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CIMCO Tech Tip: Create a Workflow to Lock Old Revision Levels in MDM

February 14, 2025 by Kevin Payne

This article explains how to create a workflow to lock the old revision level and all sub-levels when a new revision level is added. The content below is only for those administrators of CIMCO MDM who have working knowledge and a good understanding of the implications of these changes. (NOTE: This article does not cover the status configuration, look here to learn about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Quick Tip Tagged With: CIMCO MDM, CIMCO Software, create workflow, How To, MDM, Tech Tips, Workflows

CIMCO Tech Tip – Connecting Excel to the CIMCO Database using ODBC

December 13, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: Excel, Industry 4.0, MDC, MDM, ODBC, Reports, Tech Tips

CIMCO Tech Tip – Adding Percent handling to a Standard Serial Port

November 26, 2019 by Kevin Payne 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: DNC Max, RS232, Tech Tips

CIMCO MDM and Mastercam Integration Pt. 2

November 19, 2019 by Kevin Payne 2 Comments

CIMCO MDM to Mastercam Integration

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...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO MDM, Industry4.0, Manufacturing Data Management, Mastercam, Tech Tips

CIMCO MDM and Mastercam Integration Pt. 1

November 11, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

CIMCO MDM to Mastercam Integration

Setting Up the Interface between MDM and Mastercam One of the benefits of CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management (MDM) is that it provides numerous ways to save you time while adding and working with your data. One example is integration with popular CAM software packages. Today we'll be sharing how to go about setting up the MDM interface with Mastercam. This gives you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO MDM, How To, Industry4.0, Manufacturing Data Management, Mastercam, Tech Tips

CIMCO Tech Tip – How to Configure MDC to Auto-update Clients

May 16, 2019 by Kevin Payne 2 Comments

Did you know that you can upload the latest version of CIMCO MDC-Max to your database from a client and have all other clients automatically update when they log on? It’s a simple process to set up and the automatic update is actually significantly faster than doing it manually. Not to mention the fact that the machines only have to have access to the MDC server, not the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: Automation, CIMCO MDC, How To, Tech Tips

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