How to setup Mastercam and Haas for DNC

[Bob W.]

I need to set up my Haas Mini Mill (2005) for DNC and I have the cable etc... What settings in Mastercam and the Haas control do I need to fiddle with?

 

Thanks,

Bob

[Bob W.]

I guess I should add that I have run small programs to date and they have all been entered with a floppy drive.

[Thee Dragracer1951]

I have mine set up 7 even and none. as much baud as the system will take, without dropping bits. Cimco editor...transfer, send. Push the MDI/DNC button to get it into DNC mode. Then send the program, push cycle start

[desmotom]

we use cimco also works pretty good

[Thee Dragracer1951]

I take that back...mine is set up 7 even and 2. I just went and looked

[Ying Jiang]

Haas machines are simple to set up, make sure to match the settings between CNC and DNC software (use "set graphics" & "page down" buttons to access RS-232 parameters).

 

I use: 19200, E, 7, 1 (change to lower baudrate if you have longer cable distance and having transfer problems).

 

Here is a trick: If you set up Haas in Xon/Xoff mode, it will not "wait for Xon", so I set it in "DC code" mode and it will "wait for Xon". (Still use Xon/Xoff or software handshake in DNC software).