Thanks to Rose at CNC, here are the jpgs from Mastercam 2005 calendar - they make great wallpaper!! Download the 2005calendarforweb.zip Enjoy!

That's a good tool to have, thanks Matt!

I always use CIMCO FTP software for these network ready machines. Maybe you can get a 30 day demo copy from your dealer to try it out. (Not a free software like WS_FTP LE though)

Try this, turn on Windows Firewall (Local Area Connection Properties --> Advanced --> "Windows Firewall" Settings), make sure "Don't allow exceptions" is unchecked in the "General" tab, then go to "Exceptions" tab and use "Add Program" button to add "WS_FTP LE" to the list. You may not need to reboot the PC, but I'd reboot it anyway. -just another suggestion.

You are very welcome, the three ports that I gave you are all the ones I know. Do you have to enter the IP every time when start up the Client or just once after allow the ports in Firewall? I still think you might have better luck to allow "DNCMax4.exe" and "DNCAdmin4.exe" rather than allow the ports.

Here is how I add programs to the fire wall: Thanks for the web space, Chris!

"...it doesn't use TCPIP at all, and that it uses the serial ports to communicate licensing. true or not?" - No, that's not true, serial ports are used for machine communication, TCP/IP is used for Server/Client. Try the ports I gave you in my last post.

I'm not sure why you coudn't allow by executable name. In SP2 Firewall setting, under "Exceptions", you could either "Add Program" or "Add Port". But since you have to allow by ports, try these: 4442, 4444 & 7219

By the way, have you tried to disable the firewall for DNCMax4.exe and DNCAdmin4.exe?

A few things to try: 1. Make sure you are able to ping the server from the clients. 2. Make sure DNC-Max Server is runing. 3. On DNC-Max Client, go "Setup" --> "Configure Client" and make sure the checkbox for "Never connect to remote servers" is unchecked. 4. On DNC-Max Client, go "Setup" --> "Select Servers". Do you see the server there in the window with list of the machines (check the boxes beside the machines)? The Server should be there with a bright green light, if it is not there, try the "Rescan" button or "Add" button with server's IP address. 5. Did you reinstall DNC-Max? If so, make sure the client PCs did not have DNC-Max Server installed. All Clients and Server should be runing the same version of software and key file. HTH, Ying.

Hard to say without knowing the alarm that you were getting. Some Mazaks don't come with DNC options "out of the box" (mostly on Lathe).

BTR is the way to go.

DNC - Does Not Compute

Then it become a "Black Art"

Add [image] before the link and add [/image] after the link (without any spaces), for example: If the url is: http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/mastercam.gif After add the [image][/image]tags, it become:

Take a look at Mpmaster post and look under "pfxout", "pfyout", etc... add * in front the variable is a way to force it output.

Just got back from another road trip and saw some of the comments here, well, here is my $0.002: All Canadian Mastercam resellers do DNC communication services for their customers and we are very proud of it! At In-House Solutions, we have a DNC department just to support all our customers as well as our Mastercam dealers across Canada - in case you haven't noticed how many companies in Canada are now using DNC-Max as their choice of DNC solutions along with our reseller network's services. That's right, I'm not a salesman, just a tech guy who has done or helped on many of those installations himself! For Canadian customers, check out our dealer network at http://www.mastercam.ca/resellers/index.html (and call them if you have a DNC question or problem), if you are outside of Canada, be sure to check with CIMCO (by click the link at the bottom of the page) before you choose a DNC system. Shop around and see the truth for yourself!!

mikhael: There is a will, there is a way Please read Dave's reply , for Contour or pocket tool path, you need to add/modify the following in the post (I just tried with Mpmaster post for v9 and it works fine): ...... # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Parameter Tables # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fprmtbl 2 2 # 2D Contour 10010 stock2dxy # Amount of stock to leave on X & Y 10068 stock2dz # Amount of stock to leave on Z fprmtbl 4 2 # 2D Pocket 10010 stock2dxy # Amount of stock to leave on X & Y 10068 stock2dz # Amount of stock to leave on Z ...... fmt 2 stock2dxy # Amoutn of Stock left on X & Y fmt 2 stock2dz # Amoutn of Stock left on Z ...... pstock # Comment amount of stock to leave spaces=0 if opcode = 2 | opcode = 4, [ pbld, n, pspc, "(TOOLPATH - ", *stoper, ")", e pbld, n, pspc, "(STOCK LEFT ON X & Y = ", *stock2dxy, ")", e pbld, n, pspc, "(STOCK LEFT ON Z = ", *stock2dz, ")", e ] ...... pparameter # Run parameter table if opcode=2 | opcode=4 | opcode=13 | opcode=14, result = fprm (opcode) ...... Here is the output I get with the modified post: ...... N10 G00 G17 G20 G40 G49 G80 G90 N20 (CONTOUR) N30 T3 M06 ( 3/4 FLAT ENDMILL) N40 (MAX - Z2.) N50 (MIN - Z-.095) N60 (TOOLPATH - CONTOUR) N70 (STOCK LEFT ON X & Y = .012) N80 (STOCK LEFT ON Z = .005) N90 G00 G90 G54 X.45 Y-1.412 S713 M03 N100 G43 H3 Z2. M08 N110 Z.1 N120 G01 Z-.095 F6.42 ...... N300 (POCKET) N310 T2 M06 ( 1/2 BALL ENDMILL) N320 (MAX - Z2.5) N330 (MIN - Z-.49) N340 (TOOLPATH - POCKET) N350 (STOCK LEFT ON X & Y = .015) N360 (STOCK LEFT ON Z = .01) N370 G00 G90 G54 X-.3671 Y-.0415 S1069 M03 N380 G43 H2 Z2. M08 N390 Z.1 N400 G01 X-.625 Z.0865 F6.42 ...... HTH.

