USB & LAN Connect - Cincinnati Acramatic

USB & LAN Connect - Cincinnati Acramatic

Overview 

This article is for USB and/or LAN Connect hardware and includes settings, parameters, and instructions to communicate to Cincinnati Acramatic controls. 

Controls

  1. Cincinnati Acramatic
Warning
Notate or take a picture of any parameters before you change them

Connections

  1. Physically connect the USB/LAN Connect to the Fanuc control 
    1. Connect black 8-pin cable to bottom of the USB/LAN Connect 
    2. Connect tan 25-pin adapter to black 8-pin cable on the other end 
    3. Connect gray 4-pin cable from screen into board (if using internal USB/LAN Connect) 
    4. Remove yellow and silver gender changer from tan 25-pin adapter; plug into machine serial port 
    5. Attach USB stick or SD card to unit 
  2. Plug the power supply into the USB/LAN Connect 
    1. Screen should come on once powered 

Parameters and Settings

USB/LAN Connect Settings

Info
USB/LAN Connect has three buttons, left, middle, and right. Depending on the screen, these can either be softkeys that reference a digital button on the screen or up (left), down (right), and select (middle) buttons. 
  1. Press Setup from the main menu 
  2. Press Baud Rate
    1. Select "9600"
  3. Press Data/Par/Stp (Data/Parity/Stop bits) 
    1. Select "7, even, 2"
  4. Press Flow Control
    1. Select "HW RTS/CTS"
  5. Press EOB Delay (End-of-block delay) 
    1. Select "10ms" (this can be increased or decreased if needed)
  6. Press EOB Char (End-of-block character) 
    1. Select "CR LF"
  7. Press Start Tx (Transmission start character) 
    1. Select "None"
  8. Press End Tx (Transmission end character) 
    1. Select "EOT; ASCII 4"
  9. Press Start Rx (Receive start character) 
    1. Select "Automatic"
  10. Scroll down and press Okay

Cincinnati Parameters

  1. Press MACHINE SETUP softkey on right side
  2. Press DEV PARAM
  3. Press DATALINE
  4. Set the following parameters
    1. Baud Rate Select to "9600"
    2. Parity to "None"
    3. Stop Bit to "1"
    4. Level to "1"
    5. Data Bits to "8"

Sending and Receiving Programs

Send to CNC

  1. From CNC Machine Control 
    1. Press PROGRAM MANAGMENT button 
    2. Press LOAD
    3. Press LINE
    4. Press START
  2. From USB/LAN Connect 
    1. Start at the main menu 
    2. Press USB to CNC on the USB Connect, or File to CNC on the USB LAN Connect
      1. For USB LAN Connect only, choose USB Files (USB flash drive) or SD Files (FTP)
    3. Find the program you want to send, then press the middle button 
    4. Press Start
    5. Program will now be sent into the machine
  3. From CNC Machine Control 
    1. Press SAVE
    2. Press STORE
    3. Move cursor to a blank line
    4. Type in desired program number
    5. Press START
    6. Press ENTER button 

Receive from CNC

  1. From USB/LAN Connect 
    1. Start at the main menu 
    2. Press CNC to USB on the USB Connect, or CNC to File on the USB LAN Connect
      1. For USB LAN Connect only, choose USB Files (USB flash drive) or SD Files (FTP)
    3. Press Start
  2. From Machine Control 
    1. Make the program you want to save as the active program
    2. Press PROGRAM MANAGMENT button 
    3. Press SAVE
    4. Press PUNCH
    5. Press START

Additional Resources

For general installation and operating instructions, refer to the appropriate guide for your hardware model.

USB LAN Connect Pendant Model

  1. USB LAN Connect Installation Guide
  2. USB LAN Connect Operation Guide.

USB Connect Portable Model

  1. USB Connect Operation Guide