Bluetooth RS232 Communication Bluetooth is now on the factory floor, communicate with your machines using a wireless system. This system uses office network technology, a versatile system that can not only network printers, office PC's, fax machines, laptops and mobile phones, but, now we can communicate with machine tools. A small Bluetooth reciever is mounted inside the electrical panel with its small arial exposed, then linked by a small run of cable to the RS232 port on the control system. A bluetooth server is connected to a PC in the office or on the shop floor and point to point linked with the device on the machine. The point to point connection prevents any interference from Bluetooth on mobile phones or any RF devices. Ideal for RS232 Backup/Restore functions, Part program RS232 Download/Upload and RS232 DNC. The system works reliably up to 1000 meters with upto 14 connections per server in a busy machine shop with a safe, direct, secure connection.
We stock Control Techniques FNC control spares, and Drives. We have in stock Control Techniques FNC 5 System spares, Control Techniques FNC 4 I/O and Master PCBs, complete Control Techniques FNC 6D Systems, Control Techniques FNC CRT front Panels, Control Techniques FNC front panel keypads and soft keys, Control Techniques Maxax servo drives. We have Original Control techniques test equipment for most of the Control Techniques FNC range. For information on CNC retrofits please see our services page.
Control Techniques FNC 5 Replacement for Cincinatti Arrow 500 and 750
We have a bolt on PC based CNC which directly replaces the Control Techniques FNC 5 system, very fast installation time, approx. 2 days, limiting machine downtime and production loses, at a very competative price. The Control Tecniques FNC 5 system is becoming harder to support eventually it will become unsupportable. This PC based CNC retrofit is the perfect solution to the problem, piece of mind, ready available spare at low cost, increased up time limiting production losses, fully networkable user friendly PC based system at the right price with a 2- 3 day installation.