From the link above:
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These methods are all fairly manual, but there’s a more automated way to transfer g-code to your CNC machines that is called “DNC,” which stands for “Distributed Numerical Control.”
The idea is to control what g-code winds up on a group of CNC machines from a central server. A menu can be called up on the DNC software on that machine that causes a particular part program to be sent to a particular machine.
DNC requires connecting every machine back to the DNC Server that’s going to manage that machine. This is traditionally done using RS-232 serial connections, like the cable on the right.
Does this make it "remote machine interface"?
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And yes, internet has become a minefield of bad information, so filtering what is good info is becoming damn near impossible. As an exercise, search for "types of pilot arc for plasma cutting machines" it returns over 28000 wrong answers mostly copy/pasted from the same bad source with different wording, only 2 correct answers for over 10 pages of results, one from Hypertherm and the other from Jim Colt on a forum, Jim worked for Hypertherm.
