How Do I Install CNC Bender On a New Computer?

DESIGN

CNC Bender is designed to be easy to setup on most computers in your office . Nearly any Windows computer with a TCP/IP connection will work. Of course, the faster CPU systems work best, as the pause times between steps will decrease slightly with faster computers.

LICENSE

What about licensing requirements? Our licensing requirements are very simple because the license is tied to a device we call a "hardware key." If you have the hardware key, then you are permitted to run CNC Bender. This means that you can copy CNC Bender software to as many computers as you wish. In fact, I recommend that you make at least one working backup copy for emergency recovery.

HOW TO INSTALL A NEW SETUP

Follow these steps to setup CNC Bender on your new computer.

[*]Close CNC Bender on the operator station that you want to duplicate. [*]Plug a USB FLASH DRIVE into the operator station. (You will need a FLASH DRIVE with about 100 Megabytes of memory free.) [*]Browse to the C:\CNC folder on the operator station using Windows Explorer. [*]Copy all the data in this folder to the USB flash drive. [*]Remove the USB flash drive using the system tool tray "Safely Remove Hardware" feature. [*]Plug the USB flash drive into the target computer. [*]Use Windows Explorer to copy the data to the same folder on the target computer's drive. The folder should be "c:\cnc" [*]Browse to the c:\cnc\key folder and run "hdd32.exe." This program is a hardware key driver file that needs only to be run once. It may require that you be logged in as a user with administrative rights. [*]Use the Start/Connect To menu to configure the TCP/IP address of the port that will connect to the bender. Set that port to a fixed IP address of 192.168.0.199. Any valid setting under 200 will work. The operator station uses .200 as the address. If the operator station is not powered on, or is not attached to the bender network, then you can also use address .200. [*]Plug the new computer into the netgear hub in the electronics cabinet using a standard ethernet cable. [*]Start CNC Bender [*]From this point, operation of CNC Bender is identical to the operation of CNC Bender on the operating station. The physical buttons on the operator station are still needed to operate the bender. The replacement computer should probably be placed near the operator station.

SOUND SYSTEM

Auditory sound messages are an important part of knowing the state of the bender control. I recommend that you be sure to use a computer with a sound system for operating CNC Bender sofware.

--Mcone 13:18, 29 June 2006 (EDT)