[lutiana]

Hi all,

First I'd like to say that if this is posted in the wrong section, please feel free to move it to the right section.

Here is the deal, I have 4 Emco PCTurn55 machines and 3 Emco PCMill50 machines. I have the Fanuc0 keyboards for the Turn55 machines.

The run fine on Windows 98, but I am trying to upgrade my lab to run machines that have Windows XP on them, mostly so I can run higher end CAD software (without the need for twice the amount of computers).

From what I have heard it is possible to run these machines on Windows XP machines, but I am struggling to work out how. I have purchased the latest versions of WinCAM and WinNC32 from EMCO.

I do not want to pay the ridiculous fee to upgrade the Turn55 machines, and the Mill50 machines are not upgradeable at all (from what I understand, thouhg I am not 100% sure of this).

Here are my questions, hopefully someone can answer them.

0. Has any one done this? If so how?

1. Is it possible to run these machines/software over standard RS232 com ports, or do I have to use the EMCO RS485 ISA card? Is there a place to get some more technical related information on the ISA card?

2. Does the EMCO RS485 ISA card have a windows XP (or 9x for that matter) driver?

3. Is there an openSource version of WinCAM and/or WinNC32 that will work with these machines?

[lanb]

Lutiana,

Did you ever get any answers to your questions? I would be interested in hearing what you found out as I am also faced with this dilemna.

Thanks,
Lan

[mactec54]

Hi windows 98 is it thats as high as you can go on these machines with the Emco control
& you need the RS485 boards the 55 is different from the 50 machine, unless you do a different control which you then can use windows XP then

But these machines run very well on the windows 98 If you need some Mother boards I have some new & used Intel boards