Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 01 07:38:52 EST 2005 | bobpan
The machine has 2 25 pin cables that are supplied with it and you have to have adapters that plug into them for smema or siemens. The cables are x20 and x21 smema pigtails.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 29 13:14:28 EST 2005 | bobpan
Anyone familiar with making smema work on the ekra x5. I believe is was manufactured with a siemens (not smema)setup. We found the cables to make the siemens work but i am not sure if i can short a couple of inputs on the cable to make the smema func
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 10:04:08 EDT 2019 | griinder
I believe the x20 and x21 ports are used for smema. There is a proprietary smema end, that connects to those cables. They almost look like parallel port connectors right?
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 04 10:02:25 EST 2021 | djwave
Hi Aharper, We have an EKRA E5 too and starts to do this error "machine offline" like yours. I chequed like you say, the SMEMA ports, but seems all is good. You can send me the service Manual if you have it?, any clue on that error you can explain m
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 24 10:57:32 EDT 2019 | aharper
We recently acquired an EKRA E5 (vintage 1999), and I am receiving a "Machine Offline" error. I discovered a cable labeled "X20b" that is disconnected, but I cannot find the port it should be connected to. I do have the manual but have not found any
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 10:21:38 EDT 2019 | aharper
Yes, they look like parallel port connectors. I traced the lines and I believe you are right about the SMEMA. Thanks for your input
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 06 12:19:30 EST 2021 | oxygensmd
If you get Machine Offline error, that means the backPC non-working or there are some connection issue between front and back PCs. FrontPC is normally a standard PC, backPC normally is a 4U-size industrial PC. I had the same issue in the past, multi
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