Originally Posted by
Schtritzpog
So another handful of years have passed since the last comment on this thread. Can someone point me in the right direction to see what options are available on the market these days to connect from a modern computer to an old rs232 cnc machine?
Ethernet > RS232
USB > RS232
Wireless? > RS232?
Any documentation, video, or insight would be greatly appreciated!
PS. We recently got 2 more cnc machines giving us a grand total of 3 cnc machines. They all have RS232; one also has USB (which is what we currently use), and the last one has ethernet port, RS232, and PCMCIA port. I have not gotten the ethernet to work yet; and we don't yet have RS232 cable for it. I'm not sure I want to go with RS232 - or if I do, then through what kind of path. Any insight would be appreciated. Obviously I want something reliable and then as convenient as possible.