OK, I have a Techno Router it was mid range iron and was good to cut my teeth on with CNC. So I had the opportunity to upgrade to some heavy iron and purchased a 2007 Anderson Stratus Pro.
Has Anderson upgraded the Fanuc interface since 2007? (they want me to pay $1500/yr for support, that I don't really need, so I'm not getting phone support) The interface in comparision to the Techno interface is not even a fair fight. The Techno software backplots, is easy to update offsets and everything else, it's all GUI interface. With the Anderson I feel like I am programming an old IBM x86 with Fortran punch cards with a ching-lish manual. You have to number the programs and type in the number to pull up a file, you can't even arrow over them, let alone click on them.
We have an Anderson at the Voc tech school locally, now I understand why they barely ever use it. Their completely intimidated.
Don't get me wrong the machine is rock solid and has a lot of features, but the software interface is a joke.
Is it just me?