Today we will explain how to update your CIMCO software license file on the CIMCO license server. This is Article 2 in a 2-part series explaining the offline activation process. If the server being updated has internet access, please click to view Article 1 which covers online activation. While not difficult, the offline activation does take more time. There are two parts to … [Read more...]
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Updating Your Keyfile on the CIMCO License Server (Online Activation)
Today we will explain how to update your CIMCO software license file on the CIMCO license server. This is Article 1 in a 2-part series explaining the online activation process. If the server being updated does not have internet access, please click here to view Article 2, which explains how to use an offline request file. There are two parts to this process. First is … [Read more...]
CIMCO Tech Tip – Connecting Excel to the CIMCO Database using ODBC
CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management does a great job of storing and controlling all of your manufacturing data. CIMCO Machine Data Collection does a great job tracking all of your machine metrics. They both also include a complete report system that can be customized and accessed via their respective clients. As is often the case, sometimes you may want to include some of this … [Read more...]
CIMCO Tech Tip – Adding Percent handling to a Standard Serial Port
Today we will be looking at the procedure for adding the ability to handle “%” signs to a standard serial port. This will allow us to run programs that do not have percent signs on machines that require them at the beginning and end of programs without editing the program. Let’s say for instance that we have a machine down and need to run production on another machine. We don’t … [Read more...]
CIMCO MDM and Mastercam Integration Pt. 2
Dynamic Lists and Import Features. In part 1 of this series, we went over setting up the MDM configuration, copying the chooks over, and customizing the ribbon in Mastercam to add the CIMCO buttons to it. As promised in the first article we'll cover the setup of the dynamic tool list and the actual process of performing the exchange between MDM and Mastercam. Setting up … [Read more...]
CIMCO MDC Andon Solution
Have you thought about Implementing an Andon station on your shop floor? Do you have CIMCO MDC-Max running in your shop already? If you answered yes to either of these questions then it is easier to deploy than you think. What is Andon? Before we look at how, let's take a brief look at what Andon means in manufacturing. Wikipedia defines Andon as: A manufacturing term … [Read more...]