DNC and CNC setting for Siemens - Sinumerik 850M

Set the following parameters on the machine

5010 (flow control)	0 (CTS/RTS)
5011 (baud rate, parity, stop bits)	11010111 (9600, Even parity, 2 stop bits)
5012 (flow control)	0
5013 (baud rate, parity, stop bits)	11010111 (9600, Even parity, 2 stop bits)

Change following bits in the parameter #5016 only
bit 5	1
bit 4	0

If you want, you can change baud rate (#5011,#5013)
Baud	Parameter value
1200	11010100
2400	11010101
4800	11010110
9600	11010111

Set the following parameters on the PC

Serial port tab

Machine name	Siemens - Sinumerik 850M
Serial port	COM2 (or any free COM port)
Baud	9600
Data bits	7
Parity	Even
Stop bits	2

Data flow control tab

Use DTR	False
Use RTS	True
Require DSR	False
Require CTS	True
Set RTS	False
Set DTR	False
Software flowcontrol	None
Xon char	#11
Xoff char	#13

Data exchange format tab

Format mode	Uniform
Format parameters	Program start: % Program end: M30 Line start: Line end: #0D#0A Skip lines: ; Ignore characters: No characters for remove Remove blank lines: Yes Program name prefix: MPF Program starting characters in the file: No Program ending characters in the file: Yes

 

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