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  1. #1
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    Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    Hi all,
    I have an old Kitamaru Mycenter-4 with a Fanuc 6MB controller. I'm having a very hard time trying to get the machine to send and receive files. What I have done up to this point is:

    Set the settings:
    TV Check:0
    Punch code:1
    Input device 1:1
    Input device 2:1

    Set the parameters:
    311:00011001
    340:2
    341:2

    The pin settings are:
    CNC PC
    7 ----------- 7
    2 ----------- 3
    3 ----------- 2
    4 ----------- 5
    5 ----------- 4

    6 |
    8 | - are connected on the CNC side
    20|

    I am using the software DNC Precision in order to receive and transmit.

  2. #2
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    Hey,

    Settings are ok, the cable isn't.
    Check websites like Easydnc or aggsoft or many others for the correct pin connection, PC-Modem 9 pin to CNC-port 25 pin.

  3. #3
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    I should have specified that I'm using a PC 25 pin as well as a CNC 25 pin, are those cable settings still incorrect?

  4. #4
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    Ok, not sure, but Google ( pictures) Fanuc 6M RS232 connection and you will find the correct one, with or without handshake.

  5. #5
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    Ok, my pin locations are correct, I am able to receive files from the CNC but I am unable to send them, I am just transmitting through my DNC then, in edit mode, typing O1001 (program # I made for it), then pressing READ but nothing is happening, am I missing something?

  6. #6
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    OK, try it the other way around.
    In EDIT mode -- O1001 [ READ ] or [INPUT ] then on PC-side [ SEND ] via your DNC-software.

  7. #7
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    I tried doing it the other way around, the word "edit" is still flashing in the bottom right-hand corner, nothing seems to have happened.

  8. #8
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    Ok, I can't help you with this one, our "oldest" Fanuc is an 0T and it says LSK when it waits for a receive from PC

  9. #9
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    I don't think its a problem with the actual program, it looks like this:
    %
    O1001
    N10 G90 G94 G17 G49 G40 G80
    ...
    N155 M30
    %

    - - - Updated - - -

    Ok, thank you for your help Heavy_Metal

  10. #10
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    Re: Help recieving and transmitting files to Fanuc 6M

    Make sure O1001 doesn't already exist in memory.

    I just hit [READ] in Edit mode and the

    %
    :1001
    ....

    or
    %
    O1001
    ....

    in your program file will save it under that program number.

    To punch out or delete a program you will have to type out the program number then hit the corresponding key.

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