guitarwes
05-04-2016, 09:47 PM
I bought Vcarve Pro 2 days ago and went to load some part files and got an error message saying the CN command was not recognized. I shot ShopBot an email and the reply below was what I recieved. I called a few hours later and talked to the person who replied and he tried to explain what to do and was not really clear on how to do it because I'm running Windows XP, PartWizard, and 3.4.x control software on the computer that's running the machine and he was shotty on how to get into stuff on XP. The laptop I installed the Vcarve Pro on is running Windows Vista. My question is for anyone who has loaded the old post processor to the new software, what steps did you take to do this to get it to read? Thanks much in advance.
From Shopbot:
"The version of software and the post processor that you are using do not match. The current post uses CN but older post used C#. The custom cuts also get updated when the new software is installed. If you are running 3.4.x software you will have to use one of the older post processors as you may not be able to update the control software unless you have an alpha. If you can't update the software then you will need to copy the old post from
C:\SbParts\PartWorksPosts\PartWorksPosts_ARCHIVE
To
C:\ProgramData\Vectric\VCarve Pro - ShopBot Edition\V8.0\PostP
The ProgramData folder is a hidden folder so make sure that have hidden folders shown. If you have an older version of windows then the path will be different. In XP it is the Application Data folder. Let me know if you have any trouble sorting this out.
From Shopbot:
"The version of software and the post processor that you are using do not match. The current post uses CN but older post used C#. The custom cuts also get updated when the new software is installed. If you are running 3.4.x software you will have to use one of the older post processors as you may not be able to update the control software unless you have an alpha. If you can't update the software then you will need to copy the old post from
C:\SbParts\PartWorksPosts\PartWorksPosts_ARCHIVE
To
C:\ProgramData\Vectric\VCarve Pro - ShopBot Edition\V8.0\PostP
The ProgramData folder is a hidden folder so make sure that have hidden folders shown. If you have an older version of windows then the path will be different. In XP it is the Application Data folder. Let me know if you have any trouble sorting this out.