Originally Posted by
Donkey Hotey
Two issues: the ethernet and the RS232
Ethernet: go into the networking settings and clear out all the fields and turn off the networking option so it stops pinging. The machine is trying to connect to a network it can no longer find. The industrial PC running inside the control is (I believe) running on Windows CE and it's no longer compatible with current network security and protocols. So I'd just write off the ethernet option. There are supposedly ways around the security problem but, I understand they aren't for the timid.
RS232: I have no idea. You say you have a proper cable and it doesn't work. The bottom port does not work for interchanging files. That port is strictly for the control to talk to external rotary boxes (additional axes). The upper port is the one you need for file interchange. The hard drive / Ethernet option may be what's holding up the works. If you shut that off, the port may miraculously start working again.