Sharnoa Tiger 6 upgraded to 2000 or XP?
I am trying to upgrade my OS on my HPM85 Sharnoa. I upgraded the CPU to a 233MMX processor to get by. I will eventually upgrade the Single Board Computer (SBC) to a 1 gig unit but for now I am trying to upgrade the OS. The problem is that the Tiger 6 DOS software does not want to run in XP even when partitioning the disk in FAT not NTFS. Has anyone done this? How? :drowning:
Is your tiger 6 anything like the Numeryx?
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Originally Posted by CTD
I do have my own reasons for upgrading the OS such as ease of troubleshooting, networking, utilities and simply because I am familiar with 95/98/2000/XP.I understand the risks and am more then prepared to take them.
Scott Bob:
I checked out the link you posted about the Sharnoa Tiger 3-4 Upgrade but I have a Tiger 6 which is already PC based using the DOS / Windows 3.11 OS. Is there something I am missing? One other thing is that our Charmilles 690 EDM has a Millenium control (Fanuc) which, in fact uses Windows NT. Hmmm, maybe Fanuc changed their minds.
CTD,
I don't know exactly what you need your operating system to trouble shoot for you on your CNC, but I hope it helps in that area, let us know if it does. Networking with either net boui or tcp ip is handled by DOS 5. and long file names if required, by IBM PC DOS 6. I suppose the utilities you need to run in windows are for maintaining your windows PC. I use all these on my desktop PC too.
Is your Tiger 6 in need of an upgrade or do you have service problems? I am not sure, but I think the Tiger control (software) is an early version of the Numeryx control. The new Numeryx is further developed now than the Tiger will ever be, because Gil (Numeryx develper) left Sharnoa many years ago and with him the expertise to develope the control software went with him. You can see this on his website in his personal story.
If I have learned anything along this way, is that this CNC control stuff is not easy. Not everyones designs work as well as others. Look at Fadal for instance, I just happen to be experienced with their limitations...
I don't know all of Fanuc controls use of XP yet, I will be learning soon as we have a brand new Fanuc with CAPPS Server so Here goes nothing...
I do appreciate the interest in the newest operating systems, I really do.
Problem is they introduce a great deal of overhead and layer on top of layer of useless computer code to get anything done internally. And from experience, the CNC machine that is free from this useless overhead is faster and more reliable than the pretty GUI that windows offers.
Just my opinion,
Re: Sharnoa Tiger 6 upgraded to 2000 or XP?
hello,
i need post processor for sharnoa tiger 6
thanks a lot