Set the following parameters on the machine
| In the 'SET' mode select manual input mode and set following parameters | |
| IO CHANNEL | 0 |
| PUNCH CODE | 1 |
| TV CHECK | 0 |
| Please, select following mode Offset Setting | System | Parameter (setting) and set following parameters | |
| #0000 | 0000 0010 |
| #0020 (IO Channel) | 0 (RS232) |
| #0100 | 0 |
| #0101 (NFD) | 1000 0001 |
| #0102 (Device number) | 0 |
| #0103 | 9 |
| If you want you can change baud rate in the parameter #0103 to: | |
| Baud | Parameter value |
| 1200 | 8 |
| 2400 | 9 |
| 4800 | 10 |
| 9600 | 11 |
| 19200 | 12 |
Set the following parameters on the PC
Serial port tab
| Machine name | Fanuc MSC-516 |
| Serial port | COM2 (or any free COM port) |
| Baud | 2400 |
| 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: % Line start: Line end: #0A Skip lines: Ignore characters: No characters for remove Remove blank lines: No Program name prefix: O Program starting characters in the file: No Program ending characters in the file: No |
Null modem cable, without handshake
PC, 9pin, DB9M | CNC, 25pin, DB25
Null modem cable, with full handshake
PC, 9pin, DB25M | CNC, 25pin, DB25
Null modem cable, without handshake
PC, 25pin, DB25M | CNC, 25pin, DB25
Null modem cable, with full handshake
PC, 25pin, DB25M | CNC, 25pin, DB25