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<blockquote data-quote="Sidewinder" data-source="post: 411028" data-attributes="member: 9512"><p>The PCU is the machine HMI, the rest of the control uses the PS/2, RS232, &amp; MPI ports on the PCU, to communicate with the RT OS system running the NC kernel, &amp; the PLC.</p><p></p><p>There is only 1 USB on the PCU &amp; thats not used for anything!</p><p></p><p>The HMI "talks" to the hardware at a very low level.</p><p></p><p>Also a VM would be too laggy.</p><p></p><p>So, it's either a new disk from Siemens, I would guess &gt;£1k, then, the software, probably a few £k, then, the machine has to be set up from scratch again, as all the machine parameters are on the disk, the machine has been modified since it left the OEM, so their parameter file, if they still have it, ain't going to be PnP!</p><p></p><p>Plus there will be a cost for that.</p><p></p><p>To swap out to another control, will be £20-30k+ as it's 611D's which are integrated with the CNC, so we'd have to stick to Siemens, of it's 4 servo drives, 4 permag servo motors + a 30kW spindle.</p><p></p><p>Not really an option!!!</p><p></p><p>I've just got to stuggle on, then, once I have a good boot &amp; the machine runs, get a tidy image onto another hdd. I can use TrueImage, or Clonezilla to get that.</p><p></p><p>Then all will be well, as long as we take note of any MP changes made.</p><p></p><p>I've got as far as the HMI software starting to load, so things are progressing.</p><p></p><p>Plus I have proved the PCU will read an alternative brand of hdd, as long as it's partitioned correctly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sidewinder, post: 411028, member: 9512"] The PCU is the machine HMI, the rest of the control uses the PS/2, RS232, & MPI ports on the PCU, to communicate with the RT OS system running the NC kernel, & the PLC. There is only 1 USB on the PCU & thats not used for anything! The HMI "talks" to the hardware at a very low level. Also a VM would be too laggy. So, it's either a new disk from Siemens, I would guess >£1k, then, the software, probably a few £k, then, the machine has to be set up from scratch again, as all the machine parameters are on the disk, the machine has been modified since it left the OEM, so their parameter file, if they still have it, ain't going to be PnP! Plus there will be a cost for that. To swap out to another control, will be £20-30k+ as it's 611D's which are integrated with the CNC, so we'd have to stick to Siemens, of it's 4 servo drives, 4 permag servo motors + a 30kW spindle. Not really an option!!! I've just got to stuggle on, then, once I have a good boot & the machine runs, get a tidy image onto another hdd. I can use TrueImage, or Clonezilla to get that. Then all will be well, as long as we take note of any MP changes made. I've got as far as the HMI software starting to load, so things are progressing. Plus I have proved the PCU will read an alternative brand of hdd, as long as it's partitioned correctly. [/QUOTE]
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