Okuma OSP-U100L RS232 wont work

[azland00123]

This is a crown Lathe. I am fairly confident I have all the parameters set correctly because the ES-L6 machine we have, with the same control, works just fine and the parameters are set the same. The alarm I get when I try to read using the PIP funtion is 5236 RS232C Channal in use ERROR 54540001. Any Ideas on how to get this resolved would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get rid of the floppy drive all together and converting to a USB was discussed at one point but I dont know if this is an option. Thanks In advance Bob.

[onerob]

Have you done any more research on replacing the floppy drive in this unit? I'm looking to do the same thing but I don't know if it is a standard floppy drive or proprietary to Okuma.

Thanks!

[azland00123]

I have not. It is still on the list of things to do. I dont think the drive is proprietary. The connection looks the same at the ribbon cable but I have not actually plugged in a spare floppy to try. If you do dig in and do this let me know. I will do the same. If I get a chance to dig into this I will let you know how it went.

[azland00123]

Originally Posted by onerob

Have you done any more research on replacing the floppy drive in this unit? I'm looking to do the same thing but I don't know if it is a standard floppy drive or proprietary to Okuma.

I have installed the replacement unit and it worked perfectly. There were minor issues with the jumper settings and the disc format compatablity with windows 7 64 bit but all in all I am very happy with the results. It works just like the floppy but it is USB and it fits right into the same slot. I recommend this upgrade to anyone. At under $100 how can you go wrong.

http://www.floppytousb.net/ I bought the 1.44 u100 version. And the contact is very nice and very helpfull.