NEW!
Predator Desktop v7
Still searching for an interface for all
your shop floor applications? Predator 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 Predator 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 Predator compatible hardware will be
used.
DNC up to 256 CNC's with Predator
Desktop™
Have an entire shop floor of CNC
machines?
Predator 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?
Predator Desktop™ keeps things simple
with it’s Microsoft Office®
and Windows® 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?
Predator 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?
Predator 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 Predator 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?
Predator 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, Predator 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 Predator Desktop™ and
other DNC packages stops and the Power of Predator begins. Predator'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?
Predator 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, Predator can see
the data. Please contact our
sales department
via email if you have more specific questions regarding network
compatibility.
Server Safe™ DNC
Concerned about network reliability?
Predator 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 Predator 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™ - Another
Predator First!
Need to keep it simple?
Predator 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 Predator 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?
Predator Desktop™ supports up to 256,000
baud for even the most demanding high speed machining throughput. Please
contact one of our
sales representatives
to arrange for an on-site demonstration.
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. Predator 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 Predator Software.
Custom Protocol Builder -
Unique to Predator DNC
Have a custom, old, or unique CNC
control?
Predator 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.
Predator File Manager™
Swamped with too many CNC programs?
Can’t find the latest CNC program?
Predator 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.
NOTE:
DNC Explorer, DNC Objects,
Remote Request, Remote Autoname, Remote Feedback, Server Safe, Drag and
Drop DNC, CNC Templates, Predator File Manager, and Predator
Editor are trademarks of Predator Software Inc. All other
trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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