Still working with the guys from Cimco, slow and steady progress cheers Anders

I have been making progress with Anthony Graves and a few others from Cimco. These guys are awesome for support. I'll keep everyone posted with the results. CHEERS Anders

Sorry about the last link, didn’t show up the way I wanted it to. If you go there and than go to "Support" Than "Knowledge Database" Than "correct Cables" Thanks Anders

The cable configuration that I am using right now is http://www.cimco-integration.com/index-main.html I'm using the one with hardware handshake. Thanks Anders

Ok here's what I tried last night. I hooked up the rs232 tester and ran the rs232 cable in and out. Than I wrote a program on the mill and tried to send it across. Making sure that Cimco Edit was in receiving mode. The control on the mill came up with an error " ECHO NOT REC" but yes it did send something across one bit that was “O” I think that there may be a problem with either my cable configuration or my internal settings in cimco edit. However there was signal coming across the cable from the mill. The problem is I don’t think that any one has done this before with a Dyna Myte, if so I would love to talk with them. Anyway, just though that I would give everyone an update on the progress. Nothing yet but getting closer. Thanks for the help this far, much appreciated Anders

I have never been successful in sending or receiving data through the RS232 connection. I have been trying several cable configurations but still nothing. Not too sure what to do now. Thanks for the fast replies, Anders

I can’t get this to work; I must be doing something wrong. I have a computer with only Cicmo edit on it with a small program that I have made from Mastercam (A licensed copy through BCIT) and posted it with the correct post in to cimco edit. I have configured the DNS settings in Cimco edit so I can use the DNS transfer program in there: Baud rate 2400 Stop bits 1 Data bits 8 Has anyone done this before on a Dyna Myte 2800 or 2400 (They have the same control) I would like to write programs in Mastercam, post them and than transfer them across the RS232 into the machine.So far I can do everything but get them across to the machine. I think that I have everything configured correctly but it’s still not working. I have the cable configuration correct or so I think, I got the original configuration from Dyna, I have tested for signal and it’s definitely sending signal to the machine but the machine controller is not responding. Any ideas? I don’t know much about these Dyna Myte mills however, any help would be much appreciated. What are my options here? I know that there is a AHHA retrofit, but I would prefer to solve this without having to purchase the retrofit because it works in dos and I would like to keep running windows xp and I already have Mastercam. Are there any other retrofits out there for my machine? Thanks for the help, it’s much appreciated. Anders

I can’t get this to work; I must be doing something wrong. I have a computer with only Cicmo edit on it with a small program that I have made from Mastercam (A licensed copy through BCIT) and posted it with the correct post in to cimco edit. I have configured the DNS settings in Cimco edit so I can use the DNS transfer program in there: Baud rate 2400 Stop bits 1 Data bits 8 Has anyone done this before on a Dyna Myte 2800 or 2400 (They have the same control) I would like to write programs in Mastercam, post them and than transfer them across the RS232 into the machine.So far I can do everything but get them across to the machine. I think that I have everything configured correctly but it’s still not working. I have the cable configuration correct or so I think, I got the original configuration from Dyna, I have tested for signal and it’s definitely sending signal to the machine but the machine controller is not responding. Any ideas? I don’t know much about these Dyna Myte mills however, any help would be much appreciated. What are my options here? I know that there is a AHHA retrofit, but I would prefer to solve this without having to purchase the retrofit because it works in dos and I would like to keep running windows xp and I already have Mastercam. Are there any other retrofits out there for my machine? Thanks for the help, it’s much appreciated. Anders

Just so everyone knows out here, I'm currently a student at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) so at this time I think that we have well over 50 copies of Mastercam Running. Thanks Anders

I have just purchased a Dyna Myte 2800 Mill and am wondering how to upload and download my mastercam files. Does anyone have a post for this mill? Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks Anders