Shop Floor Automations keeps you connected to your shop so you can keep your shop connected to the world

With our advanced solution you will find the perfect setup for your enterprise needs. Our solution will be setup to work with best practice and workflow of you company. Shop Floor Automaitons will help you find the best way to setup your Enterprise Solution.

Advanced DNC Networking and Communications

Predator DNC Software™

    - Flexible & Powerful to meet your needs CNC communication solutions...

• Eliminate walking back and forth from the CNC control
• One DNC Software package to network all CNCs, Robots, EDMs, & PLCs
• Supports all major CNC protocols including Mazatrol (CMT), Okuma B & Xmodem
• Send, receive and drip feed to up 4000 devices
• Interface to machines via wireless, wired, ethernet and usb

Predator DNC is a software designed to network all of your CNCs, robots and PLC based machines. Predator DNC manages your CNC programs, offsets and parameters. It supports a wide range of CNC communications for dripfeeding, downloading, and uploading via parallel, RS-232, RS-422 Ethernet and wireless Ethernet. Predator DNC supports up to 4096 CNC machines per PC for simultaneous dripfeeding, downloading, and uploading. Organize your CNC's by grouping them per building or cell. Network your Predator PC’s to support an unlimited number of CNCs.

Predator DNC keeps things simple with it’s Microsoft Office® and Windows® Explorer compatible user interface. DNC Explorer includes standard features for drag and drop, shortcut menus, cut, copy & paste, object based menus, toolbars, tool tips, and online help. But it doesn't stop there, 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. Eliminate walking back and forth between your CNC and your PC with Remote Request. Remote Request allows the operators on the shop floor to dripfeed, download and upload CNC programs directly from their CNC controls. Predator DNC supports a number of remote features including Remote Autoname™ for simplified uploading of NC code remotely from the floor, Remote Messaging for visibility back to the DNC server PC when errors occur, and an unlimited number of Remote Commands per CNC.  Supports operating systems Windows Server 2008, 2003, 7, Vista and XP, 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Predator CNC Editor Software™

    - Flexible & Powerful, to meet your needs

• Predator CNC Editor
• Communicate with up to 32 CNCs
• Includes Drip Feed, with mid program restart support
• Reliable RS232 communications via Wireless and Wired connections
• Unlimited File Size
• File Compare
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Hardware Solutions

    - Multiple Serial Ports

• Wired Connect
• Leverages existing corporate Ethernet backbone
• Run Cat5/6 Cabling to each serial port
• Every RS-232 port is surge suppressed
• Shorter Serial Runs
• Multiple Serial port hubs
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• Wireless Connect
• Uses a standard IP Address / Communication Port
• Basic Model with 128 bit Encryption, Plus Model with WPA Support
• Every RS-232 port is surge suppressed
• No long cable runs
• Shorter Serial Runs
• Multiple Serial port hubs
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• Shop Floor RS232 Serial Cable
• Specifically Designed for Harsh Manufacturing Environments
• Low Capacitance
• Supports cable runs up to 300 feet with no data lost
• 3 Levels of Shielding
• 8 Conductors in the RS232 Serial Cable
• 5-Year Warranty Against Defects
• List of Supported Controls
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