### Elm Interface

The Elm interface is used with an Elm or Starrett interface machines. This interface communicates with a board in the PC manufactured by API (Automated Precision, Inc). All direct communication to the controller is performed through this board. The PC-DMIS interfac.dll communicates with the API dll (dccsim32.dll) that must be in the PC-DMIS directory.

The elmsetup.exe setup program can configure the machine parameters that PC-DMIS uses. This file is located on the Wilcox ftp site in elmsetup.zip file that also contains the data and resource files required by the setup utility.

Before starting PC-DMIS, rename the elm.dll to interfac.dll.

Note: On Starrett machines the API.INI file can be used for configuration. Just add a qualified file name to the INI entry – INI_Filename.

The Machine Option dialog box has two tabs for the Elm interface:

Axis tab

See the "Assigning the Machine Axes" topic.

Debug tab

See the "Generating a Debug File" topic.

Note: Additional information for this interface is provided in the Machine Interface Installation Manual (MIIM).