topic Re : Post processing from network in PowerMill Forum

Post processing from network

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:00:34 GMT

We have many seats of Pmill, each seat has its own folder on the computers hard drive, containing many post processors due to having many different machine brands and types. Over time we have made changes to posts and now not all seats are up to date, and keeping them up to date can be a daunting task. All our seats are connected to our network. We would like to have one location on the network where all seats can access, but when we post over the network it slows the processing down drastically. Is there a way to have pmill copy the required post from the network drive to the seats local drive, and then delete the post when processing is complete?

Re : Post processing from network

NanchenO — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:05:32 GMT

We actually post with macros for programs which can run on different but similar machines, using postpros located on a server.

You could copy the postpro , post you program and delete the postpro without problem with the macro, since the macro language supports DOS commands (see macro's docs).

I just doubt, that it would be much faster...

Anyway, you could use XCOPY /D /Y which will only overwrite the old versions of your postpros.

Hope it helps...

Olivier

Re : Post processing from network

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:39:34 GMT

Nancheno,

Thank you for your response the idea of XCOPY /D /Y sounds like a good idea perhaps.

Then at least at every seat the most up to date postpros would be read in and still able

to post local even if the server is down.

Thanks

Dennis

Re : Post processing from network

NanchenO — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 08:28:04 GMT

Hi Dennis,

The possibility is to make a batch file which updates the postpros on all clients every time that you change something.

I used something similar to update the software, since Delcam service packs came separately for every software (powerMill, PowerShape, PMPost,...). That's a good way to make sure that everybody works with the same version.

Olivier