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Offline Program with an Online Seat

KamikazeKonrad
I know this isn't news to many currently using the forum, but for those interested in offline programming when all they have is an online seat (dongle's married to a CMM), there was in the past a workaround to programming offline, that may still work for you.

Download and install PCDmis version 3.5 or earlier on a computer you want to offline program from. Locate the file interfac.dll in the install folder and rename it to anything other than interfac.dll. Plug your dongle into the USB port, and you're good to go. You may not be programming in the latest version, but any newer version will open the older versions saves, and furthermore, with a program like UltraVNC, you can remote access the computer you've set up and program from anywhere.

The only issue is that you can't run your CMM while you have the dongle in another computer.
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  • We have the same air problem here.They dont want to run compressors $$$$ just for the CMM if its not moving. I work off hours in "offline" mode and then get the air error. Frustrating . I agree it would be nice if you had the choice to continue in offline mode and ignore error.

    just my 2 cents.

    There is already one portlock, why should the CMM be the second one? I can understand why a lower cost offline seat should not work online but to say that an online seat can not work offline when the CMM is off is silly.

    Couldn't agree more.

    Of course, none of you remember that the "ONLINE" seat of Pcdmis didn't used to have the BACKGROUND EDITOR that it now has. I think they made a mistake calling the BACKGROUND EDITOR "offline" in the online version of Pcdmis, since it really is only a BACKGROUND EDITOR and not an offline version of Pcdmis. Yeah, it's nice, no, it didn't used to be part of Pcdmis, it was added. Should this BACKGROUND EDITOR work anytime, yeah, I think so. Could it be an easy change to make, yeah, I think so. Instead of having the "CHOICE" for online or offline ONLY in the OPEN dialog window, put it in the boot-up of Pcdmis as well so that when it boots up, before it "looks" to see if your controller is working, it asks if you want to work online or in BACKGROUND EDITOR mode and "switches" accordingly. Will this remove the ability to work in BACKGROUND EDITOR mode when you boot up to the controller, probably at first as a bug, but it shouldn't be a hard bug to fix.

    This is something that I think Wilcox/B&S/Hexagoon really needs to take a look at. There is STILL only one port lock and STILL only one "seat" woaking at a time, so who gets ripped off with in this scenario? No one. You will have people "using" a cheaper seat than what they paid for and NOT using anything that they haven't paid for since the ONLINE seat includes the BACKGROUND EDITOR.
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  • We have the same air problem here.They dont want to run compressors $$$$ just for the CMM if its not moving. I work off hours in "offline" mode and then get the air error. Frustrating . I agree it would be nice if you had the choice to continue in offline mode and ignore error.

    just my 2 cents.

    There is already one portlock, why should the CMM be the second one? I can understand why a lower cost offline seat should not work online but to say that an online seat can not work offline when the CMM is off is silly.

    Couldn't agree more.

    Of course, none of you remember that the "ONLINE" seat of Pcdmis didn't used to have the BACKGROUND EDITOR that it now has. I think they made a mistake calling the BACKGROUND EDITOR "offline" in the online version of Pcdmis, since it really is only a BACKGROUND EDITOR and not an offline version of Pcdmis. Yeah, it's nice, no, it didn't used to be part of Pcdmis, it was added. Should this BACKGROUND EDITOR work anytime, yeah, I think so. Could it be an easy change to make, yeah, I think so. Instead of having the "CHOICE" for online or offline ONLY in the OPEN dialog window, put it in the boot-up of Pcdmis as well so that when it boots up, before it "looks" to see if your controller is working, it asks if you want to work online or in BACKGROUND EDITOR mode and "switches" accordingly. Will this remove the ability to work in BACKGROUND EDITOR mode when you boot up to the controller, probably at first as a bug, but it shouldn't be a hard bug to fix.

    This is something that I think Wilcox/B&S/Hexagoon really needs to take a look at. There is STILL only one port lock and STILL only one "seat" woaking at a time, so who gets ripped off with in this scenario? No one. You will have people "using" a cheaper seat than what they paid for and NOT using anything that they haven't paid for since the ONLINE seat includes the BACKGROUND EDITOR.
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