[toolnuts]

I am trying to get a Charmilles Roboform 200 up and running. I have a power supply issue (covered in my first post), but I don't think I have all the floppies
that originally came with the machine.

I have the Technology, Communications, and Diagnostics floppies, but I know there should be 4 floppies. What is the missing floppy?

Can I use the any of the 100, 200, or 400 series machine floppies, or are they different for each configuration? I have a plain Jane model 200, with no 'C' axis or tool changer. I know I'm suppose to load a file called INIPAR, which I assume has all the machine initialization parameters on it, so it may be specific to my machine (or at least to any 200 without a C axis or tool changer).

If it is specific to my configuration, is there anyone out there who can send me a copy of their floppy?

On another subject, it sounds like the measurement software was an option.
Was it software distributed by floppy or was it sold as an upgrade to an on-board EPROM?

Thanks for all your help, as a newbie to EDM I really appreciate it.

Best Regards,

Paul Hoffman

[toolnuts]

I found the answer.

The floppy I needed I already have - the communications floppy.

The 4th floppy is the "technique" disk which just spec's out what products were used in your machine

[slucas_clmach]

The 4th disk is in deed a 'technology' disk. It contains the .tec files which are your E registers settings or E paks. If you have the books, you will most likely be able to get by without it.