Hi

We have the abovementioned CNC machines on the shop floor. At the moment the programs are selected from the memory card in the control panel but we have endless problems with the operators selecting incorrect programs and we would like to change this by having the program being selected from a desktop computer in the control room. There is a LAN cable port on the side of the control panel so this should in theory be possible I think.


Problem is we don't have the manuals for these machines. Can anyone guide me a bit - that is


1) the steps (function keystrokes) neccessary on the control panel to copy the programs from the memory card to a folder on the computer if possible


2) to access a program on that folder on the remote computer from the control panel once step 1 has been done.


I apologise if this sounds a bit 'basic' but I'm totally clueless on the CNC side - I'm an IT nerd.


Kind regards
Danie