[Gakes]

Hi, I really need help with this one.

I just bought an old CNC with an old ISEL driver. The operating software of the machine uses a certain .HPGL and translates it to a .RDM file. I do not see the correct configuration file in the "Post Processors" folder to make the correct HPGL file that I need. There is a HPGL post processor but when I open the cnc program file to edit then it looks different to the HPGL files that came with this old CNC. I've attached some sample files to show what the HPGL and RDM files must look like.

[Dan B]

I can't open your files so they resemble anything usable. In notepad++ (which is my preferred editing tool) the .plt file appears to be missing line breaks. The .rdm isn't readable as a text file.

I don't think I can help you with this one, sorry.

Dan

[svenakela]

I could open them in Notepad2 but all the PLT's are one long row and not human readable. Sorry, need something better to work with.

[Gakes]

Thanks for looking at the files. I can't get my head around it either. What I can assume is that the files were created by a specific virtual printer, then filtered by the control software.

I will try to get more information on what software was used.

[Gakes]

I see the hpgl files that came with the machine has customized pen up and pen down commands. Instead of PU2000,1000;PD2077,1069 the old machine files use PAPU2000,1000;PRPD2077,1069