I have been putting it off (from going to CNC11 to CNC12) to see if anyone else was going to complete the upgrade before us
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I will try to spell out the order of what I did here:
I backed up the settings file on CNC11. I ran the setup file found on the CNC12 folder and chose the Mill option (not the demo). When the files loaded the option then came up in a separate window to choose the PLC program needed. I ran through the list under the AllinoneDC drop downs and found the "basic" program and selected it (I am thinking this is where I made a mistake). The only other program that seemed logical was the "BasicVCPMpgBeta" program. I didn't think that program was correct as it stated "Beta" in the name. After then restarting the PC and the controller, and then into CNC12 (which started correctly), then loaded my settings from CNC11. Then restarted both the PC and the controller again. I was able to get correct movement on the mill and things seemed in order, but I was not able to get the touch jog screen to come up. I did then finally find in-bedded in the release notes (I missed it on the first read go around) that parameter 219 needed to be changed to a value greater than zero, for the touch panel to be loaded and displayed. I went back in and did this, and wala the touchscreen jog panel is here(!). My next issue is the screen virtual jog panel does not actually seem to function. I can tell from the slight screen change when touching the jog panel buttons, that Windows 10 Pro is seeing the input on the graphic, but CNC12 is not responding to the touch buttons in any way (the other "F" keys on the bottom of the screen work when touched, but not the jog panel functions). Well, then digging through the new manual again but I can not find any mention of the touchscreen. Only a mention of a plc program adjustment was also necessary to use it... I then started to come to the conclusion that I should have ran (selected) the PLC program that stated "...VCPBeta". It seems obvious now that VCP stands for the "virtiual control panel", but I would have put money on it initially, that this was not the correct one to load.... So anyway, I have gone back and ran the install again from the start and then selected the "Beta" version when prompted, then after that was not successful, went back again and used the "PLC loader" program (in the directory) to install this version. But still no go on the functionally of the virtual jog panel... This reload was also done choosing the popup option to "overwrite old files". My thoughts are at this point that It appears maybe the actual "...VCPBeta" PLC program may not be installing into the controller, even though when watching the installation progress it appears that it does. When I go back into the "options" function in the menu (in CNC12), under the "software add-ons" screen, on the left hand side it states the "MPU PLC" is "allin1dc-basic-v5.src". I believe initially it actually showed a program with "...v6.src" here, again this was after the first attempt of the install, when just the "basic" version was chosen.
Any thoughts or any more details I have forgotten to add for help here?
Thanks!
Joe