2025 Update: In 2025 solid-state storage has cemented its dominance: PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives such as Crucial’s T705 now exceed 14 GB/s sequential reads, mainstream 4 TB models hover around six cents per gigabyte, and even 8 TB sticks can be found for under $600, bringing SSD prices within striking distance of hard-disk territory for most workloads. Meanwhile, HDD makers are … [Read more...]
Using Active Directory with CIMCO MDC
System administrators really despise redundant work. A lot of what a quality IT department does is automate and integrate systems to require less input from a user to perform their job function. Imagine maintaining 2, 3, or even 4 different sets of user accounts and passwords. Or worse, imagine not having a user experience be unique because the overhead to maintain it is too … [Read more...]
Adding Local Language Translation to CIMCO MDC
CIMCO software provides language localization for close to two dozen languages for all of their products. There is one area that just having a translation is not enough. Machine Data Collection is almost a living organism, we add new downtime reasons and data points based on our unique needs, equipment and internal benchmarks. So when you are collecting data from multiple … [Read more...]
Quick Tip: Adding new File Types to CIMCO Editor
Recently, I had a customer contact me about an issue they were having with files with the extension .eia and CIMCO Editor. Their CAM software was outputting the file as .eia but CIMCO Editor was saving it with a .nc extension tacked on the end. It's actually very easy to add additional formats to CIMCO Editor, including .eia or anything else, so that you can retain the file … [Read more...]
Big Changes Coming to CIMCO MDC Web Client
Since 2006, I cannot recall a more exciting time as a CIMCO Software re-seller. Version 8 of CIMCO Software is out, vastly improved, proven and stable, including numerous new features and a modernized interface. Machine Simulation is in the works for CIMCO Editor. Finally today I am pleased to share that the greatly enhanced CIMCO Machine Data Collection software, MDC-Max, is … [Read more...]
CIMCO Software Troubleshooting Tips
"Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?" - Roy Trenneman Fixing a software issue isn't always as easy as just restarting a computer. That is a great way to temporarily fix some problems such as a memory leak or a random one time issue. In the real world your issues are likely to be more involved, so we've compiled a few of our favorite tips and most common … [Read more...]