ORiON User's Guide v2.6 1. Introduction The ORiON™ CNC Productivity Hub represents the next generation in machine data connectivity technology. -Supports DNC, OEE, Machine Event Monitoring, Inspection Data Gathering, Tool Life Monitoring and more -Windows CE™ architecture allows easy firmware updates and protects your investment over time -10/100 LAN and WiFi Connectivity -Physical configuration supports optional full keyboard and full screen display -USB and RS232 support for bar code readers -Up to 32 GB local memory with DNC storage and File Server style "Drip Feed" capability 1.1 What's Included What's Included? -ORiON™ Base Unit -Power Adapter -Ethernet Cable -USB Shuttle Drive (Optional) -Null Modem RS-232 Cable (Optional) 1.2 Meet ORiON Meet ORiON™ Connection Function DC Power Jack Power supply VGA External display connection PS2 Mouse or keyboard connection COM 1 DNC COM 2 Data Collection LAN Ethernet operations such as remote display, mapped drives, FTP, etc. Wireless ethernet operations such as remote display, mapped drives, WLAN FTP, etc. Program push, firmware updates, barcode readers, USB program USB management, etc. 1.3 Specifications Specifications 2. Getting Started This guide provides basic instructions to setup and operate your ORiON™ CNC Productivity Hub. For advanced setup and operation assistance please contact your local ORiON™ dealer or Nexas America LLC . 2.1 Configuring ORiON Getting Started 1. Connect ORiON to the Power Adapter. Once ORiON has booted (about 30 seconds) you will hear a confirmation tone. ORiON comes preconfigured with default DNC values. These values can be modified using the (ORiON Settings INI.txt) file located on the USB Shuttle Drive or through ORiON Splash . 2. Using any USB compatible computer. Plug in the USB Shuttle, open the ORiON folder followed by the folder containing the Assigned/Unique name (default will be the MAC address of the ORiON), the Parameters folder and finally the Status folder to access the setup file (ORiON Settings INI.txt) as shown in the diagram. 2.2 ORiON Settings INI Below is a sample of the (ORiON Settings INI.txt) file. Values are set after the "= " sign. A description of each section of the file can be found in the table below. The (ORiON Settings INI.txt) file will appear in the Status folder under parameters showing the current status settings of ORiON. To update these settings, change the values in the file and move it into the Update folder. (See Update/Status Folders ) [ORiON Names] Used to create an Assigned Name for your ORiON. [RS232] Set the values to match those on your machine control. [Transmission Start Processing] Character(s) to identify the start of a program. [Transmission End Processing] Character(s) sent at the end of each transmission. [Program Delimiter Options: CNC to Allows you to set which part of a file ORiON processes. ORiON ignores incoming data until ORiON] start delimiter is received and accumulates incoming data until the end delimiter is received. [Subroutine Processing Options: Used to set if ORiON will use M98 or M198 Subroutine calls. ORiON to CNC] Determines ORiON's action at the end of a file using the set values. Program End Rewind [Program End Processing Options: rewinds the file to the top and waits for an X-On. Program End Loop rewinds to the line after the ORiON to CNC] program number and runs again. Default values are M30 and M99. [Character Convert Options - CNC to Special option which allows