Fanucs is a no-brainer, but this Siemens is another story. We print probe reports all day long on our fanucs.

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

I just talked to a service guy, he doesnt think you can print directly from the siemens control

[Ashan]

just go to cycle directory and select the programs and send it whereever

you want

[Zoober]

I can send programs, and I can print probe results to a file or files (you can't get files too big or too many or probing locks up ). I want to print probe reports directly without sending as a file. Just print from program to LPT or COM straight to printer.

I just found out that Renishaw has a print option that includes some vb files that we can print ot rs232. Time to ditch Siemens' probe cycles!