We have just aquired an Okuma OSP500L-G lathe and I am trying to download a program from a laptop. I can receive programs from the lathe to the laptop just fine but can't get the lathe to accept the program from the laptop.
To download from the lathe, in PIP mode I push the "punch" hot key and type in "CN0:filename.min;I" and then the "write" button, this works fine.
But when I try to upload from the laptop, in PIP mode I push the "read" hot key and type in "CN0:filename.min;I" and then the "write" button, the screen in the lathe says "program file=filename.min" and just sits there.
Is there something missing in the posted program? Or do I have something incorrect? I have the $ at the beginning before the O-word with a % after it and before the body of the program and a % at the end of the program.
Or could my handshake be wrong in such a way that I can download from the lathe but not upload?
Should I be using Xon-Xoff software data flow or RTS or DTR hardware data flow?
Any input would be a GREAT help
Thanks, Dave