Have you tried Mpmaster post from this site? Download from here: http://www.emastercam.com/posts/mpmaster/index.html

kwolf, Thanks to a friend in Denmark, here is a sample NC file: %8888 ? 0000 %8888*T T1 I/M:M R8 L4.014 FE0 S630 FZ55 T2 I/M:M R2.5 FZ120 S2500 L-18.3 T3 I/M:M R5.1 FZ160 S630 L-1.3 T4 I/M:M R6 S160 L80.790 T5 I/M:M R8 S400 FZ80 L28 ? 0000 %8888*% N100 G17 T1 M6 N102 G0 X0 Y0 M3 M8 N104 G81 TA-7.1 OA0 SA2 N108 P1 = G81 TA-2.8 OA0 SA2 N110 G0 X12.5; P1 N112 G0 X-12.5; P1 N113 G0 X200 Y0; P1 N114 G0 X-200 Y0; P1 N115 G0 M5 M9 N116 G0 Z100 N200 G17 T2 M6 N202 G0 X12.5 Y0 M3 M8 N204 P1 = G81 TA-13 OA0 SA2 N206 G0 X12.5; P1 N208 G0 X-12.5; P1 N210 G0 M5 M9 N212 G0 Z120 N300 G17 T3 M6 N302 G0 X0 Y0 M3 M8 N304 G81 TA-32 OA0 SA2 N306 G0 M5 M9 N308 G0 Z120 N400 G17 T4 M6 N402 G0 X0 Y0 M3 N404 G84 TA-27 OA0 SA4 ST1.75 N406 G0 Z10 M5 M9 N408 G0 Z100 N500 G17 T5 M6 N502 G0 X200 Y0 M3 M8 N504 P1 = G82 TA-42 OA0 SA8 EA50 MI-3 HI0.3 N506 G0 X200 Y0; P1 N508 G0 X-200 Y0; P1 N510 G0 Z50 M5 M9 N512 G0 Y100 Z100 M30 ? 0000 [ 05-08-2003, 09:12 AM: Message edited by: Ying Jiang ]

CIMCO's DNC-Max supports Windows CE. Just a FYI.

KWOLF, Just got back and saw your and Anthony's emails. (On the road all the time) Special protocols in DNC-Max are very easy to setup, as you did with the Deckel 11 LSV2. It works right out of the box when you matched the settings such as baud rate, stop bits, etc... As Allan mentioned, DNC-Max works in remote mode, so you will not need to send file from DNC-Max PC. Here is a few things to check: 1. In the protocol setup, there is a place for setting up the file directories, make sure the file that you want to drip-feed is in the folder where "Machine program source directory" is set to. You might see things such as $MACHINE, $DATA in there. Just click on it and the "Real path" at the bottom will show you where the file path is mapped to. (These $ sign variables are the best for setting up multiple machine, you can also select or type in the path that you want.) 2. Once you have the file in the right place on the PC, then you can drip-feed it from your Deckel Dialog 11 contorller. I cannot remember the steps off hand but you will want to specify file name on the contoroller (so that DNC-Max knows what to send) before you press the DNC button. 3. Try with simple file names such as 1234.nc to start with. Note that you do not need to type in the file extesion on the controller. (In this case, just 1234, not 1234.nc. The file extension is set under the protocol setup, under "Filenames". The default is ".nc" but you can change it if you want to). 4. Hardware handshake cable is the way to go with these machines. You are all set there! Anyhow, just some suggestions. HTH. [ 05-07-2003, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: Ying Jiang ]

Your Mastercam dealer could help you out on that, they might need your post (pst & txt files), a sample MC* file and a marked up NC file (with the changes you want). [ 02-07-2003, 11:12 AM: Message edited by: Ying Jiang ]

Software such as Vericut or Virtual CNC has them (in STL format, I think), see if can find someone who's got one of the software. [ 02-06-2003, 12:06 PM: Message edited by: Ying Jiang ]

Try this one, it works great: http://www.emastercam.com/tools/html/index.html