Of course before actually pressing the green button,you will have dealt with such matters as Lift Bottom Lift top and installing the correct tools.If this doesn't get you a bit further,I will look in here from time to time. It will take a while because the baud rate for the RS485 isn't too rapid but when complete the console will display the ovrall size of the work area for the job and you can press the green button.
The way it works is you open Toolpath then click File-import and a shape should appear on screen corresponding to the job.To transfer the file to the machine hit Send then Transmit.At this point the console will display RECEIVING. dxf and create a programme as I have had CAM software to do this part and although I know it can be done and have seen an AXYZ tech do it,it is a bit of an odd way to go about things given how little a basic CAM programme costs these days.If you need to learn the way to work with Toolpath you absolutely have to have the manuals available to guide you through grouping shapes and assigning parameters.If you can use the cut 2D or Vcarve programs to generate the program,you still need to use Toolpath to transfer the program to the controller.Vectric also have their quirks but it isn't so hard to use the system to create programs and there are some great tutorials on youtube.What they won't tell you is that because of the age of the Toolpath software it will only accept 8 character file names (or fewer) which kind of indicates how far back it's roots go.Trying to use a longer file name will lead to frustration as the software won't see it and you can't transfer it. I haven't tried to use Toolpath to take a.
There should be an installation disk for Toolpath that also contains the drivers for the RS485 and until you have a reliable connection to the machine,nothing can happen in productive terms.If Toolpath is already installed and the calibration done,you have very little work to do.There should be a cable from a USB port to the RS485 and another from the RS485 to the controller box at the end of the machine.On the 6010 I am familiar with it is below and to the right of the isolator switch.
dxf if you use the Toolpath software that AXYZ would have supplied with the machine.You will need this in any event to transfer information created in any other CAM system to the controller.I don't know whether the previous poster has any experience of AXYZ machines,but I have a couple of thousand hours on one of about that age.The machine is likely to be very durable and utterly reliable but you have to get the computer to communicate with it to get anything at all done.
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