Ethernet-type DNC drip feed
Run programs larger than the control’s memory by feeding them continuously, so long five-axis and mold programs are not a problem. This runs over Ethernet. RS-232 serial drip feed is not supported.
A data broker between your machine and your network.
CodePod stands on both sides of the boundary and hands data across it. Encrypted file distribution delivers programs to the machine, and machine data travels the other way, out to your monitoring dashboard. One device per machine, and neither side is ever on the other’s network.
What CodePod does
CodePod is a sealed device that sits between one CNC machine and your network. The machine plugs into one side by Ethernet. Your shop or office network connects to the other, by Ethernet or Wi-Fi.
Users upload G-code, tooling data, and setup sheets through a web browser or any SFTP client. Those files appear on the machine as an ordinary network file share. Nothing is installed on the control, and nothing about the way your operators work has to change.
What the machine cannot do is reach your network. Traffic does not route between the two sides. The device holds each side separately and hands across only what you have allowed: program files, once the person sending them has signed in and only in the file types you permit, and machine data out to your dashboard if you switch forwarding on. Anything you have not allowed does not cross at all.
At a glance CodePod
- Machines per unit
- 1
- Connection to machine
- Ethernet
- Connection to your network
- Ethernet or Wi-Fi
- How you upload
- SFTP or HTTPS browser
- How the machine sees files
- Network file share
- Encryption at rest
- Full disk
- User accounts
- Multiple, isolated
- Machine data forwarding
- MTConnect, OPC‑UA
- DNC drip feed
- Yes, Ethernet type
- Internet required
- No
- Compliance Upgrade
- Available at order or any time after
Best suited to
Machines that can share files and data over Ethernet, and shops that also want machine uptime data off the floor. If your controls can only take a USB drive, or you want to cover many machines at a lower cost per machine, look at CodeNet instead.
Both directions
Files go in. Machine data comes out.
Getting uptime numbers off a machine usually means putting the control on the network, which is the thing you were trying to avoid. CodePod already stands on both sides of that boundary, so it can carry the data out without the machine ever being reachable from your side of it.
Straight to your dashboard
CodePod forwards MTConnect and OPC‑UA out to the monitoring you already run, so run time, part counts, and alarm states land where your people are already looking.
Nothing changes on the control
No agent to install, no software on the machine, and no new way in. CodePod passes along what the control already publishes and leaves the machine exactly as it was.
Yours to switch on
Forwarding stays off until you ask for it. A shop that only wants files delivered to the machine never has to think about it.
Details
What the spec panel can’t say in a row.
A few things shops ask about before they order, where the answer needs a sentence rather than a yes or a no.
Works with no internet at all
Nothing on the device calls out to the internet. An onboard clock keeps time through power cycles, so fully air-gapped shops are properly supported.
Admin from a browser
Network settings, users, and firewall rules are managed from a web page that works even in the older browsers found on machine-side PCs. There is no command line to learn.
Industrial build
Fully enclosed aluminum housing with industrial-grade components, specified for years of service in a shop environment.
In practice
Three steps, then it’s just there.
Configuration happens before the unit ships, once we have the decisions only you can make: who needs an account, and how the unit should sit on your network. The setup work lands with us rather than on your floor.
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Plug it in
Ethernet from the device to the machine, then Ethernet or Wi-Fi to your shop network. Enter your network details once through the browser admin page. That is the whole install.
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Send the file
From any computer on your network, drag and drop into the browser over HTTPS, or connect with an SFTP client such as WinSCP or FileZilla. There is nothing to install on the sending computer.
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Run the part
The program appears on the machine as a standard network file share, in the same place the operator already looks. There is no new screen and no change to the routine.
Optional
Working toward CMMC? There is an upgrade for that.
A Compliance Upgrade adds audit logging, certificates issued to your users, and enforced password rotation. It is available on both products as a signed software update, so you can order it with your unit or unlock it later without sending anything back. What the upgrade adds →
Compare
CodePod and CodeNet side by side
The difference is how they reach the machine and how many machines one unit covers. Everything else, protection included, works the same way on both.
| Capability | CodePod | CodeNet Server | CodeNet Receiver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machines covered | 1 | Up to 8, via receivers | 1 |
| Connection to machine | Ethernet | Via receivers | USB-A |
| Connection to your network | Ethernet or Wi-Fi | Ethernet or Wi-Fi, plus an encrypted private link to receivers | Encrypted private link to server |
| How you upload | SFTP or HTTPS browser | SFTP or HTTPS browser | Via the server |
| How the machine sees files | Network file share | — | USB flash drive |
| Data protection | Encrypted at rest, full disk | Encrypted in transit and in use; nothing readable at rest | Encrypted in transit and in use; nothing readable at rest |
| Access protection | User login and password | User login and password | User login, plus the CNC’s own fingerprint |
| Server-to-receiver link | — | Encrypted, both ends verified | Encrypted, both ends verified |
| User accounts | Multiple, isolated | Multiple, isolated | Managed by the server |
| Admin interface | Browser-based | Browser-based, central | Managed by the server |
| MTConnect / OPC‑UA forwarding | Yes | No | No |
| Ethernet-type DNC drip feed | Yes | No | No |
| Needs its own power | Yes | Yes | No, powered by the machine |
Questions
Common questions
Do I need special software on my computer?
No. Any modern web browser works, and so does any standard SFTP client. There is nothing extra to install and no per-seat license to buy.
What if my machine can’t share files over Ethernet?
Then CodeNet is the one to look at. Its receivers plug into the machine’s USB port and appear to the control as an ordinary flash drive. Tell us what you have and we will point you to the right one.
Will this work with my brand of machine?
If the control supports networking, then yes, regardless of age or manufacturer. Having an Ethernet port is not the same as being able to use it for file transfer, so send us your machine list and we will confirm your specific models before you buy anything.
Do I need the Compliance Upgrade?
Only if you handle Controlled Unclassified Information and have to evidence it. The upgrade adds audit logging, certificates issued to your users, and enforced password rotation, and it brings real administration with it. If nobody is assessing you, buy the device without it.
Nothing about the device changes if you skip it. The machine still never touches your network, files are still encrypted at rest, every user still signs in over SFTP or HTTPS, and the firewall still denies by default.
It is a signed software update, so adding it later takes no hardware and no return. What the upgrade adds →
What happens if it fails in the middle of a job?
The machine keeps running. CodePod delivers files to the control; it is not in the path of the program once the machine is cutting. A failed unit means you cannot transfer new files until it is replaced. The part already running is unaffected.
Does the unit get security updates?
Yes. Units under support receive security updates as issues come to light, on no fixed schedule and independent of the release calendar. How long a unit stays under support is set in your agreement, so the term is known before you order.
What happens in two years?
A new release lands in September of every even year, so you can budget against them. At the end of a unit’s support term you can exchange it at a reduced price against the unit you send back, buy current hardware outright, or arrange extended support and keep running what you have. Your users, settings, and logs move across either way. Security updates are separate and land on the unit you already have. Exchange terms go in your agreement.
Who builds it
Iron Glacier is an American company, deliberately small and working on one problem. Design, testing, and support are not separate departments here, so a question about your unit goes straight to the bench it was built on. More about how we work →
Get a quote for your machines.
Send your machine list, with makes, models, and how they connect, and we’ll come back with a recommendation and pricing.