Kfloppy Notes

 Communication Cable
 You MUST use a Fanuc specific Null Modem or Kfloppy cable.
Do not use a standard 25-pin PC communication cable.
Fanuc uses pin 25 to supply 24VDC to power the external devices connected to the RS-232 port.
 Same as old Fanuc CNC punch port cable, Fanuc America part number…..
 Fanuc Robotics Kfloppy cable part numbers are:
EE-0989-669-001 6ft
EE-0989-669-002 12ft
EE-0989-669-003 ??ft
 A much less expensive aftermarket cable alternative is FC0904001-10 made by Machine Tool
Services. It is 10ft in length. The web page is http://fanuccables-store.com/rs232null.html
 To build a cable, the pinout can be found on page 7-5 in the manual or on the web.

 Setup
 Communication protocol is 9600, N, 1
Speeds above 9600 Baud may work sometimes but can produce errors.

 Make sure the port in Port Settings matches the port that the Kfloppy cable is plugged into. If you’re
using a USB-to-Serial converter, use Device Manager to verify which port it’s assigned to.

 Turn off “Logging” in setup. If left on, Kfloppy will insert a log file after every event in every
directory it happens to be in.

 Enable “Large Transmit Buffers RJ Robots only” in the Emulator Settings. This will speed transfers
slightly in R-J and newer controllers.

 Directories
 When first opened, Kfloppy sets the default directory as the directory where Kfloppy.exe exists.

 Directory changes are not case sensitive.

 When inputting a directory, Kfloppy does not understand spaces in the directory path.
Make sure directories don’t have spaces or …

 You can fool the Kfloppy/DOS requirement of an 8 character or less directory name by typing in the
first six characters followed by ~1.
For example: /DIEC RJ2 Tester Backup/ can be entered as /diecrj~1/

 Press ‘Enter’ to enter the directory change, then press ‘Enter’ again and verify entered path was
accepted, then ‘Enter’ again.

 Shortcut between “Emulate” and “Change Directory”

 After entering and verifying a directory change, press ‘F3’ to go to “Emulate”, leaving the “Change
Directory” selection highlighted in the “File” menu.

 When leaving the emulator to change a directory, press ‘Enter’ to exit the emulator, press ‘Enter’ again
to go to the still highlighted “Change Directory”.