you to convert ";" characters to "O". ORiON] [Remote Commands] Enter information about remote requests from FTP or local memory. [Default Extension for Remote Will apply the set value (extension) to remote requests without an extension. Requests] [Misc. Control Strings] Message Starter and Message Terminator Control Strings. [Naming Rules for Incoming Files] Choose how to name and where to save incoming files from your machine control. [Wired Network] Wired Ethernet Connection information for ORiON. [FTP] Used to enter the FTP Host, Username and Password to match that on your FTP Server. For remote file transfer via sockets. In Socket Passthrough mode serial streams from the control [Sockets] are converted to socket streams for use with an attached DNC System. Mapped File Persistency is how long (in minutes) a file is held in the mapped folder before it is [Mapped Drive DNC Link Options] deleted. [Version] Version information for your ORiON. [License] License information for your ORiON. ORiON Settings INI.txt ORiON(tm) CNC Productivity Hub ; Copyright 2011 - 2013 ; Nexas America, LLC ; ; IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!! ; TO PERFORM AN INI FILE UPDATE VIA USB, CHANGE THE DESIRED VALUES IN THIS FILE THEN MOVE THIS FILE ; TO THE PARAMETERS/UPDATE FOLDER. AFTER ORION PERFORMS THE UPDATE THE INI FILE IN THE UPDATE FOLDER ; WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DELETED AND A REVISED INI FILE WILL BE PLACED IN THE ; PARAMETERS/STATUS FOLDER. [ORiON NAMES] UNIQUE-NAME = 00-1B-EB-21-19-61 ASSIGNED-NAME = TEST [RS232] ; VALID ORiON BAUD RATES: 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 ; VALID ORiON DATABITS: 7, 8 ; VALID ORiON PARITY: EVEN, ODD, NONE ; VALID ORiON STOPBITS: 1, 2 ; VALID ORiON XON/XOFF: TRUE, FALSE ; VALID ORiON WAITXON: TRUE, FALSE BAUD = 19200 DATABITS = 7 PARITY = EVEN STOPBITS = 2 XON/XOFF = TRUE WAIT-FOR-XON = TRUE WAIT-XON-TIMEOUT = 0 CTS/RTS = FALSE RECEIVE-FILE-CLOSE-TIMEOUT = 2000 [TRANSMISSION START PROCESSING] ; CHARACTER OR CHARACTERS TO IDENTIFY THE START OF A PROGRAM. DEFAULT IS THE LETTER O. PROGRAM-IDENTIFIER-STRING = O ; NUMBER OF NULLS TO SEND AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROGRAM. ; GENERALLY EQUIVALENT TO TAPE LEADER. DEFAULT IS ZERO. START-TRANSMISSION-NULLS = 0 ; CHARACTER OR CHARACTERS TO BE SENT AT THE START OF EACH TRANSMISSION. ; FORMAT IS \XXX WHERE XXX IS THE BASE 10 ASCII VALUE OF THE CHARACTER. ; FOR EXAMPLE, \010 SENDS A LINE FEED (ASCIII 10) ; FOR MULTIPLE CHARACTERS PUT THE VALUES IN ONE CONTINUOUS STRING. ) ; FOR EXAMPLE \013\010 WILL SEND CARRIAGE RETURN, LINE FEED. ; FOR NO CHARACTERS, USE \ WITH NO NUMBERS.) ; FOR A PAUSE AFTER THE START-TRANSMISSION-STRING SET THE DESIRED) ; VALUE IN MILLISECONDS. FOR EXAMPLE 500 MILLISECONDS = 1/2 SECOND.) START-TRANSMISSION-STRING = \ START-TRANSMISSION-PAUSE = 0 [TRANSMISSION END PROCESSING] ; CHARACTER OR CHARACTERS TO BE SENT AT THE END OF EACH TRANSMISSION. ; SEE TRANSMISSION START STRING COMMENTS FOR FORMAT INSTRUCTIONS. ) END-TRANSMISSION-STRING = \ END-TRANSMISSION-NULLS = 0 [PROGRAM DELIMITER OPTIONS: CNC TO ORION] ; INCOMING CHARACTERS PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM-DELIMETER-START CHARACTER ; AND AFTER THE PROGRAM-DELIMETER-END CHARACTER ARE IGNORED. USE-PROGRAM-DELIMETERS = FALSE PROGRAM-DELIMETER-START = % PROGRAM-DELIMETER-END = % [SUBROUTINE PROCESSING OPTIONS: ORION TO CNC] PROCESS-M98 = FALSE PROCESS-M198 = FALSE [PROGRAM END PROCESSING OPTIONS: ORION TO CNC] USE-PROGRAM-END-PROCESSING = FALSE PROGRAM-END-REWIND = M30 PROGRAM-END-LOOP = M99 [CHARACTER CONVERT OPTIONS - CNC TO ORION] CONVERT-COLON-TO-O = TRUE [REMOTE COMMANDS] REQUEST-FTP = GETFTP REQUEST-LOCAL = GETLOCAL [DEFAULT EXTENSION FOR REMOTE REQUESTS] ; IF A REMOTE REQUEST COMES IN WITHOUT AN EXTENSION, THE DEFAULT EXTENSION IS AUTOMATICALLY APPENDED ; THE VALUE .