I wanna start off with, I have been reading up on this thread (https://en.industryarena.com/forum/s...+FanucOM+to+PC) and it is really informative, but, I want to take it a step further. as my user name suggest I have a really old machine at my shop and I want to connect it to a PC, like an H-P All-In-One with touch screen. I would like to be able to use a 25 pin to usb to link the 2 computers then use a CAD and nesting software for all of the machine programming. What all do I need for this process? The cable, nesting software, CAD, and a program to communicate with the 0M board, but what is the best way to go about that? how difficult will this be? What do I need to do on the CNC computer side to get it ready to receive information from an external source?