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Revision as of 20:26, 9 September 2016

About this Page

This page describes the setup and use of the VTube to SOCO communications.

The distributor of SOCO benders is TFS - Tube Form Solutions in Elkhart, Indiana.

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Tested and Verified Communications

The developers from SOCO, TFS, and Advanced Tubular have thoroughly tested the features explained in this page.

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Cone at Advanced Tubular Technologies, or Kyle Eagle at TFS (Tube Form Solutions - Distributor for SOCO).

Protocol

VTube-STEP can export Supravision data to SOCO benders using the SOCO SVNet protocol.

VTube-LASER, the version of VTube that connects to a FARO measuring center arm, can send measured data to the SOCO control for corrections.

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Communications Setup at the SOCO Bender

  • Correct communications requires at least Revision 728 (September 10, 2016) of the SOCO software. (The control filenames include the revision number in the name like this: "NVS728.exe". They are in the "c:\Program Files (x86)\Bending Machine" folder. You can see the SOCO NVC revision number also at the bottom of the startup screen (See the right image.)

  • Connect the SOCO bender to the network using a standard Ethernet cable. SOCO computers can be accessed through the lower front of the operator station. Run the cable through the small side door on the right, and up to the computer system. The SOCO control computer will have Ethernet ports available for connection.

  • Setup a shared network location either in the SOCO windows control or in a network path on your network.

  • In the SOCO YBC screen, press the measuring center button.

  • Enter the shared network path in the Exchange Directory field. This path name cannot be a UNC name (like \\192.168.0.2\VTube\). It must be a path with a drive and a path that follows. If you must network to a location on the network, then map a drive letter to that location, and use the mapped drive letter in this field.

  • Enter the bender number. Each bender number needs to have a unique number in the network. The bender number must be 1 or higher. Don't use "0" for the bender number, because VTube requires a bender number that is at least 1.

  • Activate the SV/SV Network communications. Touch the checkbox field until it shows a check mark (see the image on the right).

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Setup Benderlink at VTube-STEP or VTube-LASER

Entering Benderlink Setup

  1. Enter the VTube System Options menu.

  2. Enter the Measure 2 tab menu.

  3. Enter the Setup Benderlink Network menu.

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Setup the Benderlink Network Grid for the SOCO Bender

  1. Choose an unused row in the grid for a new SOCO bender setup. (Click on the image at the right to see a zoomed image.)

  2. Assign a bender name that will help operators identify what this bender is. This text will be displayed at the top of the Bender Setup menu.

  3. Assign the SOCO SVNet protocol.

  4. Enter the path to the shared drive or folder in the NetPath field. Use the same location as the SOCO setup. VTube accepts UNC names as well as regular paths with drive letters.

  5. Enter the IP address in the PING IP ADDRESS field if it is a fixed field. (This is not required. It allows VTube to ping the address to see if the network location is active before trying to open communications.)

  6. Press Close to save the settings. VTube will save these values to a persistent configuration file that will not change unless you change them in this grid.

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How to SEND MASTER XYZ Data to the SOCO Control from VTube-STEP

You can import data into VTube-STEP then send the data calculated to the SOCO bender using the VTube Bender Output menu.

  1. Enter the SOCO XYZ Screen. With the XYZ Screen open, the SOCO control will automatically interpret an incoming SVNET file as a file with MASTER XYZ data and import that into the SOCO NVS software.

Follow the steps in the image on the right to send data

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