Not sure if your main question was the wireless part or just the ethernet part. Roy detailed the wireless part that I have not been using.
If your issue is just running a rotary(or more easily a laser) engraver through a network so you can send from several computers, my rambling post might be what you were asking about.
The xenetech viper rotary engravers(and lasers) can be connected directly to a network hub by ethernet only. No direct connection to the engraver from a computer is necessary but it obviously would also be connected to the network. Not sure if it would work good on a wireless network.
Depending on you dsl or cable isp access likely using the same network, there may be issues with getting a workable IP address.
Our rotarys are the old non-viper so we aren't doing it yet with them. But the Xenetech laser works basically the same way which we are doing.
The normal .xot xenetech jobs can be created on any computer on the network. But each Xenetech machine only comes with 3 Xenetech software unlock codes so you can only do it from 3 computers for each piece of Xenetech equipment you buy or buy extra software packages for.
We ended up with split engraving areas the way the company grew. A computer in the area without the laser can still create the job. It is then exported as a different file type to a special folder on the designated computer closest to the laser but not hardwired to it.
The file contains all the settings needed for the job. It even will use truetype fonts and logos that are not installed on the hosting computer. Importantly, they can be saved even while the laser is running or even turned off.
The jobs are called up from a screen on the engraving equipment or laser. Select the job and engrave without going back to the computer at all.
This is even handy on the closest machine. If the machine is engraving a long job or you have to get a paper proof approved before production, you can contine to create more jobs and just export them to the que for callup when the machine is available or when the proof is approved. Or permanently save jobs that have no text changes for repeats. No going back on the computer to find were you saved the job.
With the 32 bit software hardwired to an engraver, you can still open another window with the software and prepare more layouts. But it is not connected to the engraver so if you try and send it that way, it may not work without opening the job in the connected window.
. lj |