Will a Behind The Tape Reader fix Data Starving?

[gmoushon]

I'm struggling with data starving when drip feeding a 3D tool path generated by Fusion to my 1995 Kitamura with a Yasnac MX3 control. I've done a lot of research and have adjusted the Smoothing and Tolerance settings in Fusion. I've eliminated all the redundant characters in the code and, although its better, I still have some issues.

I've been told that if I purchase a BTR, it "may" solve this problem. Does anyone have any experience with this? Do BTR's eliminate data starving? I'm skeptical.

 

[Mud]

No.

Because they feed data at the speed of the tape reader interface which is way slower than your RS232 or memory speed. BTDTD

Does a MX3 have a tape reader? '95 seems pretty new for that.

 

[gmoushon]

Yeah...It does.

Sorry, I just realized we talked about this before. Guess I've been burning the candle a little too much at both ends lately and forgot. It doesn't come up that often, but I'm running a complicated part right now and am up against it again.

Really appreciate you taking the time to respond tho...

 

[Vancbiker]

You can get a 1 meg memory from these guys. It ain't cheap, but it's what works.

Yasnac Memory Upgrade Kits – Memex Inc.

 

[706jim]

You can get a 1 meg memory from these guys. It ain't cheap, but it's what works.

Yasnac Memory Upgrade Kits – Memex Inc.

We put one of these boards into our 6MB back in 1990. It still works great. However, I would suggest copying down ALL of your parameters before installation. We had a problem where pitch error numbers, ATC magazine designations etc were lost and luckily restored from the original bubble board.

I ended up photographing the various parameter pages off the bubble board with an ipad and then keying the numbers back in page by page.