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Below are the components you need in order to use PC-DMIS NC:
NC Machine with Probing - An NC machine with supported probing and probing macros installed.
Computer with PC-DMIS NC - A computer running Windows. This computer must have the communication interfaces to accept data from the NC machine.
Communications Link - A communications link is required from the NC machine to the server computer running PC-DMIS NC or NCI. PC-DMIS NC version 1.0 currently supports serial, Ethernet, File, or HSSB interfaces to communicate between the two computers depending on the type of controller.
Controller Options:
Fanuc: Macro B
Fanuc: Macro memory expansion
Siemens: HMI Advanced
Heidenhain: LSV2
Heidenhain: FCL3 Recommended for 3D probing
You must have the NC option enabled in your LMS license or portlock with the number of supported NC machines.
To
enable this option, your LMS license or portlock must have the appropriate
NC Interface:
Fanuc machines with FOCAS option use the NCFanuc interface.
Siemens machines with HMI Advanced option use the NCSiemens interface.