[Fighter]

How can I determine if my Dynapath is equipped for drip feeding?

It's a 10, but it may have been updated.

The next question, if it is, is how do I set it up to do so. I am able to load programs from my PC via RS232 connection but I have no experience with drip feeding.

I've been looking in the manual, but having no experience, I'm not even sure what I'm looking for!

This is the setup screen for my software. I assume "Flow Control" will need to be configured?



Thank You!

[Fighter]

This may shed a bit of light on it.



Is "Buffered Input" any indication?

[jagardner4]

'Buffered Input' is what DynaPath called drip-feeding. Check out the following page:

DynaPath CNC Controls & Machine Tools

[underthetire]

From catalog page type program name RS232C. That puts it in "drip feed" mode.

[Fighter]

Thank you very much!!

Now I at least know that it should do it!

[Fighter]

Got a glitch!

When I follow the instructions on the Dynapath site and press the "Cycle Start" button, I get a "Premature End" Fault. I had not begun to send the data from the PC yet.

This is on a program that I had previously loaded and executed earlier to make sure it worked properly.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Fighter]

When trying to send a program from the Dynapath to my PC, I am only receiving the last 16 lines of a 32 or 33 line program.

It's communicating, or I wouldn't get any of it, but why just part of it?

Any ideas what is happening there?

I'm in the "trial and error" mode now, and it does not seem to make any difference how it is configured.

Thank You!

[kratemfg]

Try lowering the BAUD rate to 4800. The BAUD rate must be the same on both the control and the PC.

[Fighter]

It drip feeds!!! :banana:

Just another dumb mistake...

I had gone to catalog and typed in RS232 rather than RS232C.

I was in a hurry and a bit frustrated, as I had to get a part done that was over 8000 lines of code and ended up breaking it up into 9 segments to get it done.

Thanks to all for the replys!

[paynebros]

:stickpokeCan anyone please tell me what the "x on and off" characters should be for the dynapath controllers. I am running a delta 20 with cimco and I don't know which one it uses to stop the transfer when my memory is full. Thanks

[Fighter]

This is what I have at the controller



This is what I have at the PC



Dunno it is correct to the letter of the law, but both file transfer and drip feeding work fine.

[Etaniyani]

hey guys, i know its an old thread...but I have a dynapath delta 40. i just recently got the harddrive setup and reading on the machine.
but they realized that buffered input isn't enabled on my machine. dynapath wants $800 for the floppy disc which is insanely expensive

does anyone have the executive drive floppy for this control with buffered input they wouldn't mind making a copy for me? thanks for any help