Good morning,
We have a Integrex e550h2 with a Matrix 2 control. Currently all programs are transferred via USB but we shortly have Seiki coming in to visit us and install Seiki on our networked laptops so we can manage programs remotely.
I have a question regarding the best practice of file inputs and outputs to/from the machine. Heres a little information on our setup:
We have a range of program types on our Integrex. Mazatrol programs, Renishaw .EIA inspection programs and pure .EIA programs (post processed by NX).
A lot of our programs use multiple sub programs. For example we have Mazatrol programs that use two or three Renishaw .EIA datum setting and inspection programs. Our most complex program is a .EIA stage filter program (written for us by Mazak and Renishaw) that then chooses from approx. 80 Mazatrol programs, this program/operation also uses a couple of extra .EIA programs during setup.
What Seiki have said is that they should be able to send over a set/envelope of programs for each operation and ideally we would just like to have one set of programs (for the current job) in the machine at the one time.
My question is this: The main program (either Mazatrol in .MPR file type or .EIA NX/Renishaw) programs need to be in the C:/MC_Machine Programs directory to be ran. Is it possible/standard/good practice for Seiki to send and receive these files to/from the C:/MC_Machine Programs folder in .MPR and .EIA formats? I was a little unsure as I know the machine converts .MPR files to the .PBE format when performing backups to USB via the Data I/O option.
I thought, if possible, it would make sense to send files to/from the C:/MC_Machine Programs directory as they can be ran directly from this directory. At the end of the operation the operator could then return the files from this directory via Seiki (in case of any program edits) back to the DNC/network and/or use the delete all option to wipe the directory ready for the next operation/set of programs to be sent over.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
We have a Integrex e550h2 with a Matrix 2 control. Currently all programs are transferred via USB but we shortly have Seiki coming in to visit us and install Seiki on our networked laptops so we can manage programs remotely.
I have a question regarding the best practice of file inputs and outputs to/from the machine. Heres a little information on our setup:
We have a range of program types on our Integrex. Mazatrol programs, Renishaw .EIA inspection programs and pure .EIA programs (post processed by NX).
A lot of our programs use multiple sub programs. For example we have Mazatrol programs that use two or three Renishaw .EIA datum setting and inspection programs. Our most complex program is a .EIA stage filter program (written for us by Mazak and Renishaw) that then chooses from approx. 80 Mazatrol programs, this program/operation also uses a couple of extra .EIA programs during setup.
What Seiki have said is that they should be able to send over a set/envelope of programs for each operation and ideally we would just like to have one set of programs (for the current job) in the machine at the one time.
My question is this: The main program (either Mazatrol in .MPR file type or .EIA NX/Renishaw) programs need to be in the C:/MC_Machine Programs directory to be ran. Is it possible/standard/good practice for Seiki to send and receive these files to/from the C:/MC_Machine Programs folder in .MPR and .EIA formats? I was a little unsure as I know the machine converts .MPR files to the .PBE format when performing backups to USB via the Data I/O option.
I thought, if possible, it would make sense to send files to/from the C:/MC_Machine Programs directory as they can be ran directly from this directory. At the end of the operation the operator could then return the files from this directory via Seiki (in case of any program edits) back to the DNC/network and/or use the delete all option to wipe the directory ready for the next operation/set of programs to be sent over.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.