### IS RESERVED AND SPECIFIES NOT TO USE A DEFAULT EXTENSION. REMOTE-REQUEST-EXTENSION = .### DIR-REQUEST-LOCAL= DIRLOCAL REQUEST-SEARCH-START = SEARCHSTART REQUEST-HEADER-LINES = HEADERLINES M198-REQUEST = &FAO M198-EXTENSION = .TXT [MISC. CONTROL STRINGS] ; STRINGS ARE COMPOSED OF ASCII CHARACTER VALES AND ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER LITERALS. ASCII VALUES ; START WITH THE A BACKSLASH \ AND MUST BE FOLLOWED BY THE THREE DIGIT DECIMAL VALUE FOR THE ; DESIRED CHARACTER. THUS, \013 IS INTERPRETED AS ASCII(13) OR CARRRIAGE RETURN. LITERAL ; CHARACTERS ARE NOT PRECEDED BY A \ AND TERMINATE WHEN THE NEXT \ IS USED. MESSAGE-STARTER = \013\010O1000 MESSAGE-TERMINATOR = \013\010M30\013\010 [NAMING RULES FOR INCOMING FILES] ; 0 = AUTO NAME AS RECEIVED FILE + SEQUENCE NUMBER ; 1 = AUTO NAME AS CONTENTS OF FIRST COMMENT: ; 2 = AUTO NAME AS O-NUMBER FROM FILE AUTONAME-TYPE = 0 AUTONAME-EXTENSION = .TXT SAVE-DIRECTLY-TO-NC-STORAGE = FALSE [WIRED NETWORK] ; VALID ORiON IP-ADDRESS: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or DHCP ; THIS IS FOR THE WIRED CONNECTION ONLY. ; FOR THE WIRELESS CONNECTION USE THE CONTROL PANEL ON THE ORION DEVICE. IP-ADDRESS = 192.168.2.4 MAC-ADDRESS = 00-1B-EB-21-19-61 [FTP] ; THIS FIRST SET OF VALUES ARE FOR ORION AS A CLIENT TO CONNECT TO A REMOTE FTP SERVER ; VALID HOST NAME MAY BE THE HOST COMPUTER NAME OR HOST COMPUTER IP ADDRESS FTP-HOST = JIM-PC FTP-USERNAME = ORION FTP-PASSWORD = TEST ; FTP-GET-SUB-FOLDER CAUSES THE FTP GET COMMAND TO CHANGE TO A FOLDER ONE LEVEL DEEPER THAN THE ; FTP SERVER LOGIN HOME FOLDER. THE VALUE #NONE# IS RESERVED AND SPECIFIES NOT TO USE A SUB-FOLDER. ; TO USE A SUB-FOLDER, SPECIFY THE FOLDER NAME WITHOUT THE '#' VALUES ; AND DO NOT ADD LEADING OR TRAILING SLASHES ('\') FTP-GET-SUB-FOLDER = #NONE# ; THIS SECOND SET OF VALUES ARE TO ALLOW A REMOTE CLIENT TO LOG INTO THE ORION FTP SERVER FTP-CLIENT-TO-ORION-USERNAME = CLIENT FTP-CLIENT-TO-ORION-PASSWORD = CLIENT [SOCKETS] ; VALID SOCKET-PASSTHROUGH-MODE: TRUE, FALSE ; VALID SOCKET-SERVER = IP ADDRESS OF SERVER IN FORMAT xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx SOCKET-PASSTHROUGH-MODE = FALSE SOCKET-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS = 192.168.2.2 SERVER-PORT = 1024 ORION-PORT = 1025 [MAPPED DRIVE DNC LINK OPTIONS] ; WITH USE-ORION-MAPPED-FOLDER SET TO TRUE, INCOMING FILES FROM A SERIAL OR SOCKET ; CONNECTION ARE AUTOMATICALLY SAVED TO THE ORION MAPPED FOLDER. ; THE MAPPED-FILE-PERSISTENCY IS HOW LONG IN MINUTES A FILE IS HELD IN THE ORION MAPPED FOLDER ; BEFORE IT IS AUTOMATICALLY DELETED. THIS KEEPS THE FILE FROM BEING USED AGAIN WITHOUT A NEW ; REMOTE REQUEST THUS HELPING ENFORCE REVISION CONTROL. MAPPED-FILE-PERSISTENCY = 5< /P > [VERSION] VERSION = 2.7.4 [LICENSE] FULL-LICENSE = 9E27E ; VALID BASIC-LICENSE = 0000 ; NOT VALID 3. Loading NC Programs to CNC To being loading programs from ORiON to your machine control plug the 9-pin end of the RS232 cable into COM1 on ORiON (left port,) and the 25-pin end into your machine control.