can MC communicate with a tape punch

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we are going old school here has

 

anyone done this before

[Roger Peterson]

BTR

[HEAVY METAL]

what do this conversion run approx

[HEAVY METAL]

no other way around this roger?

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Sure it can!

If you're talking about a Tape Punch with a Serial Interface.

It can certainly be "fun" trying to figure what the Tape Punch <=> MC setting need to be.

 

But "BTR" sounds like a good plan.

 

I'd be curious as to how many of you out there have have ever used punched tape.

In the old days (Am I dating myself here?) I programmed at a place that had over 5500 tapes (in those little blue canisters) on file.

[3R!< W3NG3R]

I learned it in school. Even then everyone wondered why it was still being taught, but the prof was set in his ways.

[Craig Madsen from CM3D]

I can still read EIA and ASCII tapes - Started programming around 1968 - part time after school.

 

As to the topic question, what papertape punch? Some of the FANUC punches weren't RS-232 but FACIT parallel interface devices.

[HEAVY METAL]

i'll need to look to see what interface tomorrow

[Guest]

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I'd be curious as to how many of you out there have have ever used punched tape.

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oh, oh, I have I have

 

Programmed on a Flexowriter, ran mills and lathes off of paper tapes.

 

The old mechanical finger readers and the later technology optical scans

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whats settings should i be lookin at the communication settings between te editor and the paper tape punch

[Roger Peterson]

the last time I checked you could get a BTR for a couple of hundred up to a couple of thousand and everywhere in between. Just make sure you get one that has some on board memory to be used for buffering.

 

 

HTH

[Andy]

1968, Hughes aircraft, we had one nc machine with

tape. Big machine built special for Hughes.

[Allan]

Coincidentally I just hooked up a tape puncher/reader to a system this week. It was previously hooked up to an intergraf system. After some trial and error the settings were 9600 BPS N81

 

Allan

[Todd Tracey from Fastech]

Oh the days of the ASR-33. What fun when the tape ended up on the floor and got torn. Thankful for Mylar for repeat runs. Lots of memories, just not all good.

[TMozzone]

Punched taped 1986 @ Renton Tech. College

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what is the N81 code doing and where you using the cimco editor

[Salt4cad]

Oh, Yea..... now that the way to edit a prog

A tty. Makes you really look at your Program

[Allan]

The N81 stands for No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and yes I used Cimco edit.

 

There was some labeled dip swithches undere a clear cover on top of the unit. One was for DC codes the other just said slow and fast I used the fast for 9600 baud.

 

Allan

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allan i am able to communicate to the tape punch and punch a tape but keep getting a error light on the tape punch machine. i have the same settings tha you had any ideas

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

"I can still read EIA and ASCII tapes..."

 

Craig,

I also used to "read the tape", but I've purged (lost?) that capability.

I probably re-tasked those brain cells to remember items that are more useful today - like where I left my keys.

 

 

"...keep getting a error light on the tape punch machine."

 

Heavy,

But does it try to punch any tape?

What brand/model Tape Punch are we taking about here?

[Craig Madsen from CM3D]

Roger,

 

I attribute this ability to the same part of my brain that still lets me ride a bicycle. I did it so much, for so many years that those areas have been permanently wired. At least the bicycle part is still of some use.

[cadcam]

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Programmed on a Flexowriter, ran mills and lathes off of paper tapes.

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I did this on lathes years back then got some BTR's and used MC from there. these were old NC hardge lathes

[JNO]

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In the old days (Am I dating myself here?) I programmed at a place that had over 5500 tapes (in those little blue canisters) on file.

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I remember those little blue canisters myself. (1985)

I used to like when a chip would get stuck in one of the little holes and rip the tape. I recall having to tape them in a loop because the machine had no memory(Matsuura)

[mcpgmr]

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I'd be curious as to how many of you out there have have ever used punched tape.

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The first NC Tape machine I had the plesure of running was a Bridgeport 3 Axis with a MOOG control back in 1979 when I started in the Machine Shop. Used air pressure sensors I think. It would blow air thru the holes in the mylar tape. Very loud hydraulic pump. Big mechanical dials for setting offsets. Occasionally it would throw a tool at you while tool changing. I Googled and can't find a picture of it. Never saw another one until 1985 when my Brother opened his shop. That was his first NC machine. Anyone else ever run one of those beasts?

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This thread is bringing back some bad memories of using a pseudo mechanical type writer to punch tapes. No backspace and White-out did nothing to fill the holes.