I have a new to me machine with a 18M control.
I'm looking for ways to communicate to the machine other than the RS232 serial port. On newer machines, I have used a PC with FTP software to "push" the program onto a pcmcia card and then run the programs in DNC from the cards. This worked well because it require no interaction with the control to load the programs. All the work was done on the PC side.
Can this work on the 18M? Can you use the PCMCIA card slot to communicate with the machine? Or is it for storage only? On this vintage or machine, how do you get the programs onto the card without removing it from the machine? (card swapping is a no go)
Can I still communicate with the RS232 and save the programs on the PCMCIA card?
Thanks for any help.
Tyler