Installation and Set-Up of ACCut C/E/P Series and ACCut X00 Post Processors and EDM Expert

Installation and Set-Up of ACCut C/E/P Series and ACCut X00 Post Processors and EDM Expert

Installation and Set-Up of ACCut C/E/P Series and ACCut X00 Post Processors and EDM Expert 


Outline

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- Installation and Set-Up of ACCut C/E/P Series and ACCut X00 Post Processors

- Installation and Set-Up of EDM Expert 

These instructions are for installing and setting up the ACCut C/E/P Series and ACCut X00 post processors as well as installing the EDM Expert application that will be used for creating the technology data for a program. 

Note: EDM Expert is a product of GF Machining Solutions and any technical issues or questions regarding EDM Expert must be directed to GF Machining Solutions. 

The first segment outlines the steps for installing and setting up the ACCut C/E/P Series and ACCut X00 post processors. The second segment outlines the process for installing and setting up EDM Expert. 

Installation and set-up of ACCut C/E/P Series and ACCut X00 Post Processors

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Note: You must have Administrator Rights to perform the actions for the following steps.
 

If the relevant post processors were not installed during the OPTICAM Classic software installation process, then the post processors can be installed individually by following the steps below. 


Note: If you have recently purchased a new post-processor and you do not have your original OPTICAM Classic installation data available, then you should have been sent information for downloading the specific post-processor that has been purchased. The instructions listed below for installing an individual post-processor will apply. 


Using Windows Explorer, browse to the following path location of the OPTICAM Classic installation program data that was downloaded to your computer: 


DVD_OPTICAM_CLASSIC_V8200_FULL\Postprocessors\wire (or similar, depending on the version)


 

 

Each of the folders highlighted above will contain a setup.exe file.

 


Launch the setup program by double-clicking on the setup.exe file. 

Select “Next” or “Ok” for each page that follows until the installation of the post-processor is complete. 


Once the post-processor has been installed, it is recommended that you run the OPTICAM Classic online update. Please contact support@optisolutionsusa.com if instructions are needed.


Next, launch either the ACCut PE or ACCut X00 post-processor from the OPTICAM Classic folder located on the Desktop of the computer.


 

Once the post-processor has been opened within the OPTICAM Classic software, browse to the Machining menu option, and then select the Configure Post Processor sub-menu option.


 

 

It is recommended that you set the Post Processor Options as show below and then Save As Default.

 

 



Installation of EDM Expert

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Note: You must have Administrator Rights to perform the actions for the following steps. 


Note: If you have recently purchased a new post-processor requiring the use of EDM Expert and you do not have your original OPTICAM Classic installation data available, then you should have been sent information for downloading the EDM Expert installation program. 


Using Windows Explorer, browse to the following path location of the OPTICAM Classic installation program data that was downloaded to your computer: 


DVD_OPTICAM_CLASSIC_V8200_FULL\UTILITIES\edm_expert\V2.1.5\SOFTWARE\INSTALLER (or similar, depending on the version) 


Install all the items shown below in the order that they are listed.


 


Once all the EDM Expert files have been installed, then a GFMS folder for EDM Expert should exist in the following location and contain the following folders and files. 

C:\GFMS 


 


For copying the technology data from your machine to the EDM Expert installation on your computer then please do the following: 

ACCut C/E/P Series Machines 


On Machine 


Browse to Local C: 


Open the GFMS folder and then open the Cut_EDMExpert folder. 


Copy the Tct folder to a flash drive 


At Computer 

Browse to Local C: drive 


Open the GFMS folder and then open the Cut_EDMExpert folder 


Rename the existing Tct folder to Old_Tct 


Copy the Tct folder from the flash drive to the location of where you renamed the original file to Old_Tct 


EDM Expert installation on the computer should then have the same technology data that exists on the machine 



Cut 200/300SP (ACCutX00 Post Processor) 

On Machine 


Browse to Local C: 


Open the GFMS folder and then open the Cut_EDMExpert folder 


Copy the Cut folder to a flash drive 



At Computer 

Browse to Local C: drive 


Open the GFMS folder and then open the Cut_EDMExpert folder 


Rename the existing Cut folder to Old_Cut 


Copy the Cut folder from the flash drive to the location of where you renamed the original file to Old_Cut 


EDM Expert installation on the computer should then have the same technology data that exists on the machine 



For assistance regarding how to create a program using EDM Expert within OPTICAM Classic, please email support@optisolutionsusa.com

 



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