As GoetsInd mentions, it looks like makino has its own screen for DNC named Makino Datacenter. I have not found a way to run any programs from that screen. I can set a folder to be M198 folder. I can be any folder on whats called the internal card (no card in the external card). But i cannot set the ftp server or a folder on the ftp server as the M198 folder. I get the message "Cannot specify the selected folder". The ftp server runs on our NAS. The Manual (a translated version of the screen handbook) says you can use a folder on a hostcomputer as the M198 folder. The manual doesn't say anything about a ftp server thou, but only about shared folders. But the window where you setup external connections there is a checkbox for ftp server The only way i can run a program is to copy the file from the ftp server to the internal card (the M198 folder). Then on the program screen make a program that calls the copied program with M198, select the program and press start. I cannot see any of the files on the internal card in the program screen

I might have mixed some names up. Im using the Makino Data Center menu. i have a manual, but it doesn't mention a lot about connecting to and running programs from a ftp server. I i try to mark the ftp server or a folder on it, it says "cannot specify the selected folder"

Hello. I hope someone can help me. We have just got an used Makino V33i with Pro5. Now im trying to figure out how to set up the data server. We have a NAS with a ftp server on. Both my cam station and the data server can see files on this ftp server. But how do i run a program. I have tried both io device 5 and 15 under setting->communication. With 5 i cannot set m198 folder at all. with 15 i can set m198 folder but not on the ftp server. I guess i can copy the file from the ftp server to one of the other folders, but that seems like an extra unnessasary step.