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Still searching for an interface for all your shop floor applications?
EMS Desktop allows you
to initiate DNC transfers, view secure web documents, launch 3rd party applications, manage CNC code, collect
data for your MRPII/CAPP/ERP solution, monitor machine activity, queue work for resources, and more...
After creating the most advanced interface we added all the Productivity Plug-ins. including network printing
and network email. Then we added the data collection options; Microsoft Access., Microsoft Excel.,
HTML logging, and more...
Includes the following features:
Support up to 256 CNC's simultaneously. Fully integrated and secure web browser. Remote Request. eliminates walking back and forth. Includes the EMS Editor. Includes Plug-ins. for specialized operations including:
Network and Local Printing
Email Messaging
Microsoft Access. and/or Microsoft Excel. Integration
NOTE: Software only licenses assumes that standard PC serial ports or EMS compatible
hardware will be used.
DNC up to 256 CNC's with EMS Desktop.
Have an entire shop floor of CNC machines?
EMS Desktop. supports up to 256 CNC machines per PC
for simultaneous send, receive, and DNC file transfers. Organize your CNC's by grouping them per building or
cell. Connect your PC.s and create an entire shop floor network.
Desktop Explorer
Frustrated with hard to use software?
EMS Desktop keeps things simple with it's Microsoft Office
and Windows 95/NT Explorer compatible user interface. Desktop Explorer is the Universal
Shop Floor Interface with Microsoft Internet Explorer seamlessly integrated! Secure browsing is a reality now.
Desktop Explorer includes standard features features for drag and drop, shortcut menus, cut, copy & paste,
object based menus, toolbars, tool tips, and online help. And like DNC Explorer, the entire interface allows
you to completely customize exactly how you want users to interface with the software, how the CNC's are physically
configured, and much more...
Integrated Document Viewing
Need to view shop floor documents but worried about security?
EMS Desktop comes with
support for viewing Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, RTF,
DXF, DWG, TIF, JPEG, GIF, and other popular file formats.
Data Collection
Concerned about shop floor productivity?
EMS Desktop. is capable of collecting data in a totally
new way, the way you want. You can set up exactly what you want to collect based on an unlimited number of events
initiated by operators or EMS itself. Examples include start and stop events, part quantities, job status,
cycle times, and more. Best yet, you can store this information in MS Access, MS Excel, MS SQL
Server*, or ORACLE*.
NOTE: Microsoft SQL Server and ORACLE are available as
options.
Internet/Intranet Email
Need feedback during lights-out operation or improved workflow reporting between departments?
EMS
Desktop. includes the most powerful email capabilities that work directly with your existing MS Exchange. or other
POP3 email infrastructure. Unlike other "custom built" email utilities, EMS Desktop. allows you all
the benefits of your current email system without limitations. With this option users and operators can email key
personnel vital company information automatically or manually with Remote Request..
Remote Request.
Tired of walking back and forth between your CNC and your PC?
Remote Request. allows the operators on
the shop floor to send, receive and DNC CNC programs directly from their CNC controls. This is where any similarity
between EMS Desktop. and other DNC packages stops and the Power of EMS begins. EMS's Remote Request.
supports Remote Autoname. for simplified uploading of NC code remotely from the floor, Remote Feedback. for visibility
back to the DNC server PC when errors occur, and an unlimited number of possible Remote Commands for each and every
CNC you create in the Desktop Explorer. interface. Best of all, this power is included at no extra charge.
100% Network Compatible
Want to store CNC programs on a network server?
EMS Desktop. with Remote Request works as a DNC gateway
between your CNC's and your Novell, Windows NT, Unix, VMS or Lantastic network server. Like any other Windows® compatible
application, if Windows can see the data, EMS can see the data.
Server Safe DNC
Concerned about network reliability?
EMS Desktop. includes Server Safe. DNC configurable for error free
DNC transfers even if the network server should crash or fail during DNC communications. This is just one of the powerful
features EMS was first to release to the industry. Like the saying goes, your system is only as strong as the weakest
link.
Drag and Drop DNC
Need to keep it simple?
EMS Desktop. makes it even easier with enhanced drag and drop operation. Add a
new CNC from the CNC library with one Drag and Drop. Send or DNC single or multiple CNC programs with one Drag and Drop.
Import thousands of CNC programs with one Drag and Drop. Re-organize CNC programs with one Drag and drop operation.
Exactly like you would expect from any Windows application.
DNC in the Background
Restricted by your existing DOS system?
Send, receive and DNC to any RS-232 or RS-422 compatible CNC machine.
Because EMS Desktop. has always been a native 32-bit Windows® application, both multi-threaded and multi-tasking,
you can run multiple applications on a single PC for maximum return on investment (ROI).
256 Character Filenames
Limited with 8 character filenames?
Take advantage of long 256 character filenames per CNC program. Even use
spaces and special characters.
High Speed Machining - Up to 256k Baud!
Is your bottleneck DNC performance?
EMS Desktop. supports up to 256,000 baud for even the most demanding
high speed machining throughput.
Desktop Plug-ins. - The most powerful DNC innovation to date!
Need special high speed error correcting DNC protocols?
How about productivity features such as email,
printing, or data logging. EMS Desktop. is based on our very own DNC Object Architecture; features, functionality,
and communication protocols for Bridgeport Easylink, Fanuc Protocol A/Expand A, Kermit, Okuma B, Mazatrol, Xmodem
and many others. Check out more detailed listing of DNC Objects. available from EMS Software.
Custom Protocol Builder - Unique to EMS DNC
Have a custom, old, or unique CNC control?
EMS Desktop. includes a configurable DNC protocol builder to
completely customize sending and receiving CNC programs, fixture offsets, and tooling offsets to your CNC. Configure
over 100 different parameters and options for every open architecture DNC protocol.
EMS File Manager.
Swamped with too many CNC programs?
Can.t find the latest CNC program? EMS Desktop. includes a configurable
file manager with complete drag and drop support. Organize your jobs by customer, job or CNC. The file manager uses
shortcuts or aliases to manage your CNC programs independent of your PC or network file structure.
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