WinLauncher:  Setup - Options

File Dialog 

Use this section to select the type of dialog interface you want to use: Standard or Increment Search.  Once you selected your preferred method, that is going to be the one used by the Send, Receive, Launch, and Print sections of WinLauncher.

Standard:  This is the default dialog interface.   See the Send, Receive, Launch, and Print sections of this document for more details.

Incremental Search:  The Incremental Search dialog interface is very similar to the Standard dialog interface.  Its main advantage is that as you type characters in the first box, the display file box will narrow down the search.  Example: the d:\mill directory has twenty files (with extensions ".T" or ".NC").  As I type the character "T" in the first box, the display file box lists only the four files that start with the character "T" (with extensions ".T" or ".NC").   As I add more characters to my file search, the display file box will continue narrowing down the list to match my file search.

Always start in same directory:

Electronic Switchbox Setup 

Use this section to setup the elctronic switchbox for the Com Server.

1.  Select the appropriate type of switchbox: 16-way WTI, 8-way WTI, 8-way B&B, None.

2.  Check your switchbox for the control code and offset code and enter the numbers in the corresponding area.

 

Com Server (Network-CNC Communication) 

• Off:  You are NOT using WinLauncher Network-CNC Communication.
• On:  You are using WinLauncher Network-CNC Communication and your computer is the Com Server (network-CNC communication server).  In other words, your computer is connected to all CNC machines.
• On Client:  You are using the WinLauncher Network-CNC Communication and your computer is the Com Client (network-CNC communication client).
• File:  Use the Browse button to locate the file WINCOM.DAT in your network. 

File Filters 

Use this section to customize the file filters in your launching, sending and receiving windows.  Use the asterisk as a wildcard to replace all or part of a file name or extension to be displayed.  Examples:

• *.m    to display all files with a .m extension
• *.t*    to display all files with extension beginning with the letter T
• *.nc   to display all files with extension .nc
• ab*.*    to display all files beginning with the letters ab, regardless of their extensions

Printer Setup

When printing source or G-code files, you can select the printer you want to use, and the font (font, font style, size) of the text to be printed.