I have a Interact with a Heidenhain 151 control with the 25pin connector on the back. The machine came with a ancient MS-Dos computer with a EZ-Cam software but im trying to link it to a modern pc via USB. I have the 25 pin cable (which worked on the old set up) reduced down to a 9 pin connection with a Serial to USB converter/adapter.
I installed the TNCremoNT program and the TNC server program from Heidenhain website. The only communication I am getting is in ME mode in TNC server when i try sending a program back to the pc. The regular TNCremoNT wont make connection it says "No response from TNC, which i assume is because of the short circuit hardware handshake?? I dont have any programs on the pc to try sending to machine so i was trying to get one off the control to use as a "template" to use as a example when i edit my Mastercam Posts. This stuff is all new to me but i was wondering if any how anybody is doing this sort of thing with similar machine/TNC. Also I have the control set into ISO (g-code) rather that the heidenhain conversational.
Any help is much appreciated..
Lance Smith