PC-DNC plus
Full Factory DNC Networking

Download a brochure for PC-DNC plus

PC-DNC plus is a powerful communications suite which also includes our easy to use PC-DNC Editor product. This package is oriented for shops with more than one CNC, and up to 128 on an individual system. All CNC's gain the ability to communicate simultaneously (important if you need to drip feed files which are too large to load into your CNC's memory). Other advanced features include the queuing of multiple part programs, automatic handling of downloaded files, remote requests (the ability to transfer files without leaving your CNC control), and support for Ethernet and wireless serial device servers. Optional features include support for Ethernet capable CNC's, cycle time monitoring, restart after tool break, automatic pager and email notification, and the ability to control communications from any computer on the network with floating client software seats. Moving your multiple-CNC shop to PC-DNC plus will allow you to make the most use of your CNC's while requiring the least amount of labor from your operators - a true win-win situation. RYM is the exclusive distributor of PC-DNC plus.

PC-DNC plus is best suited for customers who:

• Would like the ability to communicate with all of their CNC's simultaneously

• Need to control communications or edit from any computer on the network

• Have interest in monitoring your in-cycle and out-of-cycle times

• Require notification of critical events by pager, cell phone, or email

• Have one or more Ethernet capable CNC's

• Want to reduce the back-and-forth foot traffic of transferring files

Detailed Features of PC-DNC plus

• Uses standard COM ports (COM1 to COM128)

• Seperately threaded DNC window for each CNC

• Simultaneous drip-feeding at up to 115,200 baud

• Easy drag & drop file queuing

• Operate from anywhere on the network (monitor CNC’s too!)

• Easy mid-file (tool break) startup

• Upload and download using remote commands from the CNC

• Includes a bundled seat of PC-DNC Editor

• Each port individually configurable for baud rate, disk directories, etc...

• Works great with out network dnc hubs and wireless units to add as many ports as you need to your PC

• Free software updates via web site (compare to our competition!)

• Free phone support (no maintainance contracts!)

System Overview

PC-DNC plus is a totally new concept in multi-port DNC software. At start-up, a main command window opens, which then launches a separate DNC window for each CNC machine on your system. PC-DNC plus can be configured to communicate with any number of ports (from 1 to 128) since each DNC window is simply another iteration of the same (1-port) DNC window. Each DNC window has a unique machine name, and functions independently of all other applications. You can open, close, or reset each DNC window manually, or you can control them all as a group from the command window. Since each DNC window is a separate application, any errors that might occur are isolated to one element of the system, and do not affect other DNC windows. To use PC-DNC plus, you will need to have a serial port available for each CNC. We have a full selection of serial devices to connect your CNC. For more information, go to the DNC Hubs  page or check out our Wireless Solutions .

Operation

Each DNC window will let you upload & download files by remote control (from the CNC's keyboard), or you can "queue" files for sequential output to the CNC. Files are queued with a simple menu, or by dragging & dropping the file from other applications (such as Windows Explorer). You can easily re-arrange the queue list from the command window, or you can edit the list by adding or deleting files at any time. Files that are queued for output can be set to run a specified number of times, or can be set to run continuously until the CNC operator requests the next file in the queue with a remote command.

Add additional client stations

Our optional floating client seats let you access the DNC software from any computer running Windows 98 or above on the same network as your primary DNC computer.

Features of drip-feed DNC

Most DNC systems let you "drip-feed" long programs to your CNC controls. PC-DNC plus also lets you call disk files like subroutines within your part programs. With PC-DNC plus, you can use a "CALL" statement in your part programs which will merge an entire file into the data stream. Files that are CALLed can also include CALL statements (up to 7 levels deep). You can also CALL multiple iterations of the same file with the command:

     "CALL (5 TIMES)"

PC-DNC plus also includes a powerful "Tool Break Editing" mode. If a DNC cycle is interrupted for any reason, you can quickly highlight the portions of the file you want to run again, stitching together any segments of the file into a special "one-time" sequence. You can then cycle start your CNC again to run only those selected blocks of data. Once the edited sequence has executed, the DNC window discards the edited sequence and returns to normal DNC operation.

PC-DNC Editor

Each PC-DNC plus system includes our powerful PC-DNC Editor for quick & easy editing of your NC data files. Toolbar buttons on the PC-DNC plus main window permit a quick-link to PC-DNC Editor and to the editor's powerful File/Compare function. PC-DNC Editor includes many powerful functions for modifying G-code files, as well as a variety of pop-up calculators and reference files.

Download the PC-DNC Editor Brochure

Security System

PC-DNC plus has a comprehensive "logon" security system, which can be disabled for those shops not requiring user logon security. With the system activated, you can restrict individual users to the use of certain specified manual operations on a specified group of machines. Users are required to log on and log off using their own names and passwords. A Security Manager program lets the system administrator enter user names, passwords, and machine access privileges. All password information is encrypted and stored in a "fail-safe" mode, which restricts all access by anyone but the administrator if tampered with.

CNC Monitoring

An optional machine cycle monitoring feature lets you automatically record "Cycle- start" and "Cycle-end" events from any machine on your system. Information collected can then be analyzed and displayed as a bar-graph/time chart, and relevant statistics such as the number of cycles, average cycle time, and uptime/downtime ratios are calculated for you. PC-DNC plus is a great starting block to begin collecting data that can be shared with our full CNC Monitoring Suite.

In addition, certain Ethernet enabled CNC's can provide more detailed information via network connection. If your CNC control is supported under this feature, you may be able to collect a wide array of information from individual tool wear to specific job information and even the settings of individual switches such as feed override on the control panel.

Go to the CNC Monitoring Suite page

Go to the monitoring system page

PC-DNC plus is available with an optional alerting system that can be programmed to automatically page you when an important machine event occurs. Since it shares information with the machine monitoring function (above), the paging system can notify you with a numeric message when a specified machine event occurs. Events such as the beginning of a certain part cycle, the end of a cycle, a remote operator's message, etc. can trigger a page automatically. The system can also be programmed to page you if a machine has been idle for more than a specified number of minutes, or to give you a parts count or machine status report at a specified time-of-day. Up to 128 paging event scenarios can be programmed, each one having its own trigger event, pager number, and numeric message.

Go to the alerting system page

Ethernet CNCs

As more CNC's come equipped with Ethernet interfaces built-in, it is important that you choose a DNC system which will support your new machines and allow you to take advantage of their new capabilities. RYM already supports a wide range of CNC's with its support for data server connectivity. You can rest assured that as new standards and technologies emerge in the CNC internetworking arena, RYM will keep up with the trends and provide you options in the future.

Get started today with a free 30-day trial!

We encourage you to try PC-DNC plus in your shop for 30-days. You can download the software through the internet and we will provide phone support to help you configure the software to communicate with one of your CNC's with existing cable and the internal COM port on your computer. All functions are fully enabled for 30-days for you to evaluate the software. If you decide to purchase the software you can even purchase an activation code by phone and make the trial copy permanent.

Go to the trial download page to request more information