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Re: What is minimum CPU?
Art
Hi Bengt:
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I recommend at least a 500Mhz, but 750 is preferred. 128Meg minimum and XP or Win2000 Thanks, Art www.artofcnc.ca ----- Original Message -----
From: "bsjoelund" <tecnoconsult@...> To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 4:26 AM Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] What is minimum CPU? Hi, |
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Re: BMP Convert Utility
Art
That would be it. Explode the drawing first, this will change it to lines
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from splines.. Art www.artofcnc.ca ----- Original Message -----
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Re: Move to a specified position
Greg Nuspel
Manual Data Input = MDI (F2)
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Enter you move like G00 X1.25 in the input box. Press enter and there it should go. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter" <elasebay@...> To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 5:05 AM Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Move to a specified position Hello there, |
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Re: Joystick (Wingman?)
motor load should be proportionnal to the winding current for servos, for
stepper it's perhaps not as simple. With directx it's possible to send forcefeedback informations to the joystick. This has ever been descussed here and long experienced users think it's not possible to get a nice feedback through the ball screw + motor assembly. Olivier. |
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Re: SoftLimits
It will only work if you have referencing switches. The red leds at left of
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the positions DRO have to be green to get softlimits working. Olivier. -----Message d'origine-----
De : Matthew A. Morgano [mailto:MattCNC@...] Envoye : dimanche 29 fevrier 2004 04:38 A : mach1mach2cnc@... Objet : [mach1mach2cnc] SoftLimits Do soft limits only work is limits switches are in place? I cannot seem to activate them in the demo version. I hit reference all button when maching is closest and in the right hand corner and can exceed what I put in the softlimit table. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
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Re: keygrabber problem with user key 21 and 22 with same code.
Les, strange but it is the case. i think it's because i have the same hotkey
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on 2 differents buttons. it's not the first time i see this problem. i didn't had time to investigate more yet, but will let you know what is going on here. The non working keygrabber hid button is working if i press it directly on the screen. Olivier. -----Message d'origine-----
De : Les Newell [mailto:les@...] Envoye : samedi 28 fevrier 2004 11:52 A : mach1mach2cnc@... Objet : Re: [mach1mach2cnc] keygrabber problem with user key 21 and 22 with same code. Hi Olivier, Oops, sorry about that. I will change key 21 to something else. If a key works on one screen it should work on another. I cannot think of anything that would cause a key to stop working on one particular screen. Very strange. Les audioprocess wrote: > Les, i got a strange problem today with keygrabber. > > it seems user key 21 and user key 22 have the same code : 232. > > I don't know yet if my problem come from here because it's very > strange. A macro don't work only on 1 screen (it's a button on the P > screen). > > She does work on another test machine on all screens but without > keygrabber. > > Regards, > > Olivier. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
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Re: Joystick (Wingman?)
Greg Nuspel
I can see it now, you can actually feel a crash :-)
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I have a force feedback, will that make a difference? |
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Re: Joystick (Wingman?)
Greg Nuspel
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with these
If the price was good I'd think you could strip the electronics out of an exsisting PC joystick and end up with an industrial type unit. --Greg Nuspel Radio for the adventurous. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Re: Joystick (Wingman?)
Les Newell
Hi Robin,
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Force feedback makes no difference. Now if we could find some way of monitoring the motor load and feeding it back to the computer we could make use of force feeback :-) Les INDECO wrote: I have a force feedback, will that make a difference? |
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Re: one limit switch or two??
Thomas Powell
Thanks Bob. Nothing for Home or do you use the same sensors for limit and home?
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From: Robert Campbell To: mach1mach2cnc@... Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] one limit switch or two?? Thomas, I use one limit sensor on my Z axis, two on my X axis and one on my Y axis with two targets. Bob Campbell Bob@... www.campbelldesigns.com Breakout board THC board sets CNC router plans Stepper Motors ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Powell" <tppjr@...> To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] one limit switch or two?? > Bob, > > Thanks, but I think what I was really asking is how many total sensors will or should I use for my setup? Including limit and home switches. > > Thanks again, > > Thomas Powell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Campbell > To: mach1mach2cnc@... > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 7:12 AM > Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] one limit switch or two?? > > > Thomas, > > I like to use one limit sensor on each end of travel for my X and Y axis. > This is mostly for safety reasons. > > On my Y axis, I ended up placing two targets and one sensor. Mach2 knows > the direction of travel so you can get buy with one sensor and a second > target for the inductive proximity sensor. > > Bob Campbell > Bob@... > www.campbelldesigns.com > Breakout board > THC board sets > CNC router plans > Stepper Motors > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Powell" <tppjr@...> > To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 1:25 AM > Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] one limit switch or two?? > > > > Using Campbell's breakout board what are the advantages and disadvantages > to > > using one or two limit switches per axis? > > > > I will be using the Automation Direct proximity switches. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Thomas Powell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
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Re: BMP Convert Utility
Hugh Smith
It's probably because your drawing is a series of SPLINEs instead of POLYLINEs.
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From: Peter Cruickshank To: mach1mach2cnc@... Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:45 PM Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: BMP Convert Utility Hi Art; that fixed it, thanx. But now I have a similar problem importing .dxf files, here's what was created: (File dolphins.tap ) (Sunday, February 29, 2004) G90G80G49 G0 Z1.0000 M5 G0 Z1.0000 G0 X0 Y0 M5M30 But this is the source file: Any ideas ?? Cheers PeterC --- In mach1mach2cnc@..., Art <fenerty@a...> wrote: > Peter: > > Hi, you have a buggy version. Download Version 4.0, it is repaired in that > version..., your trying to load a bmp into the hpgl importer.. > > Thanks, Sorry for the bug.. > Art > www.artofcnc.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
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Plotter Pens
Peter Cruickshank
Hi;
I sometimes like to 'plot' out my work on paper before commiting it to cutting. Does anyone know of a source for 'sprung' plotter pens which are small and could be made to fit into a sherline spindle, collet or chuck ?? By sprung I mean that the pen or just the nib have a certain amout of axial sprung movement to keep the force on the paper constant. Thanx PeterC |
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Raster to Vector Converion
Peter Cruickshank
Hi;
Rather than me re-inventing the wheel, has anyone evaluated the varoious utilities for converting raster images to vector ?? I am interested in this primarily to use MACH for engraving and since it's a hobby the best balance of functionality & price are of course important. I'm not sure what features I should look for, I guess the ability to clean up images, smooth curves etc would be useful, i guess they all export in .dxf format which is compatible with MACH ??! Any recommendations greatfully accepted ! Thanx PeterC |
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Re: BMP Convert Utility
Peter Cruickshank
Hi Art;
that fixed it, thanx. But now I have a similar problem importing .dxf files, here's what was created: (File dolphins.tap ) (Sunday, February 29, 2004) G90G80G49 G0 Z1.0000 M5 G0 Z1.0000 G0 X0 Y0 M5M30 But this is the source file: Any ideas ?? Cheers PeterC --- In mach1mach2cnc@..., Art <fenerty@a...> wrote: Peter:repaired in that version..., your trying to load a bmp into the hpgl importer.. |
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